Performances for the limited-run production begin Monday, Feb. 24 at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City, ahead of an ...

The Broadway revival of Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal as Othello and Iago, has begun rehearsals.

Washington’s portrayal of Othello adds him to a collection of Black actors who have performed the theatrical role, which was traditionally portrayed by whites only for generations.

Antonio is joined by more friends – the witty Gratiano who “speaks a great deal of nothing” and enjoys rude jokes, a young man called Lorenzo, and Antonio’s best friend Bassanio.

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal took one step closer to Broadway last week, as rehearsals began for the highly anticipated revival of William Shakespeare’s Othello. The two decorated ...

Arbus’s production is occasionally looser, less reverential in its humour than Scottish or English stagings of the Bard. For instance, Haynes Thigpen’s Gratiano – who first arrives on-stage swigging ...

The Merchant of Venice is a complicated play. Apart from its interweaving storylines, its genre defies classification: in its first quarto of 1600, the play is described as an “excellent history” and ...