Friday, October 24, 2025
Saul Rubinek is making a long-anticipated return to the stage in the New York premiere of Playing Shylock at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, home of Theatre for a New Audience.
Playing Shylock …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMThursday, October 23, 2025
Saul Rubinek long has wanted to play Shylock, a role that his father, a Yiddish actor and Holocaust survivor, never got a chance to play. But now that he has finally gotten to star in “The…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:50PM★★★★☆ Saul Rubinek plays himself in Mark Leiren-Young's one-person play about a shut-down production of "The Merchant of Venice."
The post Playing Shylock: A Meta Exploration of Ca…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PMSaul Rubinek dazzles and delights during this clever and moving autobiographical solo show about a cancelled production of "The Merchant of Venice."
The post Playing Shylock appeared first o…
SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 05:01PMFriday, April 25, 2025
A pensive Al Pacino, circa the 1970’s, his most defined decade as an actor.April 25, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
I’ve written about him before, but there’s alwa…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:50AMWednesday, February 19, 2025
VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED ON SS ELSINORE Last time the ever-inventive Rupert Goold directed here it was the Merchant of Venice, set in a casino so we could all write “merchant of Vegas” …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:33PMThursday, January 23, 2025
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghJohn Douglas Thompson is a commanding Shylock in a vision of an apparently benign city where tolerance buckles all too quickly
He likes a bit of a laugh, this Shylock…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMFriday, January 3, 2025
Tracy-Ann Oberman talks about playing the first female Shylock (who she based on her great grandmother!) and the return to the West End of her acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation, The Merchant …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:55AMTracy-Ann Oberman talks about the return to the West End of her acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation, The Merchant of Venice 1936, and playing the first female Shylock.
The London Theatre Revie…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:54AMWednesday, December 25, 2024
Artist Linda Fennimore’s poster design for “Tru,” starring Robert Morse (1989).December 25, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
It’s odd that I hold one Christmas me…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:01AMPortia, Act 5, Scene 1 of “The Merchant of Venice”
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:02AMWednesday, December 18, 2024
Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” is considered a ‘problem’ play with its ambiguous tone, shifting from humor to dark elements in the person of one of the central characters, …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:53PMMonday, December 9, 2024
Theater Pizzazz’s Meredith Heyman in interview with Alexandra Silber, currently playing Portia in The Merchant of Venice.
The post Video – Backstage Access with Meredith Heyman: “The M…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:54PMThursday, December 5, 2024
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE written by William Shakespeare adapted & directed by Igor Golyak for Arlekin Theatre Company at the Classic Stage Company Theatre Reviewed by David Spencer I suppo…
SOURCE: AisleSay at 08:28PMSunday, December 1, 2024
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Merchant of Venice @ Classic Stage Company, SHIT. MEET. FAN. @ MCC Theater, Room 1214 @ 59e59, Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PMSaturday, November 30, 2024
There is much rewriting and updating plus uncalled for interpolation like speeches from 'Romeo and Juliet" for Jessica and one of Shakespeare’s sonnets (“My Mistress’ eyes are nothing …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:41PMTuesday, November 26, 2024
Shakespeare is so revered today because his work is so universal, transcending eras as it speaks of the human condition. And we absolutely need to be spoken to. This adaptation is both enter…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:17PMMonday, November 25, 2024
The Merchant of Venice, directed and adapted by Igor Golyak (Our Class; The Orchard), opens tonight, Monday, November 25 for a limited engagement at The Lynn F. Angelson Theater, Classi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25PMFriday, November 22, 2024
Ambition, power and political unrest explode onto the stage in The Merchant Of Venice 1936, direct from the RSC. Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (Eastenders, Doctor Who) as Shylock, Shakespeare�…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:21AMMonday, November 18, 2024
Video by Magda Katz… Here’s a sneak peek of the cast and performance of the “The Merchant of Venice”, currently playing at the Arlekin Players Theater, NYC. https://www.merchantofven…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:26PMSaturday, November 16, 2024
Christian Borle in My Life in the Theatre. Playbill•66K views · 9:17 · Go to channel. Globe Theatre: Performance during Shakespeare's time. Harvard ...
SOURCE: Google at 07:54PMWednesday, November 13, 2024
The cast and creative team of The Merchant of Venice, directed and adapted by Igor Golyak, are getting ready for performances at The Lynn F. Angelson Theater. Check out photos from inside re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMMonday, November 4, 2024
Luke Brady will play the title role in Disney's Hercules in London’s West End. The stage musical based on the 1997 animated film begins performances at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on June 6, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMTuesday, October 15, 2024
Mike Roche credits include In Uniform (dir. Joan Kane w/ Nylon Fusion Theatre Company), Arthur Miller's The Hook (Brave New World Rep dir. Claire Beckman adapted by Ron Hutchinson), Ni…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:36AMFriday, October 4, 2024
Saturday, September 21, 2024
It somehow slipped my mind that Tuesday night was the opening night for CSC’s presentation of Our Class, the searing saga of a group of Poles and Jews who grew up together in a rural Polis…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:12AMFriday, August 23, 2024
Tracking the Changes of My Life Via a Survey of Constantly Changing Communicating Tools
By Elyse Sommer
My first writing tool was a fountain pen and the "platform" on which my scribblings la…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:18PMTuesday, August 13, 2024
Monday, August 5, 2024
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SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:34PMWednesday, July 24, 2024
After its sold-out run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in winter 2024, the off-Broadway production Our Class, by Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek, will transfer to Classic Stage Company�…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:03AMSaturday, June 29, 2024
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE will play in select movie houses across North America, beginning Au…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:36PMFriday, May 10, 2024
The New York premiere cast of Our Class will reunite for the limited transfer engagement, with several to star in The Merchant of Venice as well.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMThursday, May 9, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
Although security has been increased at London's Criterion Theatre, The Merchant of Venice star Tracy-Ann Oberman was still asked not to leave the venue following a performance due to pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMWednesday, February 28, 2024
The rise of fascism in the 1930s East End is given a human face
Hot on the heels of Brigid Larmour’s updating of The Merchant of Venice to the East End in 1936, a spirited new musical acr…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:48AMTuesday, February 27, 2024
Southwark Playhouse, LondonFraming the battle within a 1930s romance and a 2024 walking tour, Adam Lenson’s production has big ballads, hip-hop-ish commentary and high camp
Headline politi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMSunday, February 25, 2024
Tracy-Ann Oberman turns Shylock into a heroic Jewish anti-fascist
It’s an unhappy time to be staging Shakespeare’s problematic play, given its antisemitic content, so hats off to adaptor…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:48PMTuesday, January 30, 2024
The final day of the Folger Theatre’s Reading Room Festival proved as plucky and spirited as ever. At the center of this Shakespeare-filled Sunday was a staged reading of “Everything Tha…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:40PMWednesday, January 10, 2024
Ambition, power and political unrest explode onto the stage in The Merchant Of Venice 1936, direct from the RSC. Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (Eastenders, Doctor Who) as Shylock, Shakespeare�…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:38AM 
