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

The Broadway premiere of "Othello" was anything but a tragedy. See the bevy of stars that lit up the show's Sunday red-carpet ...

But the production of “Othello” co-headlined by Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lacks a Big Idea to make it seem like ...

Shakespeare's timeless tale of love, betrayal, and jealousy is making waves on Broadway once again, with celebrated actors Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal headlining the production. Their ...

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

That combustive energy has to come from the poisonous plotter, Iago (Gyllenhaal), and from Othello himself, the honorable general that Iago tortures and deceives into a shattering act of violence.

If there is an American leading man better-equipped to bring Shakespeare to the masses than Denzel Washington, I can’t think of him. Washington, here, is the title character, a military general ...

The first Broadway revival of William Shakespeare’s tragedy in more than four decades, “Othello” follows a venerated Marine Corps general (Washington) who is driven to jealousy and rage by ...

Iago, a veteran soldier, hates Othello, his general, a Moor who fights for Venice: Iago’s missed out on a promotion, and he also half believes a rumor that Othello has seduced his wife ...