Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that ...

Shakespeare’s leanest tragedy gets a starry, headlong production that embraces the action but misses the mystery.

Iago, a veteran soldier, hates Othello, his general, a Moor who fights for Venice: Iago’s missed out on a promotion, and he also half believes a rumor that Othello has seduced his wife ...

But the insidious scheming by Iago to discredit newly promoted Cassio by poisoning Othello’s thoughts with jealousy too seldom makes sparks fly. A deserving Tony winner for his shattering work ...

Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago in “Othello” on Broadway. Photo by Julieta Cervante. Actors can be effective at any age and the lean and charismatic Washington looks fit as a fiddle for love or war.

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 ...

The kid could inspire any number of green shades to color the old monster bedeviling Othello. If Washington seems still to be ...