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The Merchant of Venice

Fleshing It Out: TBTB'S The Merchant of Venice

Bess Rowen | Posted 06.21.2012 | Home
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Bess Rowen

"Fun" is not usually a word that comes to mind when William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice comes up in conversation. In fact, I have always found every single character in this play to be utterly despicable.

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With the Tony Awards At Hand, Best Actress Nominee Lily Rabe Has Been Having a Good Year

Brad Balfour | Posted 08.06.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Tonys, The Merchant of Venice, Public Theater, William Shakespeare, Al Pacino, Tony Awards, BAM Cinemafest, Drama Desk, Shakespeare in the Park, Lily Rabe, David Rabe, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

"In a year filled with so many productions... Almost as much as I love doing plays, [I love] going to see them, and there are so many incredible productions and performances right now."

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First Nighter: Tony Nominees Attend Press Meet-and-Greet

David Finkle | Posted 07.05.2011 | Arts
Read More: La Bete, Oskar Eustis, Jerusalem, Daniel Radcliffe, Al Pacino, Patina Miller, National Theatre, Whoopi Goldberg, War Horse, The House of Blue Leaves, Catherine Zeta Jones, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Merchant of Venice, Robin Williams, Tony Awards 2011, Lombardi, Marianne Elliott, Edie Falco, Tony Kushner, Victoria Clark, Tom Morris, Judith Light, Mark Rylance, Sister Act, The Royal Exchange Manchester, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures, Millennium Hotel, Arts News
David Finkle

The 2011 Tony Award nominations were announced early Tuesday morning, which can only mean that the annual press meet-and-greet erupted -- or something like that -- not quite so early Wednesday morning.

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The Quality of Mercy

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Conduct, Philosophy, Graciousness, The Merchant of Venice, Portia, Hamlet, Behavior, Social Behavior, Mercy, Kindness, Random Acts of Kindness, Shakespeare, Tom Morris, Forgiveness, Justice, Polonius, Compassion, Healthy Living News
Tom Morris

The church that's my current spiritual home is putting together a short devotional booklet for the upcoming season. And, yes, in case you're wondering...

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Theater: Al Pacino in Subtle Merchant Of Venice; An Obvious Elf and More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Elf, Will Ferrell, Academy Award, The Merchant of Venice, Al Pacino, Theater, Broadway, Everett Quinton, Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made, William Shakespeare, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Four shows opened in the last few days: a marvelous Shakespeare revival with a big Hollywood star (Al Pacino), a sweet movie turned into a heavy-handed musical, a show about a theatrical producer trying to land a big Hollywood star and some campy fluff.

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Broadway's Merchant of Venice Re-Ignites My Jewish Identity Crisis

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Religion, Jewish Identity, Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, U.S. Military, Public Theater, Al Pacino, William Shakespeare, Theatre, Broadway, Arts, Shakespeare, New York City, Jewish, Entertainment News
James Sims

Had Shylock been a person's first exposure to a Jew, should they be crucified for thinking he was a devilish creature?

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Brush up Your Shakespeare! (VIDEOS)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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George Heymont

Shakespeare's plays have been the stuff of inspiration for playwrights, composers, and film directors. Here are a few of the best and worst attempts to re-imagine the Bard.

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First Nighter: Public Theater's Merchant of Venice and Winter's Tale Are Problems, Only the First of Which Is Solved

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Oskar Eustis, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Al Pacino, The Winter's Tale, Lily Rabe, Michael Greif, Jesse L. Martin, The Merchant of Venice, Daniel Sullivan, The Public Theater, Heather Lind, William Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Park, Arts News
David Finkle

Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis decided to do some problem-solving during this summer's Shakespeare in the Park series.

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Al Pacino In "The Merchant Of Venice"

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Al Pacino debuted his stage version of the role of Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice" at Central Park on Monday, following the Public Theater Gala fu...

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"Beware The Ides Of March" And Other Famous Shakespearean Quotes (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Plays, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, To Be or Not to Be, Slidepollajax, Beware the Ides of March, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, Books, The Ides of March, William Shakespeare, Books News

"Beware the ides of March," a soothsayer tells Caesar in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." The Ides of March, which takes place on March 15, is known as ...

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Measure for Measure = Law & Order

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: The Lion King, Mark Sanford, The Merchant of Venice, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Law, David Paterson, New York News
Thane Rosenbaum

Broadway ironies abound at the Duke on 42nd Street, where Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, presented by the Theatre for a New Audience, is playing until March 14.

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