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Shakespeare's classic tragedy

Story:

Iago is furious about being overlooked for promotion and plots to take revenge against his General: Othello, the Moor of Venice. Iago manipulates Othello into believing his wife Desdemona is unfaithful, stirring Othello's jealousy. Othello allows jealousy to consume him, murders Desdemona, and then kills himself.

Fun Fact

Shakespeare's primary source for the plot was the story of a Moorish Captain (third decade, story seven) in Gli Hecatommithi by Cinthio (Giovanni Battista Giraldi), a collection of one hundred novellas about love, grouped into ten "decades" by theme.
Othello, Arden Shakespeare: Third Series edited by Honigmann, E. A. J. and Thompson, Ayanna

Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 West 47th Street
New York, NY

Info and Directions

Schedule

MONDAY: Dark

TUESDAY: 7 PM

WEDNESDAY: 1 & 7 PM

THURSDAY: 7 PM

FRIDAY: 7 PM

SATURDAY: 2 & 8 PM

SUNDAY: 3 PM

Important Dates
PREVIEWS: February 24, 2025
OPENING: March 23, 2025
CLOSING: June 8, 2025

Run Time
2 hours and 35 minutes (1 Intermission)

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NOTE:

Recommended for ages 13 and up. Children under 4 years old will not be admitted.
This production contains violence, weaponry, gunshots, sounds of war, murder, flashing lights, smoking, haze, and adult themes.
Performances begin promptly at curtain time. There is strictly no late seating or readmittance.
Most shows have special holiday dates and times. Check the official website for more information.

: Playwright
William Shakespeare

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Nassau Street Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 23, 1751

Original Cast: Robert Upton

1865 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Winter Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 23, 1865

Original Cast: Charles Barron, Edwin Booth

Producer: Edwin Booth

1904 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Princess Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 5, 1904

Original Cast: Robert B. Mantell, Marie Booth Russell, Lillian Kingsbury

Producer: Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1905 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 23, 1905

Original Cast: Robert B. Mantell, Marie Booth Russell

Producer: Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1906 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Academy of Music

Opening Night: Nov 5, 1906

Producer: Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

Mar 1907 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Lyric Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 18, 1907

Producer: Paradossi, Signori & Consigli and Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)

Apr 1907 Broadway Revival

Theatre: New Amsterdam Theatre

Opening Night: Apr 29, 1907

Original Cast: Robert B. Mantell, Marie Booth Russell

Producer: William A. Brady

Dec 1907 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Lyric Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 2, 1907

Producer: Paradossi, Signori & Consigli and Sam S. and Lee Shubert, Inc.

1909 Broadway Revival

Theatre: New Amsterdam Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 08, 1909

Original Cast: Robert B. Mantell, Marie Booth Russell

Producer: William A. Brady

1911 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Daly's Theatre

Opening Night: Apr 17, 1911

Producer: Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1913 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Shubert Theatre, Manhattan Opera House

Opening Night: Dec 15, 1913

Original Cast: Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliott, Eric Adency, Richard Andean, Robert Atkins, Grendon Bentley, Adeline Bourne, Maud Buchanan, S.A. Cookson, Arthur Fitzgerald, George Hayes, Sam T. Pearce, Gordon Richards, Walter Ringham, Ian Robertson, Eric Ross, Montague Rutherford, Alexander Scott-Gatty

Producer: Forbes-Robertson Repertory

1914 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Lyric Theatre

Opening Night: Feb 9, 1914

Total Performances: 16

Original Cast: Constance Collier, Pedro De Cordoba, Herbert De Guere, Henley Edwards, Arthur Elliott, Louise Wakelee Elliott, William Faversham, Frank Howson, Ralph Kemmett, Cecilia Loftus, R.D. MacLean, Ernest Rowan, George C. Somnes, Charles Webster

1915 Broadway Revival

Theatre: 44th Street Theatre

Opening Night: Feb 1, 1915

Total Performances

Original Cast: Robert B. Mantell, Genevieve Hamper, Fritz Leiber

Producer: William A. Brady and Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1918 Broadway Revival

Theatre: 44th Street Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 4, 1918

Producer: Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1925 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Shubert Theatre

Opening Night: Jan 10, 1925

Total Performances: 57

Original Cast: Walter Hampden, Frank Coletti, Murray Darcy, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans, Jay Fassett, Charles Francis, Paul Guilfoyle, Mary Hall, Baliol Holloway, Elsie Herndon Kearns, P. J. Kelly, Joseph Latham, Mabel Moore, Louis Polan, Ernest Rowan, William Sauter, Jeannette Sherwin, Robert Thorne, Thomas F. Tracey

Director: Walter Hampden

1935 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Opening Night: Sep 27, 1935

Total Performances: 11

Original Cast: Roland Bottomley, Betty Bourjaily, Edward Broadley, Alexandra Carlisle, Hannam Clark, Gladys Cooper, Staats Cotsworth, Margaret English, Charles Francis, Harold Gould, Joseph Holland, Kenneth Hunter, Jerome Lawler, Connie Lent, Kenneth MacKenna, Maurice Manson, Philip Merivale, Henry Morrell, Ralph Nelson, Bram Nossen, Constance Pelissier

