Almost performed The Merchant of Venice in US city (3,7)
I believe the answer is:
san antonio
'us city' is the definition.
'San Antonio' can be an answer for 'city' (San Antonio is an example). I'm unsure of the 'us' bit.
'almost performed the merchant of venice' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'performed' becomes 'sang'.
'the merchant of venice' becomes 'antonio' (I've seen this in another clue).
'sang' with its last letter taken away is 'san'.
'san'+'antonio'='SAN ANTONIO'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for san antonio that I've seen before include "Texan mission location" , "Texan city, home to the Alamo" , "city in the New World" .)