(For those unfamiliar with “Othello,” serious spoilers follow.) It’s the resentment-riddled Iago, the ultimate disgruntled ... there were worries that the interracial love affair might ...

Does Iago suspect wife Emilia and Othello has made the beast with two backs? Or maybe Emilia and Cassio got their beast on. Is it a racial thing? The bottled up aggression of a warrior?

"Iago is an intimidating character to play and to watch. You feel yourself in the history of that character...There's a deep love between Othello and Iago, and I think that the two of them and ...

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lack direction, and “The Trojans,” a spirited football-themed Iliad, heads for the end zone.

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are a potent pair in Shakespeare's "Othello," elevating a pricey Broadway revival that lacks imagination.

A tale of cunning manipulation written during a plague, with actors keeping the audience gripped with every nod and slash, makes “Othello” otherworldly. Denzel Washington, in the titular role, and ...

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.

By Jesse Green Just moments earlier, he was an infatuated new husband, and she his “gentle love ... Usually the obscure one is Othello’s ensign, Iago. Though Shakespeare provides many ...