Jake Gyllenhaal's girlfriend, French model Jeanne Cadieu, supported him at the opening of his play with Denzel Washington, 'Othello,' on Broadway on March 23, 2025.

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are a potent pair in Shakespeare's "Othello," elevating a pricey Broadway revival that lacks imagination.

If there is an American leading man better-equipped to bring Shakespeare to the masses than Denzel Washington, I can’t think of him. Washington, here, is the title character, a military general ...