'Othello,' starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal just made history! The play became the highest grossing play in Broadway history last week, with a total of $2.8 million. The total came as the play is only in its second week of previews.
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00:00Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, just made history.
00:06The play became the highest-grossing play in Broadway history last week, with a total
00:10of $2.8 million.
00:13The total came as the play is only in its second week of previews.
00:16Othello will open Sunday, March 23 for a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, June 8
00:22at the Barrymore Theatre.
00:23The previous record for highest-grossing play was held by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,
00:28which grossed a little over $2.7 million for the holiday week ending December 31, 2023.
00:35Washington has previously starred on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun and Fences opposite
00:39Viola Davis, Julius Caesar, Checkmates, and most recently the 2018 revival of Iceman Cometh
00:46in a large cast that also included Austin Butler.
00:48Gyllenhaal has starred in three Broadway shows, including Sunday in the Park with George and
00:53and most recently in the 2019 production of A Life, a one-person monologue which was paired
00:58with Tom Sturridge in Seawall.
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