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

Tony Award winner and two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Tony Award nominee and Academy Award nominee Jake ...

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Kenny Leon directs the first production of Shakespeare’s tragedy to play Broadway in more than 40 years, also featuring Molly ...

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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 ...

He starts “Othello” on somewhat unsure footing: at times garbling his words, racing through dialogue and listlessly ambling in and out of scenes. But he settles in as the play goes on ...

Now, in Act III, Scene 3 of “Othello,” he vows to kill her. What has happened? Why does Othello, the great Black general, the savior of Venice in a war with the Ottomans, resolve to murder ...