The Must-See ‘Othello’ at Shakespeare in the Park; Racism and Power in ‘Pass Over’

Jun 19 2018 by The Daily Beast

 
Courtesy Joan Marcus

‘Othello’

Whether the performance is or isn’t great, just being at “Free Shakespeare in the Park,” as produced every summer by New York’s Public Theater, is a particularly sweet bit of New York magic. This time last year, it was also a fire conductor of absurd controversy, as the right wing leapt frothingly on a performance of Julius Caesar, featuring a Trumpified central character.

In the first of this summer’s productions, Othello, directed beautifully by...

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