Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are on their way back to Broadway! The acclaimed stars of both stage and screen will face off in a new production of Shakespeare's classic Othello this spring. Find out how you can be there for this anticipated production!
All About Othello
One of William Shakespeare's best known tragedies, Othello tells the story of the title character, the noble Moor of Venice, and commanding warrior-general and Iago, the ambitious lieutenant and masterful manipulator. Spurned for promotion, Iago’s relentless quest for vengeance against Othello and his wife, Desdemona, plunges them into a shocking web of deception and betrayal.Othello has frequently been performed on stage since the 17th century, and has seen a number of high profile actors take on the roles of Othello, Iago and Desdemona. Amongst the alumnae of this iconic work include such celebrated performers as Orson Welles, Richard Burton, James Earl Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Olivier, Patrick Stewart, Mark Rylance, Christopher Walken, Ian McKellen, Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Craig, Uta Hagen, Maggie Smith, Julia Stiles and many, many more.
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Important Info
Othello will begin previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 24, 2025. The play will celebrate its opening night on March 23, 2025. The final performance will take place on June 8, 2025.
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Meet the Stars
Denzel Washington as Othello
Denzel Washington is the most lauded stage and screen actor of his generation. His unforgettable performances have garnered him two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and countless other awards. He received his first Academy Award for the historical war drama Glory (1989) and his second for the crime drama Training Day (2001). In addition, he has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Cry Freedom (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Flight (2012), and August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Fences, in which he reprised his Tony Award-winning role opposite Viola Davis. Most recently he was nominated for an Academy Award for Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017). Other notable credits include A Soldier’s Story (1984), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Remember the Titans (2000), Inside Man (2006), The Great Debaters (2007), and American Gangster (2007). Mr. Washington’s professional acting career began in New York, where he performed in theatre productions such as Ceremonies in Dark Old Men and Othello. He rose to fame when he landed the role of Dr. Phillip Chandler in the NBC long-running hit television series St. Elsewhere. In 2016, he was selected as the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.
Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago
Jake Gyllenhaal has previously been seen on Broadway in Constellations (Drama League Award nomination) and Sunday in the Park with George. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Encores!), If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet (Lucille Lortel and Drama League Award nominations). West End: This Is Our Youth (Evening Standard Theatre Award). Films include Wildlife, The Sisters Brothers, Stronger, Okja, Nocturnal Animals (BAFTA nomination), Nightcrawler (Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG nominations), Brokeback Mountain (Academy Award nomination and BAFTA Award), Southpaw, Prisoners, Demolition, Enemy, Everest, End of Watch, Jarhead, Zodiac, Proof, The Good Girl, Moonlight Mile, Lovely and Amazing, October Sky, Source Code, Love & Other Drugs (Golden Globe nomination), Brothers and Donnie Darko. Upcoming films: Velvet Buzzsaw and Spider Man: Far From Home. Sea Wall/A Life marks Gyllenhaal’s third collaboration with playwright Nick Payne.
Molly Osborne as Desdemona
Molly Osborne has emerged as one of England’s most promising up- and-coming young actresses who has been called “remarkable” and “a true rising star” of the London stage by the Evening Standard. A native of Wivenhoe in Essex, Osborne moved to London at the age of 18 to study musical theater at the renowned Trinity Laban School of Music and Dance. Shortly after graduating in 2018, she made her West End debut as Tzeitel in Trevor Nunn’s Olivier Award-winning revival of Fiddler on the Roof. In 2021, she returned to the Menier Chocolate Factory as Chana in Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel’s Indecent. The production, directed by Tony Award winner Rebecca Taichman, reopened that venerated theater after the COVID lockdown. Most recently, she starred opposite Jamie Parker in the world premiere musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Curious Cast of Benjamin Button directed by Jethro Compton at the Southwark Playhouse in London. Variety heralded her performance as Elowen as “hauntingly sung, wonderfully grounded, and quick witted.” Earlier this year, she appeared in the adaptation of Sara Ryan’s memoir Laughing Boy, which had its world premiere at the Jermyn Street Theatre. In addition to her extensive theater credits, Osborne can also be seen on television in PBS’s Call The Midwife and in the upcoming Amazon Prime series Anansi Boys created by Neil Gaiman.
