The Merchant Of Venice With Al Pacino

Shylock, the famous moneylender character from the Shakespeares controversial novel

The Merchant of Venice is famous for his odd condition to take pound of flesh from Antonio body if he does not return his money on the decided date. Since the theatrical representation of the comedy novel, this role has been played by many stars but no one gained as much appreciation and success that fell into the lap of Al Pacino for the current The Merchant of Venice season that hit Broadway on November 13. The Godfather star plays the role of the rich Jews opposite female costar Lily Rabe. Both stars have to play total 78 performances and they will play the final performance on January 9, 2011 at Broadhurst Theater.

The individual performance of Al Pacino in the role of Shylock not only brought audience to Broadway but it is also earning 1 million weekly in excess for the theater. The Merchant of Venice season with Al Pacino is being acclaimed as the best current theater season due to Pacinos marvelous as Shylock and Lilys impressive performances as Portia, who faced the tragic death of her beloved mother few days back. The Broadway officials are highly determined to add more dates to the current run of the play.if you want the see live show you can buy cheap The Merchant Of Venice Tickets The last week Merchant play on Broadway posted the best returns at $848,045 out of the 13 plays currently running on Broadway. The weekly performance schedules are week November 22 - November 28, Week December 20 - December 26 and last week December 27 to January 2, 2011. There are separate timings for each day of the week that can be confirmed from the Broadways merchant site. However the box office hours for the play are Monday through Saturday from 10am to 8pm.

Al Pacino performance as in the role of a Jewish human flesh taker has raised many eyebrows as many people think he is a not the right fit for the Shylock role as Pacino himself is a Jew. Pacino, whenever asked about his new role at Broadway tries to avoid Shylock from a personal and religious point of view.

The other cast on the Broadway version of The Merchant of Venice includes The Merchant of Venice New York Antonio (Byron Jennings), Bassanio (David Harbour) for whom Antonio borrows money from Shylock to wed with Portia (Lily Rabe).

The list of high profile actors playing or will be playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice does not end on Al Pacino; the Academy Awardwinning actor F. Murray Abraham will portray Shylock next year at The Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.

by: Mari

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