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

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

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 ...

Now, in Act III, Scene 3 of “Othello,” he vows to kill her. What has happened? Why does Othello, the great Black general, the savior of Venice in a war with the Ottomans, resolve to murder ...

But the “moorish” general’s race, and what it means in the context of the story, demands interpretation onstage. At the very least, suggesting that Othello’s race is even somewhat ...