Monthly Archives: February 2022
Merchant of Venice: Time Out NY Review ★★★★
Written on February 16, 2022 at 3:29 pm, by Jennifer Lam
★★★★ “New York stages have hosted many estimable Shylocks, but I doubt that any of them has evoked slavery with greater resonance than JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON…Formidable and vulnerable…Fire in his performance and haunted…A Penetrating New Production…Director ARIN ARBUS gives this Merchant a contemporary vibe…an ethnically diverse cast explores the still-debated presence and purpose of the…Read More »
Merchant of Venice: New York Times Feature
Written on February 16, 2022 at 3:23 pm, by Torrence Browne
“Artistically in Sync, and Reunited for ‘The Merchant of Venice’ Arin Arbus and John Douglas Thompson are collaborating on their fifth play at Theatre for a New Audience.” Read more from The New York Times here. The Merchant of Venice is now playing through March 6. Click here to learn more and buy tickets. …Read More »
Merchant of Venice: New York Times Review
Written on February 16, 2022 at 3:21 pm, by Jennifer Lam
“In ARIN ARBUS’s provocative production…JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON as Shylock, an outstanding classical actor, [is] perhaps the greatest Shakespeare interpreter in contemporary America…A virtuoso of psychological insight and emotion…he takes what’s timeless and transmutes it to the present.” Read more from The New York Times here. The Merchant of Venice is now playing through March 6. Click here…Read More »
Merchant of Venice: “A Vital and Invigorating Revival” -TheaterMania
Written on February 16, 2022 at 2:59 pm, by Jennifer Lam
“A Vital and Invigorating Revival” Read more from TheaterMania here. The Merchant of Venice is now playing through March 6. Click here to learn more and buy tickets.
Merchant of Venice: “Best Off-Broadway Shows to See this Spring” -Time Out
Written on February 6, 2022 at 2:21 pm, by Torrence Browne
“The estimable John Douglas Thompson plays the vengeance-bent moneylender Shylock in the latest stab at Shakespeare’s troublesome Jew-baiting tragicomedy. Arin Arbus directs this coproduction of Theatre for a New Audience and Shakespeare Theatre Company, with a diverse company that includes Isabel Arraiza, Shirine Babb as Nerissa, Jeff Biehl, Danaya Esperanza, Alfredo Narciso and Sanjit De Silva.” Read more from…Read More »
Merchant of Venice: “Most Anticipated Plays of Spring 2022” -NY Magazine
Written on February 6, 2022 at 1:27 pm, by Torrence Browne
“John Douglas Thompson in The Merchant of Venice, One of the Most Anticipated Plays of 2022 Spring Theatre Season” –Helen Shaw, New York Magazine Read more from New York Magazine here. The Merchant of Venice is now playing through March 6. Click here to learn more and buy tickets.
Merchant of Venice: “7 Shows to Enrich Your Black History Month” – Theatermania
Written on February 6, 2022 at 12:42 pm, by Torrence Browne
“When thinking about Shakespeare and Black roles, Othello usually jumps to mind. But Theatre for a New Audience is doing something different with The Merchant of Venice, the Bard’s play about an ill-fated voyage and a macabre bit of collateral. John Douglas Thompson, who is one of the greatest living classical actors (and who happens to be Black),…Read More »