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

Jake Gyllenhaal is officially back on Broadway as Iago, opposite Denzel Washington in the new production of Shakespeare's Othello. On a visit to The Late Show, Gyllenhaal discussed the character, ...

Denzel! Jake! Tickets near a thousand dollars!—how strange that the production itself is so lacking in execution.

In the heart of Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello, we encounter a profound transformation that captivates and horrifies audiences. Just moments before, Othello was a doting husband, infatuated with his ...

In the Shakespearean play, Othello, portrayed by Washington, falls victim to Iago (Jake Gyllenhaal), who manipulates him into believing that his wife is having an affair. Leon states that the play ...

In Broadway revivals of ‘Othello’ and ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ the spectacle of self-defeating male competition and betrayal is ...

Jake Gyllenhaal could do absolutely anything next. Asked over lunch about his reading of a famed line in “Othello” — Iago’s seething “I hate the Moor” — the 44-year-old actor furrows ...

Denzel Washington is the star of the show but he plays his Othello with a remoteness that can throw off the play.

The battle of wits and wills is on at the Barrymore Theatre where Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are going toe to toe ...