The Strangers, a horror tale written during the playwright’s college days, appeared in the Strand magazine this week As one of the 20th century’s most successful playwrights, Tennessee Williams penned popul…

The site-specific production presents the complete, unabridged text of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire with no props or set.

The production presents the complete, unabridged text of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire with no props or set.

1945 (80 years ago) Tennessee Williams returned to New York after spending the summer at a resort in Mexico writing poetry and a play he would later name A Streetcar Named Desire. His return in September coinci…

The Fantastic Four cast isn't afraid to dream big. During a recent interview with IMDb for the new Marvel film, cast members Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach all brainstormed th…

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) It’s taken ten years for the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (TWTC) to unveil its first production of Tennessee Williams’ Cat …

Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

EXCLUSIVE: International Literary Properties’ theatrical division (ILP) has entered into a strategic partnership with The University of the South for ILP to assume an active management role and co-stewardship…

Mr. Held was attached to bring his A Streetcar Named Desire-inspired Kowalski to Broadway this fall.

The Tennessee Williams classic is is faithfully delivered though frequently hamstrung by its claustrophobic staging.

Bernard J. Taylor’s Tennessee Williams: Portrait of a Gay Icon Brings a Legend to Life at the ATA Tennessee Williams is alone on stage, and at this point, apparently alone in life. Seen on a lecture tour, he …

The hit Off Broadway production of Gregg Ostrin’s comedy Kowalski is aiming for a Broadway transfer this fall, producers have announced. They’re on the lookout for a venue. Directed by Colin Hanlon, Kowalsk…

The Off-Broadway production of KOWALSKI, written by Gregg Ostrin and directed by Colin Hanlon, has its sights set on Broadway for an early Fall 2025 run. Set in a beach house in 1947 Provincetown, KOWALSKI expl…

The play unfolds over one night as Tennessee Williams and a young Marlon Brando find their creative rhythm.

Lady Gaga is only a Tony Award away from EGOT status! The "Abracadabra" singer won a Sports Emmy last night for her Super Bowl performance of "Hold My Hand," Variety reports. Gaga sang the Oscar-nominated song …

The production presents the complete, unabridged text of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire with no props or set.

The honorees of the 2025 Theatre World Awards, recognizing outstanding debut performances in Broadway or off-Broadway productions, were announced on May 5. The ceremony will take place at the Hard Rock Cafe Tim…

Paul Mescal and Nicola Coughlan will make their National Theatre debuts as part of incoming artistic director Indhu Rubasingham’s first season, according to Baz Bamigboye of Deadline. Mescal will star in two…

Broadway is saddened to report the passing of stage and screen veteran Priscilla Pointer, who passed away in her sleep at the age of 100. Pointer starred in the original tour of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar …

Ms. Pointer was one of the last surviving legends from Tennessee Williams' cavalcade, having performed in the original tour of A Streetcar Named Desire.

The production presents the complete, unabridged text of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire with no props or set.

Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran If Blanche duBois were in the audience, she wouldn’t sit through this production.   Blanche, as played by some actresses, would refuse. She would demand, indignant and offended,…

Against the rotating cackling and chattering of New Orleans, this riveting, electric, and thoughtfully pounding A Streetcar Named Desire squares itself off, finding its way up into that pseudo-boxing ring, read…

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: A Streetcar Named Desire at BAM By Ross Against the rotating cackling and chattering of New Orleans, this riveting, electric, and thoughtfully pounding A Streetcar Named Desire …

With women’s liberation at a crossroads and masculinity under scrutiny, "Theater: All the Moving Parts" explores two plays that challenge the dynamics of power, gender, and identity. Host Patrick Pacheco sp…

By David Sheward March 20, 2025. Sex plays a vital role in three classics works, now in revival Off-Broadway: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts and, surprisingly, Anton Ch…

Tennessee Williams is back onstage in New York City. Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Rebecca Frecknall and starring Osca…

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Ghosts @ LCT, A Streetcar Named Desire @ BAM, The Triumph of Love @ The Huntington Theatre (Boston), The Jonathan Larson Project @ at the Orpheum…

Even though the director, Rebecca Frecknall, honors most of the play’s dialogue, Blanche’s heartbreaking confession scene with Mitch (Dwane Walcott), her suitor, revealing the sad roots of her dysfunctional…

A Naked Lightbulb Gary Lucas March 14, 2025 - 15:37 Topics Theater Review Tags Broadway …

Danger comes knocking anew in Rebecca Frecknall’s searing revival of Tennessee Williams’s tragic play, starring Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran. Patsy Ferran as Blanche DuBois and Paul Mescal as Stanley Kowal…

Tennessee Williams is back onstage in New York City. Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Rebecca Frecknall and starring Os…

Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Paul Mescal with Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan, is now playing at BAM. Check out ope…

With a revival starring Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran in Brooklyn, a look at the carefully weighted balance that actors playing Blanche and Stanley need to strike.

Directed by Rebecca Frecknall, this revival began at London's Almeida Theatre in 2022.

The Massachusetts Festival's upcoming programming is themed around Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire playwright Tennessee Williams.

Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire stars Oscar nominee Paul Mescal alongside Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan is now playing at BAM.…

Is this the underwhelming Kit Kat Club all over again? Well, yes and no. The post ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Review: Rebecca Frecknall’s Self-Consciously Thundering Revival appeared first on Slant Magazin…

Tennese Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winner “A Streetcar Named Desire” is still one of Broadway’s most critically acclaimed plays. Written in 1947 and adapted to the big screen in 1951 in the Academy Award-…

While the crowd has come for Paul, at the end of Tennessee Williams’ classic play, which opened Tuesday night in Brooklyn, they leave raving about Patsy Ferran.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams starring Paul Mescal at BAM's Harvey Theater in New York City.

