Denzel Washington Broadway Comeback Set for Spring 2025
Denzel Washington poses for the Oscar Nominee Luncheon on February 07, 2022 in Century City, CA.
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The legendary actor Denzel Washington will star in a revival of the Shakesperian theatrical play ‘Othella’ alongside ‘Road House (2024)’ actor Jake Gyllenhal. Spearheaded by Tony award winning director Kenny Leon, the production is set to open in Spring 2025 at the legendary Shubert Theatre in New York City.
The two time Academy Award winner, Washington, will portray Othello, a passionate war general who loses their sanity over jealousy. The role of Desdemona, Othello’s wife, has yet to be cast. Gyllenhal will star as Iago, Denzel’s main antagonist, who convinces Othello to question his wife's fidelity.
According to sources, the most recent Broadway production of Othello was in 1982 starring James Earl Jones as the lead.
Washington, a Tony Award Winner himself, is know stranger to Broadway. He starred in the 2010 production of Fences, which was later turned into a film and also earned a Tony Award nomination for his role as Thedore Hickman in the 2018 revival ‘The Iceman Cometh.’
Show Clip - Fences - "What About My Lif?"
The 69 year old made his Broadway debut in 1988 with Checkmates, he has also appeared in the 2014 revival of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ and the 2005 production of ‘Julius Caesar.’
2025’s ‘Othello’ will be the first time the duo of Leon and Washington has worked together since ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ in 2014, where Leon won his Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. The two previously collaborated on the 2010 production of Fences.
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