I have had the good fortune to see two great Othellos on stage: James Earl Jones on Broadway in 1982 and David Oyelowo at the ...

NEW YORK – “Othello” has fast become Broadway’s ... (And please, dear God, it’s time for a moratorium on Army fatigues in modern Shakespeare productions.) Derek McLane’s scenic design ...

The Broadway premiere of "Othello" was anything but a tragedy. On Sunday, a bevy of stars flocked to the Barrymore Theatre in New York City to check out the opening night revival of the classic ...

After all the blaring headlines around “Othello” on Broadway—Denzel ... to something too indistinct as both setting and time; a modern setting that means nothing apart from its own stunt ...

Shakespeare wrote "Othello" around 1604. But this production sets the play in "the near future," adding modern themes like service members suffering from PTSD. Washington said, "People ...

The great tragedy of Othello, perhaps, is how easily he allows ... weaselly insecurity turn his Iago into an utterly modern figure — his words may be Elizabethan, but his bearing is that of ...

Washington brings some grandeur to the play’s final moments by wearing Othello’s dress uniform, complete with lots of medals. Dede Ayite’s costumes are modern dress while Derek McLane’s set is classic ...