Shakespeare’s leanest tragedy gets a starry, headlong production that embraces the action but misses the mystery.

Denzel Washington is the star of the show but he plays his Othello with a remoteness that can throw off the play.

The actor stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in a Broadway production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by Kenny Leon, that ...

Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that ...

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are a potent pair in Shakespeare's "Othello," elevating a pricey Broadway revival that lacks imagination.

Gyllenhaal’s several monologues to the audience confessing his desire to sabotage Othello take place under an obliterating spotlight, while one crucial scene of violence takes place in darkness ...

That’s not always the case here, particularly in the draggy first act, where the actor seems to be phoning it in, as if conserving steam for the climactic scenes in which Othello is so consumed ...

gaining speed with every scene, determined to knock the Othello and Desdemona carriage into the ditch. Andrew Burnap, center, as Cassio and the cast of “Othello” on Broadway. Photo by Julieta ...

“Othello” opens next Sunday on Broadway ... Rather than wear his heart on his sleeve, Washington’s murder scene is steely and unemotional, a la “The Equalizer.” And up till then ...

The many stabbings in the final scene are shocking without being very tragic or impactful. For the week of March 18, “Othello” grossed $2.82 million, the highest single week figure ever for a ...

As golden boy Cassio, Burnap is crisp and appealing, his drunk scene and the aftermath quite touching. It’s hard to find a straight-up hero in Othello, but Iago’s plain-spoken wife ...