Lengthy, high-concept <cite>Othello</cite> falters off-B'way, by Michael Kuchwara

Funny thing about director Peter Sellars' lengthy version of <cite>Othello</cite>, now on view at New York University's Skirball Center. His imagination outraces the ability of his actors, including the usually eminently watchable Philip Seymour Hoffman, a performer of uncommon intelligence. That means the play, clocking in at a posterior-numbing four hours, is quite an ordeal, despite occasional bursts of inventiven…

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