PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN TAKES ON SHAKESPEARE
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE PUBLIC THEATER says PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN is set to play IAGO in an off Broadway revival of OTHELLO next season.
An OSCAR winner for the film CAPOTE, PSH will star as one of SHAKESPEARE’S most conniving villains in the production at NEW YORK UNIVERSITY’S SKIRBALL CENTER from SEPTEMBER 12 to OCTOBER 4.
JOHN ORTIZ, PSH’S long time collaborator at the LABYRINTH THEATER, will play OTHELLO.
Also on the PUBLIC’S schedule for its 2009 – 2010 season are two world premieres: RICHARD FOREMAN’S IDIOT SAVANT starring WILLEM DAFOE and SNAKE by PULITZER PRIZE winning playwright SUZAN LORI PARKS.
