Denzel Washington to return to Broadway in OTHELLO?- Page 3

[Ke3]

Posted: 3/8/24 at 10:47am

Very interested to hear the backstage stories on this considering how opposite their reputations are.

[Fan123]

Posted: 3/9/24 at 11:47pm

Okay, so I just misread the article headline on this site as "Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in OH, HELLO on Broadway" *facepalm* Carry on...

[bigbelterbaby]

Posted: 7/24/24 at 9:14am

Molly Osborne has been cast to play Desdemona opposite Denzel Washington. 
 

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[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 7/24/24 at 9:14am

Molly Osborne will make her Broadway debut in this production as Desdemona.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/24/24 at 9:19am

That’s all well and good but I need the show to give me DATES, so I can plan my life around it. 

[OuttaTowner]

Posted: 7/24/24 at 11:00am

Ditto.
Presumably, this will be a limited 12-16 week run?  Would love to know the dates. 

[Owen22]

Posted: 7/24/24 at 12:55pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Molly Osborne will make her Broadway debut in this production as Desdemona."

She was tremendous in the Benjamin Button musical when I saw it at the Southwark Playhouse in London.  I'm guessing she isn't making the West End transfer.  Does she have a profile outside of Button?  As great as she is, it's kind of a surprise, out-of-the-box casting...

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 7/24/24 at 1:01pm

They clearly already have names in the cast. It’s nice that they’re giving someone new a big opportunity.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/24/24 at 1:03pm

Owen22 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Molly Osborne will make her Broadway debut in this production as Desdemona."

She was tremendous in the Benjamin Button musical when I saw it at the Southwark Playhouse in London. I'm guessing she isn't making the West End transfer. Does she have a profile outside of Button? As great as she is, it's kind of a surprise, out-of-the-box casting..."

Now I'm looking up this Benjamin Button musical... I had no clue... 

[MysteriousLady]

Posted: 7/24/24 at 1:18pm

Owen22 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Molly Osborne will make her Broadway debut in this production as Desdemona.Does she have a profile outside of Button? As great as she is, it's kind of a surprise, out-of-the-box casting..."

I knew they wouldn't need a"name" with Denzel and Jake so it doesn't surprise me. The producer said he was looking at West End understudies and stand-bys when casting Desdemona, and her name kept coming up. 

[OuttaTowner]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 2:15am

Any rumblings on run dates and/or when tickets will go on sale for this yet?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 9:29am

No, and it's starting to piss me off a bit, waiting for literally any new info about this.

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 9:32am

Jordan Catalano said: "No, and it's starting to piss me off a bit, waiting for literally any new info about this."

Par for the course for a Brian Moreland show 

[troynow]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 10:53am

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "No, and it's starting to piss me off a bit, waiting for literally any new info about this."

Par for the course for a Brian Moreland show"

I agree with essence here….but it feels more like this producer doesn’t know where they are going just yet…

 

I mean the same is true for Good Night and Good Luck and Waiting for Godot and Smash so many… Broadway feels very full at the moment.

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 10:58am

Othello, Good Night and Smash all must have/are looking at theatres with shows that are conceivably “open ended’ right now. Or have a short run tenant before them.

So a mix of - 

Booth

Winter Garden

Imperial

Golden

Schoenfeld 

[Voter]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 10:59am

Othello will probably go into the Lyceum, James Earl Jones or Longacre Theatre

[gibsons2]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 11:05am

Voter said: "Othello will probably go into the Lyceum, James Earl Jones or Longacre Theatre"

Please, let it be NOT Longacre. I hate that theater, but more so, I would love Swept Away to succeed and not shut down by spring.

[Falsettolands]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 11:09am

Voter said: "Othello will probably go into the Lyceum, James Earl Jones or Longacre Theatre"

I don't see a world where Oh, Mary doesn't continue to extend.

[OuttaTowner]

Posted: 8/16/24 at 11:52am

The show’s web site says it’s a 15 week engagement- and while they may have a short extension built into the stars’ contracts, I doubt it’s very much (4 weeks)?  I suspect they know that they only have Denzel and Jake for a finite period, so I’m guessing they know the dates, even if they have to stage the thing in an empty lot. 

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 9/1/24 at 2:55pm

Reddit Broadway sub has a rumor this will only have 5 shows a week. I assume no theater is none offically announced still. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1f6l70u/spring_season_2025/

Updated On: 9/1/24 at 02:55 PM

[JSquared2]

Posted: 9/1/24 at 3:08pm

theatergoer3 said: "Reddit Broadway subhas a rumor this will only have 5 shows a week. I assume no theater is none offically announced still.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1f6l70u/spring_season_2025/"

 

Another ridiculous reddit rumor.  Sounds like something the Stinky B*llsack would come up with.

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/1/24 at 3:16pm

Makes sense for massive stars. Five shows a week means you can make your ticket prices incredibly high knowing people will pay them. Like Springsteen did. 

[troynow]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 12:17pm

Sutton Ross said: "Makes sense for massive stars. Five shows a week means you can make your ticket prices incredibly high knowing people will pay them. Like Springsteen did."

Tickets will go on sale Friday 9/6 at 10 AM EST.

Both stars are playing 8 shows a week!

[JSquared2]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 12:35pm

Sutton Ross said: "Makes sense for massive stars. Five shows a week means you can make your ticket prices incredibly high knowing people will pay them. Like Springsteen did."


How does it make sense?  Everyone working on the show still gets paid for 8 shows. The theatre doesn’t reduce the rent.  

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 1:47pm

Nice, thanks Troy, you always have the info!