Molly Osborne, as Desdemona, the innocent recipient of Iago’s psychological torture, almost steals the show with her lithe portrayal of Othello’s doomed wife. But that’s practically ...

Othello and Desdemona, passionate lovers both, are slowly done in by, well, gossip. For all of the famous complexities of its central interracial marriage, the play is Shakespeare’s cautionary ...

After all the blaring headlines around “Othello” on Broadway—Denzel! Jake! Tickets near a thousand dollars!—how strange that the production itself is so lacking in execution. Senior Editor ...

the villain’s well-chosen lie wrenches apart Othello’s marriage to Desdemona (Molly Osborne). The simple, brutal brilliance of Iago’s scheme is the way that it takes advantage of a certain ...

But the strangulation scene, when Othello is too far beyond reasoning even to listen to his wife’s sincere denials, should be as affecting as it is shocking. He clearly still loves Desdemona ...

One thing he isn’t is too old for the role: At 70, Washington is several decades beyond the age of the usual Othello, and while his pairing with the much younger Molly Osborne’s Desdemona ...

Speed and decisiveness (“to be once in doubt is once to ... Iago spins to convince Othello of Cassio’s betrayal — that, in his sleep, moaning for Desdemona, he “kissed me hard” then ...

Othello and Desdemona, passionate lovers both, are slowly done in by, well, gossip. Denzel Washington as Othello in "Othello" on Broadway. Photo by Julieta Cervante. For all of the famous ...

Othello, an army general, has just secretly married Desdemona (Molly Osborne), much to the ire of her senator father (Daniel Pearce). For a man of Washington’s 70 years to be dealing with a ...

West End actor Molly Osborne plays Othello’s wife, Desdemona. “Othello” was last revived on Broadway in 1982 with James Earl Jones as Othello and Christopher Plummer as Iago. Oliver Parker ...

The breakdown left Osborne with little doubt: “I’m never getting ... Then a text came through: “Hey, Desdemona. It’s Othello and Iago. We’re trying to FaceTime you.” ...

If love is a conspiracy of two, impenetrable to outsiders, Iago finds a way to pierce through, seeding doubt about Desdemona in Othello. In so doing, he establishes a competing conspiracy ...