When Denzel Washington starts performing as Othello later this month on Broadway, he'll be following by exactly two centuries the debut portrayal of "the Moor of Venice" by Ira Aldridge,  a free-born Black New Yorker who became one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of his time. The gallery below, in honor of Black History Month (which several...
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:26PM on February 8, 2025