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 have been in major movies the past year. Washington was a total standout as Macrinus in ...

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal sat down following 'Othello's' opening night, and what transpired didn't disappoint.

The play starring Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal officially opened Sunday at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and marks the third ...

But if you’re going to do it — then do it! Director Kenny Leon’s new production, however, seems caught between reverence for ...

Gyllenhaal bounds, loose-limbed and bursting with malevolent energy, onto the Barrymore stage and barely takes a breath for ...

Switch Theatre Company hits the road this Spring with their 6-city tour of Shakespeare in the Parks: OTHELLO. The show ...

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 ...

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

Incensed when he is passed over for a promotion, Iago sets out to poison Othello against his virtuous young wife, Desdemona (Molly Osborne), claiming she is having an affair with the handsome ...

To see two of the world’s finest thespians make a meal out of the all-too-easily manipulated military commander Othello and his scheming ensign Iago is too delicious an opportunity to pass up ...