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It's the strength of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire that is reflected in the relative success of this all-black revival, not Emily Mann's directorial decisions. Well…
2012 Tony Award Show Clips: A Streetcar Named Desire
Tune into this year's 66th Annual Tony Awards, Sunday June 10th 8/7c only on CBS. Find out who will take home this year's top aw…
Daphne Rubin-Vega is keeping things classy backstage while she stars in a classic on stage.
Tennessee Williams’ classic drama A Streetcar Named Desire is getting a riveting Broadway revival starring Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega a…
With 37 productions in contention for this year's Tony Awards, there were plenty of surprises in Tuesday's nominations announcement. (See full list of nominations here.)
Among th…
In his book Jitterbug Perfume, author Tom Robbins says the weather in New Orleans is "like an obscene phone call from nature. The air--moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh--felt as i…
Nostalgia can be such a comfort, reversing time and washing away the years of regret, loneliness, weight gain, and bad investments. “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” a new musical, …
Scottish Ballet has reached a nadir with this numbingly literal realisation of Tennessee Williams's play in dance, Clement Crisp writes
Scottish Ballet has reached a nadir with this numbingly literal realisation of Tennessee Williams's play in dance, Clement Crisp writes
“I was sort of thrilled by it,” Stella says of her husband Stanley’s display of brutal strength on their wedding night. The same could be said of my response to the latest …
Sadler's Wells; Royal Opera House, LondonWatching the second cast of Liam Scarlett's Sweet Violets at the Royal Opera House last week I was reminded of George Balanchine's dictum that "there…
Impossible is clearly not a word Nancy Meckler chooses to hear. The theatre director who made her name compressing vast, sprawling novels for the stage with the company Shared Experience has…
Is any American play better known or more beloved than Tennessee
William's A Streetcar Named Desire?
Even the most casual theatergoers have heard of Stanley's "Stella" cri de couer and…
In contrast to, for example, Liv Ullman's version of A Streetcar Named Desire (or David Cromer's or Edward Hall's), Emily Mann's version respects and serves the play. It is clear and straigh…
They’ve taken the name Kowalski out of STREETCAR but the story remains the same for Belle Reve, the lost ancestral plantation co-owed by the manipulative, beyond her prime and close to…
This color blind production of STREETCAR is powerful, explosive and deeply moving.
Sadler's Wells, LondonA Streetcar that comes without the hot, humid music of Tennessee Williams's language may sound like a lost cause. But in Scottish Ballet's new version, created by chore…
A Streetcar Named Desire today announced that it will offer a limited number of student rush tickets for 29.50. Tickets will be available at the box office on the day of the performance, and…
It was a rainy night in Manhattan on April 22, but the weather inside the Broadhurst Theatre was balmy as the New Orleans-set classic "A Streetcar Named Desire" opening on Broadway. The star…
Nicole Ari Parker, a veteran of TV and film, talks about taking on one of the American stage's famed roles, Blanche in the Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire."
A Streetcar Named Desire Is Hot on Broadway: When Marlon Brando yelled, "Stellaaaaaaaa," in his 1951 debut on screen, he made Stanley Kowalski an iconic role that actors have aspired to ever…
TV and film stars Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker made their Broadway debuts this past week in Emily Mann's new staging of "A Streetcar Named Desire."
The new revival of Tennessee Williams' often brutal 'Streetcar' features African-Americans in the lead roles
A Streetcar Named Desire is one of those plays: Though it gives its entire cast plenty to do, it’s often devoured whole by a single performance. In the film, the devouring was done by …
It was a rainy night in Manhattan on April 22, but the weather inside the Broadhurst Theatre was balmy as the New Orleans-set classic A Streetcar Named Desire opening on Broadway. The starry…
