The Merchant of Venice at American Shakespeare Center

William Shakespeare.

Blackfriars Playhouse:

Authors

• David Amram
• Michael Torke
• Noble Shropshire
• Richard Porterfield
• William Shakespeare

Tony Awards and Nominations for The Merchant of Venice

From the acclaimed Theatre for a New Audience, the first U.S. theatre to be invited to the Royal Shakespeare Company, comes Shakespeare's tragicomedy following command runs Off-Broadway and in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Starring Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham in his riveting portrayal of Shylock, and directed by Darko Tresnjak (former Artistic Director, Old Globe), the play has been arousing controversies for centuries with raucous and gentle comedy, tender poetry, and its struggle with mercy and justice. In this riveting update, religion, race and sexuality collide with love, family and justice and the currency of society and humanity has never been so changeable.