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 ...

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

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

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 lack direction, and “The Trojans,” a spirited football-themed Iliad, heads for the end ...

The First Shadow began stalking Broadway last week, selling out the first two previews of its engagement at the Marquis, ...

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

In Broadway revivals of ‘Othello’ and ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ the spectacle of self-defeating male competition and betrayal is ...

The stars of a new Broadway production of Shakespeare's tragic tale about friendship and betrayal explain why they say ...

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

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

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