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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to lead Othello on Broadway

by Benjamin Lee

Stage and screen actors will take on the roles of Othello and Iago in Shakespeare's tragedy, first Broadway staging since 1982 Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in a new staging of William Shakespeare's Othello on Broadway. Washington, whose last appearance on stage was in 2018's The Iceman Cometh, will play the title role, while Gyllenhaal, last seen in 2019's Sea Wall/A Life will portray Iago. C…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:32am on March 7, 2024