Othello in NYC
I will be teaching Shakespeare's King Lear in a few weeks, and I am always looking for ways to show my students how the literature they read was meant to be experienced, whether Aeschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides (Columbia Stages just did a production of Medea ). And Shakespeare is particularly wonderful to see. I saw a nice low-budget production of MacBeth here a couple summers ago. And so I was happy to see a very highly rated production of one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays showing right now in the city-- OTHELLO . It is showing at the Duke at 42nd St. Theatre. If you are in NYC, it is only running through March 7th! So, the rest of this week and next week! For tickets and info, see here . Here is the raving review from the NYTimes : February 24, 2009 THEATER REVIEW | 'OTHELLO' Love Curdled Through a Malevolent Scheme By CHARLES ISHERWOOD The spring theater season this year is enticingly rich, both on Broadway and off. But I suspect it will not brin...