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

Why Iago hates, what drives him, is one of the ... to destroy Othello and Desdemona’s relationship. The play exposes its characters early on, though everyone ignores the on-page warning signs.

Running time: 2 hr 35 min (with intermission) Deadline’s takeaway: Othello, director Kenny Leon’s new Broadway staging of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies starring two of our greatest ...

NEW YORK – “Othello” has fast become Broadway’s most ... Washington, 70, has established himself as one of America’s most vital Shakespeare interpreters, having starred in stage and ...

Jake Gyllenhaal's girlfriend, French model Jeanne Cadieu, supported him at the opening of his play with Denzel Washington, 'Othello,' on Broadway on March 23, 2025.

The Broadway premiere of "Othello" was anything but a tragedy. On Sunday, a bevy of stars flocked to the Barrymore Theatre in New York City to check out the opening night revival of the classic ...

“Othello” is “Othello” — one of the richest and most wrenching of Shakespeare’s tragedies. It would take a wildly misbegotten production to spoil it entirely. But that hypothetical ...

why not add touches to the staging that make clear we’re one step closer to dystopia? Instead, the stage is dominated by columns with a terra cotta effect, but little else; the world Othello and ...