Lucky enough baby boomers are likely, of course, to treasure the memory of James Earl Jones’ Othello to the Iago of Christopher Plummer. Or Raul Julia’s in Central Park. Unless they are 100 no one ...

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 ...

The great tragedy of Othello, perhaps, is how easily he allows his misplaced trust in Iago to lead him astray; the villain’s well-chosen lie wrenches apart Othello’s marriage to Desdemona ...

By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Staged on a stately set of distressed classical grandeur designed by Derek McLane, this stylish but shallow modern-dress Othello is set in “The Near Future ...

By Lexi Carson Othello may have just hit Broadway, but the future of seeing it on the silver screen — with Denzel Washington — looks promising, too. Leon went on to say he doesn’t know what ...

NEW YORK – “Othello” has fast become Broadway’s most impossible ticket, although it’s easy to see why. The play, which opened March 23 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, is a formidable ...

After all the blaring headlines around “Othello” on Broadway—Denzel! Jake! Tickets near a thousand dollars!—how strange that the production itself is so lacking in execution. Senior Editor ...

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 ...

It's been a busy week on (and off) Broadway! 2025 has officially arrived and the second half of the 2024-25 Broadway season ...

“Othello” is Shakespeare’s most domestic tragedy, wrought of the marital bedroom, shot through with the corrosive power of sexual jealousy and suffused with betrayal of the most personal and ...

It would be unaffordable otherwise. Perhaps you’ve read about the extortionate prices at Broadway’s latest Othello: $921 for the mezz?! Much has changed since the summer Washington gave his ...