In all of Tony Awards history, there has never once been a season in which three performers have been nominated for Best ...

A tale of cunning manipulation written during a plague that leaves no theater seat empty, with actors keeping the audience ...

(For those unfamiliar with “Othello,” serious spoilers follow.) It’s the resentment-riddled Iago, the ultimate disgruntled employee, who takes command of his commander, and pretty much ...

The worst of Iago’s malicious lies besmirches the virtue of Othello’s wife, the faithful Venetian beauty, Desdemona. “Look to ...

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lack direction, and “The Trojans,” a spirited football-themed Iliad, heads for the end zone.

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are a potent pair in Shakespeare's "Othello," elevating a pricey Broadway revival that lacks imagination.

Othello follows a venerated Marine Corps general (Washington), who is driven to jealousy and rage by his conniving junior officer Iago (Gyllenhaal). Incensed when he is passed over for a promotion ...

He plays the title role, while Gyllenhaal is cast as Iago. The Shakespearian plot revolves around Othello as a military commander who is convinced that his wife has been unfaithful by his ensign ...

Senior Editor and Writer If Othello is a tragedy, the new Othello on Broadway—starring Denzel Washington as Othello, Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago, with tickets going for around a thousand dollars ...

But that’s as close to an overarching concept as Leon gets. Among the productions strengths is Jake Gyllenhaal’s seething Iago, one of Shakespeare’s greatest villains. Gyllenhaal conveys the ...

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 ...