Performances of The Merchant of Venice, directed and adapted by Igor Golyak begin on Friday, November 22 at The Lynn F. Angelson Theater, Classic Stage Company.
The play is staged in a nightclub environment akin to a late-night comedy show, bringing Shakespeare’s “festival” setting for the play into our modern world. Superheroes and their archenemies battle it out to protect good in the face of evil. Will love, justice and order prevail? Who defines love, justice and order? The audience and cast wrestle with these questions and their dead-serious consequences.
T.R. Knight (“Grey’s Anatomy,” Parade, Noises Off, Tartuffe) will play Antonio, the ring-leader and emcee, who encourages the live audience to laugh, sing along, boo, and ultimately face the surprising, tragic twist of an ending. Joining Knight are Richard Topol as Shylock and Alexandra Silber as Portia, along with Gus Birney , Tess Goldwyn , José Espinosa and Stephen Ochsner
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The Classic Stage Company is located at 136 East 13th Street, New York, NY
