Trans actor Skyler Cooper is a male Othello after playing the role as female

Datebook: For classical actors, it’s not uncommon to revisit the same role multiple times over the course of a career. For black classical actors, that’s especially true with the title role in “Othello, the Moor of Venice” — the one major role in Shakespeare’s canon that, at least in recent decades, has usually been played by a black performer.