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

The kid could inspire any number of green shades to color the old monster bedeviling Othello. If Washington seems still to be finding a steadier approach to the Moor, Gyllenhaal, as the great villain ...

is on hand as the duplicitous Iago. Appearing as the unfortunate Desdemona is Lea Von Lenkeffy, better known as Lya de Putti. Produced on an elaborate scale, Othello may not be true to the letter ...

Othello, featuring Denzel Washington, has just debuted on Broadway, and according to the show’s director, Kenny Leon, there ...

The Oscar-nominated actor is currently starring as Iago opposite Denzel Washington in the new production of Shakespeare's Othello, which just opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater. "[ ...

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

The William Shakespeare play, set in “The Near Future,” sees Gyllenhaal’s Iago manipulate Denzel’s title character ... are ...

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are megastars, but that doesn’t solve the problems of this maddeningly bland production ...

But the insidious scheming by Iago to discredit newly promoted Cassio by poisoning Othello’s thoughts with ... Washington’s movie-star presence is undimmable, but in each of those stage ...

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 (Molly ...

Washington plays the title character, while Gyllenhaal portrays the antagonist Iago, who tries to convince Othello that his ... by Orson Welles’ 1951 movie of the same name, which was plagued ...