Backstage: At Longacre Lea, Opposite One-Acts Attract By Jane Horwitz
Avery Brooks will play Othello opposite Patrick Page's Iago in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's season opener, which begins Aug. 30, staged by Artistic Director Michael Kahn. Some theatergoers will recall Brooks's Othello opposite Andre Braugher as Iago in 1990 at the Folger.