That lucky group of people who will get to see this “Othello” will get to luxuriate in Washington’s silky, fluent delivery of the Bard’s English, and to thrill to the painful irony of Othello’s fundamental lack of understanding that he’s being played by the jealous,

The Othello revival starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal is making history on Broadway, and is now the hottest ticket out.