The Moor's a Bore: Denzel Washington in Othello
03/24/2025 12:01 AM
Photo: Julieta Cervantes Bad theater can be uniquely enraging. (Arguably, I'm here writing this because I once got very mad while watching a play.) But it can also be simply baffling. Who approved of this? What does this thing actually want to say? Is anyone in this room, onstage or off, having a good time? Why do the cops' flak jackets say "Polizia" while the military uniforms have American flags on them? Does this play take place in a future where the U.S. has annexed Venice? "This play" is Othello, currently looking pretty spry as it breaks Broadway box office records and . . .
