“I have always admired this play and also been confounded by it,” says Tom Blachly about William Shakespeare’s comedy-drama, “The Merchant of Venice.” “There is so much going on in this play, and it ...

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*THESE ARE BOTH SPECIAL STOP ACTION PERFORMANCES LED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR KEATH HALL: Join us as we stop and discuss pivotal moments in the show as the performance is actively going on! Beat by beat ...

The Merchant of Venice has been making the rounds. Last year it was superstar Al Pacino as Shylock in the Public Theatre’s production in Central Park (later transferred to a limited Broadway run) This ...

William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” is a difficult play to produce. Although riddled with lighthearted contests and lover’s shenanigans, the core of the storyline is steeped in deep rooted ...

Janus Theatre concludes its 27th season with a streamlined version of William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” adapted and directed by artistic director Sean Hargadon. Susan P. Anderson (“Men ...

Isabel Arraiza starred across Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto in “The Little Things.” Now, she stars in “The Merchant of Venice” at Shakespeare Theatre through April 24. Arraiza told WTOP ...

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 ...

In bringing "William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice" to the screen (the first major film adaptation to be attempted since a French version in 1953), Radford strives from the opening -- in a ...

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 ...

Thanks to stunningly effective performances by Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons and bracing visual richness and realism — and, oh yeah, the unsettling force of the source material — William Shakespeare's ...