“Othello”

Off-Broadway Review: Bedlam’s “Othello” at the West End Theatre (Through Sunday, May 31, 2026)

“Othello,” for the most part, is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s best works, and there have been many attempts at all levels of theatre development to present the lengthy tragedy. Few succeed, many are just plain mediocre, and some miserably fail to convey the complexity of the characters, that are simply embodied by the intriguing script and poetic language….

Off-Broadway Review: Red Bull Theater’s “American Moor” at Cherry Lane Theatre

September 8, 2019 | hamilton, Off-Broadway, othello > | "American Moor", "Othello", Alan C. Edwards, Carol Rosegg, Cherry Lane Theatre, Christian Frederickson, Dede M. Ayite, Josh Tyson, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Kim Weild, William Shakespeare, Wilson Chin

Keith Hamilton Cobb has been on an urgent mission, crisscrossing the United States since 2013 performing his “American Moor.” Mr. Cobb’s almost-one-man-show is a trope, here an extended metaphor, for the pressing need for dialogue around the systemic racism and other “false securities that our society rests on” (Rachel Elizabeth Cargle). Keith Hamilton Cobb makes it clear that unless we…