In Doug Hughes’s production at the Public Theater, all the world was Iago’s stage and all the play’s other characters merely puppets. Schreiber’s truly terrifying Iago, my review noted ...

Though separate in time and place, these “strongmen” share pathological characteristics, weaknesses such as suspiciousness ...

On Shakespeare’s birthday, we explore why his villains—brutally honest, self-aware, and unapologetic still resonate more ...

Audra McDonald and Jake Gyllenhaal are playing iconic villains on Broadway, and when the two actors meet up before a Friday ...

GYLLENHAAL: I find Iago is different every night ... I started saying to the character as I left the theater each night, “You stay here. Audra’s going to go home and be Audra.” ...