{"id":45,"date":"2014-11-13T01:11:23","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T01:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukanyac.com\/chakra\/?p=45"},"modified":"2024-11-15T09:14:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:14:04","slug":"merchant-on-venice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukanyac.com\/chakra\/2014\/11\/13\/merchant-on-venice\/","title":{"rendered":"Merchant on Venice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Written by Shishir Kurup, directed by Sonalee Hardikar and Amsalan Doraisingam, An enActe Production, November 2014<\/h3>\n<h4>Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA. Nov 14-22, 2014<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fit\" src=\"https:\/\/sukanyac.com\/chakra\/images\/banners\/banner-merchant.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Merchant on Venice\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Shakespeare brings Bollywood to Venice Blvd<\/h2>\n<p>Meet the Indian diaspora of Venice Blvd, L.A. in this wickedly funny, wildly inventive and politically provocative re-imagining of Shakespeare&#8217;s classic.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-45 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sukanyac.com\/chakra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10696230_720235834731606_8787833756727807112_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sukanyac.com\/chakra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10696230_720235834731606_8787833756727807112_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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