New York Adult Entertainment: ‘Othello’ and ‘Hamlet’ Cast Updates
Armin Bardel Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz in “Othello.”.
The two major Shakespeare productions opening in New York in September — the John Ortiz-Philip Seymour Hoffman “Othello” and the Jude Law “Hamlet” — separately announced their complete casts this morning for their limited runs this fall.
Messrs. Ortiz (Othello) and Hoffman (Iago) will be joined in the production by Julian Acosta, (Roderigo), Gaius Charles (Duke/Lodovico), Jessica Chastain (Desdemona), Liza Colon-Zayas (Emilia), Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Montano/Bianca), and LeRoy McClain (Cassio).
Ms. Ekulona drew rave reviews this year as Mama Nadi, the brothel owner in Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Ruined” at Manhattan Theater Club. Mr. Charles is best known as the character Smash in NBC’s “Friday Night Lights,” while Ms. Colon-Zayas has worked for years with Mr. Ortiz and Mr. Hoffman as members of New York’s LAByrinth Theatre Company.