But the production of “Othello” co-headlined by Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lacks a Big Idea to make it seem like ...

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 ...

The lean and charismatic Washington looks fit as a fiddle for love or war, but you don’t feel much of a sexual connection between Othello and Desdemona as Washington goes for a more ...

That question has been occupying the minds of theatergoers and readers since Shakespeare’s “Othello” was first performed in London in the early 17th century. And it is doubtless being ...

If there is an American leading man better-equipped to bring Shakespeare to the masses than Denzel Washington, I can’t think of him. But that’s about all they’ll get. Clumsily staged by ...

Or, more to the point, get on to the performances. It won’t be enough to say Othello is well acted throughout: With curiosity ...

Both actors were in their 40s at the time. Denzel Washington offers a quite different Othello by the simple fact that the actor is 70 years old. His Othello is definitely not middle-aged.

Those are the words that flash on stage before the latest star-studded adaptation of Othello, now playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway. But I’m still not entirely sure why.

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 ...

Don’t come for Sherri. Sherri Shepherd got into a confrontation with an “unnamed celebrity” at the star-studded “Othello” opening night on Broadway on Sunday, she revealed on her talk ...

But the production of “Othello” co-headlined by Denzel Washington ... performances might be curious for some cost-benefit analysis. Living up to a hefty price tag is not the fairest measure ...