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The story would work if he were Jewish in a Muslim community, a New Yorker in a small Idaho town, or a Korean in China
The first known production was on 1 November 1604; it has hardly fallen out of favour since
BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE Grim gray barracks, fortress walls topped with razor wire, smart salutes from sentry towers, cut-away trailers deployed as offices and housing, fluorescent ligh…
The first thing one notices about Brazilian Director Ron Daniel's production of Othello is the bank of gigantic fans high up on the upstage wall–huge, overpowering industrial machines …
The play's final words sum it up best: "This heavy act with heavy heart relate." The Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of William Shakespeare's Othello is decidedly heavy on the heavy…
British director Jonathan Munby brings Shakespeare's tale of monstrous jealousy to Navy Pier.
General Othello breaks up a drunken duel. The crowd of cheering military men disperses, and all that remains are Iago, Othello's trusted advisor, and Lieutenant Cassio, who was also the inst…
The high point of director Ron Daniels's enrichingly nuanced "Othello" is one of the tragic hero's lowest. Jonno Roberts's coldly efficient Iago " a Shakespearean psychopath if there ever wa…
Of all Shakespeare's great tragedies, none feel as personal as that of the Moor of Venice. This is, fundamentally, a play of the bedroom, a claustrophobic, voyeuristic drama about the perils…
RECOMMENDED Chicago Shakespeare Theater's “Othello” is a man's play in a man's world. It opens with Iago and Roderigo, average white dudes in baseball caps and leather jackets, t…
Just when you might be convinced that there is nothing more to be said or done with Shakespeare's mighty tragedy, "Othello" - whether as a play, a ballet, an opera or a film - along comes Br…
Fresh from Shakespeare's Globe and the Royal Shakespeare Company, renowned British director Jonathan Munby returns to Chicago to stage Shakespeare's most intimate tragedy. In a black …
Gang rape, sexy virgins, spousal abuse, a racist parody of the love between Othello and Desdemona, a Babel of voices and cultures suggesting the dangers of miscegenation: John Neumeier's bal…
The play starts tonight as part of Shakespeare 400 Chicago.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater CST presents Shakespeare's intimate tragedy of heartbreak and revenge, OTHELLO. Staged by UK award-winning director Jonathan Munby, the production features James …
This month, in a fine confluence of events connected to Shakespeare 400 Chicago "Â the celebration ...
The post A play and a ballet: Double exposure for Shakespeare’s ‘Othello&…
"Dance is a living art," proclaims Hamburg Ballet artistic director John Neumeier. "If I make a ballet, it's not like I paint a picture and hang it on the wall, or write a book and keep it o…
Tue, February 23 thru Sun, March 27 @ Sidney Harman Hall, presented by Shakespeare Theatre Company
Mr. Finlay, an English actor, was often cast as a rogue or villain and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the 1965 film version of "Othello."
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Eileen Atkins speaks Emilia's lines from Othello, act IV scene 3. …
Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced casting for "Othello," a signature production that is part of the Shakespeare 400 festival.
James Vincent Meredith will play the title role in the …
Jonathan Munby directs the production.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater CST announces the full cast and creative team for Shakespeare's intimate tragedy of heartbreak and revenge,OTHELLO.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced casting for "Othello," a signature production that is part of the Shakespeare 400 festival. James Vincent Meredith will play the title role in the S…
Call Answered: I first interviewed Debra Ann Byrd, Take Wing & Soar Productions' founder in 2013, during The Harlem Shakespeare Festival's inaugural season. Also, featured in this interv…
