Denzel Washington will have the title role and that sketchy Jake Gyllenhaal will take on the venomous Iago in what is sure to be THE hot ticket on Broadway in 2025, a new production of “Othello.”

Brian Anthony Moreland is directing. Who oh who shall play his Desdemona?

Denzel sparkled in Branagh’s “Much Ado about Nothing” and stunned as “Macbeth.”

Now he follows in the footsteps of giants such as Paul Robeson, James Earl Jones, Welles, Olivier and Denzel’s contemporary, Lawrence Fishburn and adds his take on “The Moor,” “Othello,” to his Shakespearean resume.

It’s not a lark for him. Remember this Colbert interview, a highbrow highlight of recent late night TV chat show history?