Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Othello' breaks 'Harry Potter's' Broadway record

In its 2nd week of preview performances, a revival of Shakespeare’s “Othello” acceptable a caller grounds for play grosses connected Broadway, bringing successful $2,818,297 for 8 shows.

Starring Denzel Washington successful the rubric relation and Jake Gyllenhaal arsenic the manipulative Iago, the accumulation played to 100% capableness for each of its 8 shows past week, filling each azygous spot successful the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, according to Playbill.

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” was the erstwhile grounds holder, having grossed $2,718,488 for the vacation week ending Dec. 31, 2023, according to the theatre magazine.

The mean summons terms for the record-breaking week was $338.09, which is considerably higher than each different amusement connected Broadway. The mean amusement costs astir $100. The apical summons for “Othello” commanded $897.

The revival, which officially opens March 23, is simply a strictly constricted engagement, moving for 15 weeks done June 8.

Tony Award victor Kenny Leon directs the show, coming disconnected of the occurrence of different buzzy revival, “Our Town” starring Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch and Katie Holmes.

Washington has starred successful aggregate Broadway productions, including “Julius Caesar,” “Fences,” “A Raisin successful the Sun” and “The Iceman Cometh.” He won a Tony Award for “Fences” and was nominated for his show successful “The Iceman Cometh.”

Gyllenhaal besides has appeared successful respective Broadway shows, astir notably the rubric relation of creator Georges Seurat successful the 2017 revival of “Sunday successful the Park With George.” He was nominated for a Tony grant successful 2020 for his show successful “Sea Wall/A Life.”