Introduction In a groundbreaking interpretation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy 'Othello,' Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal captivate audiences with their powerful performances in a near-future ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...