The New York Shakespeare Festival Othello that opened earlier this month at the New York Shakespeare Festival with Keith David in the title role is Public Theater Shakespeare neither at its best nor its worst. As productions in the Anspacher space go (that’s the thrust stage on the second floor, the one with the columns), it’s probably about a 7 on a 1-to-10 scale—not thrilling and inventive, like Karin Coonrod’s Henry VI cycle a few years back, but not as irritating and benighted as Steven Berkoff’s one-man show either. It has a minimal, no-nonsense set by Neil Patel, purposely vague Continue reading

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