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

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

By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Staged on a stately set of distressed classical grandeur designed by Derek McLane, this stylish but shallow modern-dress Othello is set in “The Near Future ...

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 ...

Othello Through June 8 at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, Manhattan; othellobway.com. Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes. Jesse Green is the chief theater critic for The Times. He writes reviews of ...

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

Bad theater can be uniquely enraging ... As Cassio, the handsome lieutenant that Othello has promoted above Iago, Andrew Burnap makes the most solid effort to put something behind the words ...

The two-time Oscar winner is the principal reason audiences are shelling out upwards of $900 to see Kenny Leon's frustratingly underpowered revival of Othello on Broadway. Playing the Venetian ...

The two-time Oscar winner is the principal reason audiences are shelling out upwards of $900 to see Kenny Leon’s frustratingly underpowered revival of Othello on Broadway. Playing the Venetian ...