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The Merchant of Venice
First Preview: Jul 21, 2016
Opening Date: Jul 20, 2016
Closing Date: Jul 24, 2016
Running Time: 02:45
Playing @
Rose Theater
Frederick P. Rose Hall Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY 10019
After an exceptional double bill of Twelfth Night and Richard III that played to sold-out houses on Broadway in 2014, Shakespeare’s Globe returns to New York this summer for its Lincoln Center debut.
The Merchant of Venice has proved to be one of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays to transpose to modern tastes. Bawdy humor and romantic hijinks coexist with difficult questions of tolerance and intolerance, religious law and civil society, justice and mercy.
Director Jonathan Munby approaches these challenges with nuance, intelligence, and wit in a glistening production where “the lighter and darker elements combine in a seamless whole” (Telegraph, U.K.). In the role of Shylock—as famous for his merciless insistence that a debt be repaid with “a pound of flesh” as for his trenchant speech that asks “If you prick us, do we not bleed?”—Pryce exacts a highly sympathetic portrayal of the Jewish moneylender, at once a vengeful tyrant and a piteous, persecuted outcast.
Jonathan Pryce delivers a “finely textured” Shylock (Financial Times) in this “exceptionally well-told, well-played, well-paced revival” (Mail on Sunday, U.K.).
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SUNDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 1:30 PM
The Merchant of Venice has proved to be one of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays to transpose to modern tastes. Bawdy humor and romantic hijinks coexist with difficult questions of tolerance and intolerance, religious law and civil society, justice and mercy.
Director Jonathan Munby approaches these challenges with nuance, intelligence, and wit in a glistening production where “the lighter and darker elements combine in a seamless whole” (Telegraph, U.K.). In the role of Shylock—as famous for his merciless insistence that a debt be repaid with “a pound of flesh” as for his trenchant speech that asks “If you prick us, do we not bleed?”—Pryce exacts a highly sympathetic portrayal of the Jewish moneylender, at once a vengeful tyrant and a piteous, persecuted outcast.
Jonathan Pryce delivers a “finely textured” Shylock (Financial Times) in this “exceptionally well-told, well-played, well-paced revival” (Mail on Sunday, U.K.).
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SUNDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 1:30 PM
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Limited availability for all performances
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
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Never
Full-price tickets:
$75.00 - $150.00
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Accessibility
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Assisted Listening System
Assistive listening devices are available for Rose Theater at the coat check with deposit of credible form of identification. -
Entrance
Rose Theater is accessible through primary entrance on Broadway at 60th Street with elevators to the fifth and sixth floors. -
Parking
Central Parking Systems 345 West 58th Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenue) -
Restroom
Men’s and Women’s Restrooms are accessible on the Orchestra and Mezzanine levels -
Visual Assistance
Large-type and Braille programs are available for all Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts in Rose Theater. The programs may be obtained at the PSPD information table on the fifth floor -
Water Fountain
Water fountains are accessible on the Orchestra and Mezzanine levels. -
Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair seating is available at all levels and price ranges. Persons who use wheelchairs and are able to transfer may request an aisle seat with removable armrest when purchasing tickets. Wheelchair loans are available for people who require a wheelchair to go to and from their seats on a first come first serve basis. Please call the house manager at 212-258-9501 the day before the concert to arrange for this service.








