The green-eyed monster is looming large over Broadway this Halloween! Complete casting has been announced for the impending Broadway revival of Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Directed by Kenny Leon, with Washington playing the title role opposite Gyllenhaal as Iago, performances of the Shakespeare tragedy will begin February 24, 2025, with March 23 set for opening night. Playing the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, the production will play a strictly limited 15-week engagement through June 8.
As previously announced, Washington and Gyllenhaal's Desdemona will be Molly Osborne, a rising star of the West End stage, whose credits include playing Tzeitel in Menier Chocolate Factory's Fiddler on the Roof and Chana in Menier's Indecent.
The trio will be joined by Tony winner Andrew Burnap as Cassio, Anthony Michael Lopez as Roderigo, Daniel Pearce as Brabantio, and Kimber Elayne Sprawl as Emilia.
The production will be Washington's first time back on the boards since starring in a 2018 revival of The Iceman Cometh. The revival also reunites him with Leon, after working together on 2010's Fences (which won Washington a Tony Award) and 2014's A Raisin in the Sun. Gyllenhaal made his Broadway debut in 2015's Constellations, later returning for a 2017 revival of Sunday in the Park With George and 2019's Sea Wall/A Life (also produced by Moreland), the latter of which earned him a Tony nomination.
Shakespeare is, of course, never far from Broadway, though this upcoming revival will be the first Broadway staging of the tragedy since a 1982 revival starring James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer. The classic play follows its title character, a Moorish military commander who falls victim to a psychological campaign from adversary Iago aimed at turning him against his new wife, Desdemona.
The production will feature scenic design by two-time Tony winner Derek McLane, costume design by Tony winner Dede Ayite, lighting design by eight-time Tony winner Natasha Katz, sound design by Obie Award winner Justin Ellington, hair and wig design by Emmy winner Mia Neal, intimacy direction by Claire Warden, and production stage management by Narda E. Alcorn.
The production's lead producer is Brian Anthony Moreland, who is supported by a large slate of co-producers, including Kandi Burress, Todd Tucker, Devale Ellis, Adam Zotovich, Richard Batchelder, Ken Davenport, Lassen D’Arrigo, Score 3 Partners, Lu-Shawn M. Thompson, Lamar Richardson, Cohen Willman Productions, 11:11 Experience, 42nd.club, Hunter Arnold, Craig Balsam, Slater Bernon Butterfield, Goehring Turchin Alperson, Great Shakes Productions, Branden Grimmett, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Christen James, The John Gore Organization, Willette & Manny Klausner, Scott H. Mauro, Stephanie P. McClelland, Carl Moellenberg, Renard McGill, Dan Stone, Cynthia Stroum, The Araca Group, Daryl Roth, Tom Tuft, Lloyd Tichio Productions, and The Shubert Organization.
The revival will be arguably the highest-profile production brought to the Main Stem by producer Moreland, who produced the most recent revival of The Wiz, also with Burress and Tucker. He's previously received four Tony Award nominations, for The Piano Lesson, American Buffalo, The Sound Inside, and Sea Wall/A Life (co-starring Gyllenhaal).
The production is being cast by ARC Casting's Duncan Stewart. 101 Productions will serve as general manager.
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