The Merchant of Venice
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 13, 2010
Closed Feb 20, 2011
Opened Nov 13, 2010
Closed Feb 20, 2011
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Running Time:
3hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
3hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Tony, Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award winner Al Pacino and Tony Award winning director Daniel Sullivan reunite to bring the Public Theater's critically acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice to Broadway following a sold-out run in Central Park.
Pacino and Sullivan expertly tackle one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays, offering modern audiences a new, shattering take on this rarely performed play.
A limited number of tickets in the mezzanine will be sold via lottery. Entries will be accepted at The Broadhurst Theatre beginning one and a half hours prior to each performance. Thirty minutes later, names will be drawn at random for seats in the mezzanine. Only one entry is allowed per person. Cards are checked for duplication prior to drawing. Winners must be present at the time of the drawing and show a valid photo ID to purchase tickets. Limit one entry per person and two tickets per winner. Subject to availability. The price of lottery tickets is $31.50, including the facilities fee.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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merchant of venice
Very good performances by all of the cast in this solid performance of a difficult play which is why it is not performed much despite some wonderful language. The knowledgeable Shakespeare fan will understand how well Pacino was able to tread the thin line between making Shylock sympathetic versus rotten. This is not easy, and it is crucial to the play which in my opinion is not anti-semitic at all but rather anti-bigotry in general, and specifically anti-anti-semitism. Shylock is clearly the focal character of this play and I think Shakespeare, or whoever actually wrote it, was searching for a way to make his audiences examine their humanity and to understand what made Shylock, with all of his unattractive features, the way he was. Played too sympathetically makes it too obvious and heavy handed. Played to villainously makes us all squirm, and isnt necessary at all. Finally, what are we to make of all the other characters? I think they are ALL arrogant fools in different ways. Akin to many characters in Vanity Fair. And this too is really difficult to bring out without being obvious or making the whole thing boring, and I think this production succeeded in this. The only criticism I have is that I would have preferred either turn of the century or Elizabethan costumes - not men in one and ladies in the other. I suippose there was a point but it went over my head and was a little bit distracting.
Reviewed by molevin
on Wednesday, Feb 2nd, 2011
A SUBLIME "MERCHANT"
This is a splendid production, perfectly directed by Daniel Sullivan and accted by a pitch-perfect cast.
Al Pacino is fine and sometimes wonderful as Shylock the moneylender and Lily Rabe is enchanting as Portia. She is capable of lightingup any stage she appears on. This is truly superb theatre, a true oasis in a drab theatre season.
Reviewed by MRBDWAY
on Friday, Dec 10th, 2010
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As one of the theater's most respected directors, Daniel Sullivan has nothing to prove to anyone. But with his meticulous and often brilliant Broadway production of William Shakespeare's
The Merchant of Venice, being presented by the Public Theater at the Broadhurst Theatre in an even better version than was seen earlier this year in Central Park, Sullivan proves that the Bard wrote a far more balanced and mult-layered play than its critics claim, leaving audiences to consider a great deal about both the eternal war among religions and the battle between the sexes, as well as the foibles and generosity of human nature.
He also proves two equally important, if less surprising, things: that [...]