3 w. ago Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal leave critics underwhelmed in Broadway Shakespeare adaptation

Hollywood stars lead Broadway’s 15-week revival of ‘Othello’

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3 w. ago Hollywood powerhouses Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal leave critics underwhelmed in Broadway Shakespeare adaptation

Hollywood stars lead Broadway’s 15-week revival of ‘Othello’

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3 w. ago $921 for Othello: why have Broadway tickets gotten so expensive?

A blockbuster production of the Shakespeare tragedy might boast Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal but it’s sparked a debate over excessive pricingHow much would you pay to be in the same room as Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, watching them work? Is that price in the mid-hundreds of dollars? And would you double it to nearly a thousand for a slightly better seat?The 15-week limited Broadway run of William Shakespeare’s Othello, featuring one of our greatest living actors in the title role (and another, pretty damn good actor as Iago), is betting that at least some people would. Orchestra-level advance tickets to the show run between $216 and $921, depending on where you sit (those $216 tickets, more in line with what a less starry straight play might charge, are at the far side of the row, which at least means you’re getting a slightly lesser chance of catching Covid or the flu alongside your mild discount). It’s the latest innovation in live-theater pricing, where you no...

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3 w. ago $921 to see Denzel Washington’s Othello? How Broadway tickets got so expensive

A blockbuster production of the Shakespeare tragedy might boast Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal but it’s sparked a debate over excessive pricingHow much would you pay to be in the same room as Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, watching them work? Is that price in the mid-hundreds of dollars? And would you double it to nearly a thousand for a slightly better seat?The 15-week limited Broadway run of William Shakespeare’s Othello, featuring one of our greatest living actors in the title role (and another, pretty damn good actor as Iago), is betting that at least some people would. Orchestra-level advance tickets to the show run between $216 and $921, depending on where you sit (those $216 tickets, more in line with what a less starry straight play might charge, are at the far side of the row, which at least means you’re getting a slightly lesser chance of catching Covid or the flu alongside your mild discount). It’s the latest innovation in live-theater pricing, where you no...

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4 w. ago Joe Biden and wife Jill attend opening night of Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal's Broadway hit Othello

Joe Biden reemerged in public on Sunday night with Jill Biden at the star-studded Broadway premiere of Othello. Jill posted a photo captioned 'Date Night' as the couple enjoyed the show.

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4 w. ago Othello review – Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s underwhelming blockbuster

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New YorkThe record-breaking take on the Shakespearean tragedy might already be a smash, but it’s disappointingly muddledWith the smell of doom and regression in the air, perhaps it’s not surprising that the hottest ticket on Broadway this season is for a 400-year-old tragedy. There’s been much ado about the box office for Othello, a new rendition of Shakespeare’s classic given movie-star wattage. The show at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, grossed $2.8m during one week of previews – the most of any non-musical during a single week on Broadway ever, in part because some orchestra tickets are going for a whopping $921.The sticker shock is not just an Othello problem – tickets for two other celeb-driven plays on Broadway – Glengarry Glen Ross, and George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck, aren’t averaging much less, and it’s already been a lucrative season for celeb-studded Shakespeare as Romeo + Juliet, starring s...

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