The British director Rebecca Frecknall has unearthed new depths in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, turning a classic that can be played as maudlin melodrama into a kinetic prize fight between t…

★★★★☆ You want realism? You want magic? Rebecca Frecknall’s production, starring Paul Mescal, has both. The post A Streetcar Named Desire: A Healthy Shot of Southern Discomfort appeared first on New…

★★☆☆☆ Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran star in the Almeida Theatre production of Williams' classic, directed by Rebecca Frecknall The post A Streetcar Named Desire: Overly Stylized Revival Goes Off the Ra…

Underwater drama, a daunting solo undertaking, a gaggle of students and a version of “The Cherry Orchard” that aims to recapture Chekhov’s winking tone.

Jacob Julius Garfinkel, also known as John Garfield (1913–1952).March 5, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Yesterday was my birthday. I share the date with an actor born in 1913, who is (unfo…

A Streetcar Named Desire with Ann Margaret

KOWALSKI by Gregg Ostrin Directed by Colin Hanlon The Duke on 42nd Street Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer Kowalski posits the particulars of the first time Marlon Brando (Brandon Flynn) met Tennessee…

By: David Sheward February 17, 2025: The potential is there for a gripping and informative play in Gregg Ostrin’s Kowalski, but sadly all we get is forced conflict and sitcom-level humor. The premise is prom…

"I feel incredibly privileged to be standing on the shoulders of the immense talent of so many other people." Tonight Paul Mescal reprises his Olivier Award-winning role in @Cunard Best Revival, A Streetcar Na…

Robin Lord Taylor as Tennessee Williams and Brandon Flynn as Marlon Brando in a scene from Gregg Ostrin’s “Kowalski” at The Duke on 42nd Street (Photo credit: Russ Rowland) Tennessee Williams devoted two …

By: Samuel L. Leiter January 28, 2025: There have been many iconic performances of important dramatic roles in the modern American theatre, but only a very few that arouse the kind of electric recognition ass…

Not everything is offensively fabricated in “Kowalski,” an account of the first time Marlon Brando ever met Tennessee Williams, to audition for “A Streetcar Named Desire,” the play that would make him a…

Sheffield Theatres today announce the full cast for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, which runs from Saturday 1 - Saturday 29 March 2025

Breathtaking performances, lush set make Imago’s ‘Streetcar’ a stunning experience Linda FergusonReview: Jerry Mouawad is the maestro behind this tragic but artistically magical reimagining of Tennessee W…

Audra McDonald in a scene from George C. Wolfe’s production of “Gypsy” at the Majestic Theatre (Photo credit: Julia Cervantes) Mama Rose in the musical Gypsy, the 1959 collaboration of Arthur Laurents (bo…

Sheffield Theatres today announces Joanna Vanderham as Blanche DuBois with a first look at new artwork for their upcoming production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire

DramaWatch: In January, theaters explore intricate shades of gray Linda FergusonImago’s "A Streetcar Named Desire," the touring musical "Kimberly Akimbo," and Portland Center Stage’s "Mrs. Harrison" all def…

Almeida; Young Vic; Hampstead theatre, LondonDaisy Edgar-Jones is on the prowl; Anne-Marie Duff channels Bette Davis; and Simon Russell Beale gleams in the literary afterlife It is fascinating, Rebecca Frecknal…

Gladiator II star Paul Mescal, who will make his New York stage debut in A Streetcar Named Desire at BAM this season, showed off his voice in a musical version of Gladiator II during his stint as host of SNL la…

LONDON, UK – The West End revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire has unveiled its complete cast, with

Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal will reprise his Olivier Award-winning performance as Stanley Kowalski in Tennesee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in Brooklyn in 2025. The production, which won the Olivie…

Almeida Theatre’s critically acclaimed A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Rebecca Frecknall will return for a three-week engagement at the Noël Coward Theatre, Paul Mescal, Patsy Ferran, Anjana Vasan and …

Mescal will reprise his Olivier-winning role as Stanley Kowalski in 2025.

BAM has revealed its 2025 Winter Spring Season, featuring Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire, Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride, and more. Learn more about the full lineup here!

The acclaimed London revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire starring Paul Mescal, Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan will transfer to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a limited run beginning Feb…

The award-winning production will begin performances in February as part of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s next season.

The critically acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Emmy nominee Paul Mescal, is set to make

Paul Mescal is going to be very busy in March 2025. His hit London production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” is coming to Brooklyn’s BAM Theater after a run at the Almeida Theater in Islington. The play fe…

The Paul Mescal-led production of A Streetcar Named Desire, which won the actor an Olivier award in 2023, will return to the West End in 2025 before transferring to New York. Learn more about the productions pl…

Various news outlets are abuzz with reports that Paul Mescal, the acclaimed actor from the West End, is poised to

Will Paul Mescal make his Broadway debut in 2025 when A Streetcar Named Desire transfers? An official announcement hasn't been made yet, but we have details here!

Rebecca Frecknall will direct Normal People actor in Tennessee Williams classic at Almeida theatre in London, opening in December Daisy Edgar-Jones is to star in a new production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof direct…

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “A Streetcar Named Desire”1948 Pulitzer winner �…

Two-time Oscar winner and Tony nominee Cate Blanchett will star in a new version of Chekhov’s The Seagull in London. Thomas Ostermeier, who adapted the play with Duncan Macmillan, will direct the production i…

There is irony in this play bookending itself with a Blanche DuBois scene from A Streetcar Named Desire, because those moments hold more nuance than the rest of This One Will Grow. As the youngest of three sist…

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out”) It has taken nine years for the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (TWTC) to tackle one of the biggest and most intricately construct…