Washington to tread the boards

Actor Denzel Washington is putting his big screen career on hold to star in a Broadway, New York, production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

The play will be directed by five-times Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and will open for its run at the Belasco Theatre in April.

Julius Caesar will be Washington's second foray into The Bard's works - he starred alongside Kenneth Branagh and Keanu Reeves in 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing.

No other cast details have been announced yet.