She Gave Up a Lot to Play Othello
Thrilled for the role, needing a paycheck and confident that the theater was safe, Jessika D. Williams left the actors' union to take the part.
Today is Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Willemijn Verkaik Rajiv Joseph Danny Burstein Jonathan Brody Laurie Metcalf Simon Williams Joan van Ark David Green Herbert Lamont Dozier Erich Segal Eileen Atkins Robert Gist Marshall Jamison George Beban, Jr. Ilona Massey Jack Albertson Ona Munson Leslie Denison Helen Traubel Arthur Pierson Elaine Hammerstein Lew Pollack Stan Laurel Bobby Clark Tom Howard Vera Michelena William J. Kelly Sydney De Grey Tupac Shakur Sidney Salkow Diana DeGarmo Tom Lenk Jason Howland Phil Mickelson Valerie Mahaffey Herbert Greene Paul Reed