Shakespeare’s leanest tragedy gets a starry, headlong production that embraces the action but misses the mystery.

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

This article initially appeared in Vulture’s theater newsletter Stage Whisperer., Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Othello was ravaged by critics last week, and rightly ...

Denzel! Jake! Tickets near a thousand dollars!—how strange that the production itself is so lacking in execution.

That lucky group of people who will get to see this “Othello” will get to luxuriate in Washington’s silky, fluent delivery of ...

The actor stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in a Broadway production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by Kenny Leon, that ...

Othello, featuring Denzel Washington, has just debuted on Broadway, and according to the show’s director, Kenny Leon, there ...

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are megastars, but that doesn’t solve the problems of this maddeningly bland production ...

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

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

Denzel Washington's wife Pauletta and kids Olivia, John David and Katia showed support for the actor at his Broadway premiere ...

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