Director: Henry Herbert

Producer: Crosby Gaige

Scenic Design: P. Dodd Ackerman

Costume Design: C. B. Falls

1937 Broadway Revival

Theatre: New Amsterdam Theatre

Opening Night: Jan 6, 1937

Total Performances: 21

Original Cast: Brian Aherne, Al Bayfield, Walter Beck, Burton Bowen, Lloyd Bridges, Michael Brodkin, Elliott C. Brown, Charles Brunswick, Clark Butler, Charles Campbell, Leo Chalzel, David Dittmer, Edward Fielding, Philip Foster, Bernard Goodman, Natalie Hall, Marvin Hansen, G. P. Huntley, Jr., Walter Huston, Edward James, A. P. Kaye, Howard Kelder, Gaylord B. Kingston, Arthur Mack, Vincent Manz, George W. Masters, Alexander Micone, John Morley, William E. Morris, Leslie Ostrander, Sidney Palmer, Arthur Pierson, Joseph Reoder, Arthur Rosen, Joseph Rustad, Ralph Scharff, Robert Selman, Hudson Shotwell, George Spaulding, Robert Stewart, Nan Sunderland, Henry Walters, Nicholas Warwick

Director: Robert Edmond Jones

Producer: Max Gordon

Scenic Design: Robert Edmond Jones

1943 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Shubert Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 19, 1943

Total Performances: 296

Original Cast: Paul Robeson, José Ferrer, Uta Hagen, James Monks, Margaret Webster, Sam Banham, Henry Barnard, Ronald Bishop, Bruce Brighton, Jeff Brown, Jack de Shay, Martha Falconer, John Gerstad, Albert Hachmeister, Averell Harris, Philip Huston, John Ireys, Timothy Lynn Kearse, Edith King, David Koser, Jack Manning, Robert E. Perry, Eugene Stuckmann, Graham Velsey, William Woodson

Director: Margaret Webster

Producer: The Theatre Guild

Scenic Design: Robert Edmond Jones

Lighting Design: Robert Edmond Jones

1945 Broadway Revival

Theatre: City Center

Opening Night: May 22, 1945

Total Performances: 24

Original Cast: Barbara Anderson, Stockman Barner, Ronald Bishop, Jay Brassfield, William Browder, Angus Cairns, Ralph Clanton, Francis Compton, Daniel Cullitan, José Ferrer, John Granger, Uta Hagen, Philip Huston, Don Keefer, Edith King, Leonard Klein, Robert Leser, Francis Letton, Louis Lytton, Virginia Mattis, Nan McFarland, Paul Robeson, William Sandy, Robinson Stone, Ted Varyan

Director: Margaret Webster

Producer: The Theatre Guild

Scenic Design: Robert Edmond Jones

Lighting Design: Robert Edmond Jones

1970 Broadway Revival

Theatre: ANTA Playhouse

Opening Night: Sep 14, 1970

Total Performances: 16

Original Cast: Maureen Anderman, Robert Blumenfeld, Eugene Brezany, Patricia Callahan, Gary Copeland, Paul Corum, James Cromwell, Danny Davis, Bernard Frawley, Moses Gunn, Jack Heifner, Ron Lohse, Lizbeth MacKay, Roberta Maxwell, Edwin McDonough, Jan Miner, Mark Niedzialkowski, Cabot Ogden, Ken Parker, Wyman Pendleton, Gary Poe, Mary Ellen Ray, Ralph Redpath, Joseph Remmes, Lee Richardson, Tim Riley, William Schory, Paul Shutt, Josef Sommer, Tom Tarpey, Peter Thompson, John Tillinger, John Ventantonio, Josef Warik, Garland Wright, Mary Wright

Director: Michael Kahn

Producer: American Shakespeare Festival

Scenic Design: Karl Eigsti

Costume Design: Jane Greenwood

Lighting Design: John Gleason

1982 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Winter Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Feb 3, 1982

Total Performances: 123

Original Cast: James Earl Jones, Christopher Plummer, Dianne Wiest, Kim Bemis, Robert Burr, Graeme Campbell, Richard Dix, Kelsey Grammer, Randy Kovitz, Patricia Mauceri, Harry S. Murphy, Ellen Newman, Aideen O'Kelly, Robert Ousley, David Sabin, Raymond Skipp, Bern Sundstedt

Director: Peter Coe

Producer: Barry & Fran Weissler

Scenic Design: David Chapman

Costume Design: Robert Fletcher

Lighting Design: Marc B. Weiss

2025 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Barrymore Theatre

Opening Night: March 23, 2025

Original Cast: Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, Molly Osborne, Andrew Burnap, Anthony Michael Lopez, Daniel Pearce, Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Neal Bledsoe, Julee Cerda, Ezra Knight, Gene Gillette, Rob Heaps, William Connell, Ty Fanning, Ben Graney, Daniel Reece, Christina Sajous, Greg Wood, Abiola Obatolu

Director: Kenny Leon

Producer: Brian Anthony Moreland, Kandi Burruss, Todd Tucker, Devale Ellis, Adam Zotovich, Richard Batchelder, Ken Davenport, Lassen D’Arrigo, Score 3 Partners, Lu-Shawn M. Thompson, Lamar Richardson, Cohen-Willman Productions, 11:11 Experience, 42nd.club, Hunter Arnold, Craig Balsam, Slater Bernon Butterfield, Goehring Turchin Alperson, Great Shakes Productions, Branden Grimmett, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Christen James, The John Gore Organization, Willette & Manny Klausner, Scott H. Mauro, Stephanie P. McClelland, Carl Moellenberg, Renard McGill, Dan Stone, Cynthia Stroum, The Araca Group, Daryl Roth, Tom Tuft, Lloyd Tichio Productions, and The Shubert Organization