The Merchant of Venice” — 3.5 stars In his program notes for Janus Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s “The ...

If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?” Shylock's words may have been written in the ...

"The Merchant of Venice" is one of Shakespeare's most renowned and controversial plays, yet it hasn't been performed in San Francisco in decades, according to Custom Made Theatre's artistic director, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “Queerbaiting” is a term that was largely popularized in the early 2000s and continues to be used ...

Pacino stars as Shylock opposite Lily Rabe as Portia in Daniel Sullivan's revival of the classic, which began Broadway previews Oct. 19, 2010, after a run as part of Shakespeare in the Park's ...

Playing Shylock,” opening in Brooklyn, imagines the cancellation of Shakespeare’s controversial play about the humiliation of ...

John Douglas Thompson and Maurice Jones in Theatre for a New Audience's "The Merchant of Venice." (Courtesy Henry Grossman) Critics, actors and playwrights have recently called into question whether ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Merchant of Venice is traditionally categorized as a comedy, but the ...

If "The Merchant of Venice" is one Shakespeare's better known plays lacking a film version, then Michael Radford's tony adaptation to some degree illustrates why. Polished production, prestige cast ...

Pretty much every lawyer in the English-speaking world has heard of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Merchant is one of Shakespeare's "problem plays." For a comedy, it isn't very funny, and the ...

There are always people ready to pluck out what offends them. Consider Steven Frank, a lawyer whose attack on The Merchant of Venice has been bouncing around the Internet, in various drafts, for a ...

John Douglas Thompson stars in Arin Arbus’s caustic and assertive new production of the Shakespeare play. By Alexis Soloski More than 30 years ago, John Douglas Thompson, then a successful salesman at ...