Othello.
Kenny Leon Destroys Another Classic.
After bringing "Our Town" into the modern, director Kenny Leon who directs "Othello" at the Barrymore Theater, brings this classic into the future and it is awful.
Set in 2018 with not much of a set, this baron performance is as much so with a weak, non existent set. At almost $1,000 dollars a ticket, you would think the show would be more indulgent and impressive.
This Broadway season like the last has been filled with big names from Hollywood and ticket prices have been through -the-roof. Many fringe theater critics have been shut out of these shows as I have been. I guess hitting over 100 million people a month worldwide is small to these shows! Unfortunately, I bought a ticket to this show as I did with the recent George Clooney's "Goodnight".
The two stars of this production of "Othello" are just not really good in their roles. Denzel Washington as Othello is very mundane and insipid. I'm not sure if Washington was directed like this or if he just knows how badly the show is. Jake Gyllenhaal as Lago speaks so rapidly that it is difficult to pick up what he is saying and digest what he is saying and where it goes to the plot line.
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Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).
I have been writing on theater since 1982. A graduate from Manhattan College B.S. A member of Alpha Sigma Lambda, which recognizes excellence in both English and Science. I have produced 14 shows on and off Broadway. I've seen over700 shows
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