The Godfather star tackles the role of Shylock opposite actress Lily Rabe in the Shakespeare play.
The show officially launched at New York's Broadhurst Theatre earlier this month (Nov10) but the press opening was postponed until Saturday (13Nov10), after Rabe was forced to take a leave of absence following the death of her actress mother, Jill Clayburgh, days before the scheduled date.
But the delay has not affected the pair's chemistry on stage and critics have given The Merchant of Venice top marks.
The New York Times' Ben Brantley writes, "Giving what promises to be the performances of this season, Lily Rabe, as Portia the heiress, and Al Pacino, as Shylock the usurer, invest the much-parsed trial scene of this
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