Friday, September 20, 2024

Daisy Edgar-Jones to star in new production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Chris Wiegand

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Saturday, September 14, 2024

All the Drama: “A Streetcar Named Desire,” 1948 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama by Jan Simpson

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”19…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AM
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Cate Blanchett to Return to the London Stage in The Seagull by Darryn King

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 dir…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PM
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Failure to take root by Amanda Finn

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 yo…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:06AM
Thursday, July 25, 2024

TWTC’s first-time ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ is a very satisfying ride by Alan Smason

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 i…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 12:40PM
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Take a Ride on A Streetcar Named Desire With the New City Players by Bill Hirschman

  By Britin Haller Arguably one of the greatest dramatic play in American theatrical history, and certainly of its time, A Streetcar Named Desire has rolled onto the Island City Stage with …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18AM
Monday, July 8, 2024

Nikki Shiels in A Streetcar Named Desire by Aussie Theatre

Media are invited to a special preview of Melbourne Theatre Company’s A Streetcar Named Desire, one of the most celebrated

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:27AM
Monday, June 24, 2024

A Streetcar Named Desire

The post A Streetcar Named Desire appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:16AM
Monday, June 17, 2024

Tony Awards: Every Best Play Winner Since 1947 by Robert Lang

Since 1947, the Tony Awards have recognized an array of remarkable shows with the coveted title of Best Play. From timeless classics like Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire and A…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:00AM
Monday, May 27, 2024

Melbourne Theatre Company’s A Streetcar Named Desire by Aussie Theatre

Melbourne Theatre Company’s Season 2024 centerpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire, one of the most celebrated plays of the 20th century,

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 12:44AM
Friday, May 10, 2024

West End Producer Francesca Moody Eyes Revival of ‘Baby Reindeer’ on Stage by Belaid S

Francesca Moody, the Olivier Award-winning producer known for her work on ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ with Paul Mescal and ‘Fleabag’

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 06:41AM
Thursday, April 25, 2024

With the World Premiere of Mother Play, Jessica Lange Is Thrilled to Do Something New by Darryn King

Over the course of her Broadway career, the actress Jessica Lange—displaying what seems like the single-minded methodicalness of an assassin—checked off the classics of the American stag…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AM
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

A Streetcar Named Desire at Paramount fires on all cylinders by Jack Helbig

Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire is an iconic play that lives up to its reputation.  Solidly written, packed with vivid characters and terrific dialogue, the play may run nea…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:16PM
Friday, March 8, 2024

Julie review – Rebecca Frecknall’s sensational take on Strindberg by David Jays

ITA, AmsterdamThe British director of Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire makes a gripping debut with the acclaimed Dutch company Julie wobbles into the kitchen, hiding from her own 21st bi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Amy Ryan to Take Over in Doubt on Broadway; Tyne Daly Withdraws by Darryn King

Two-time Tony nominee and Oscar nominee Amy Ryan will assume the role of Sister Aloysius in the Broadway revival of Doubt, replacing Tony winner Tyne Daly. Ryan begins performances February…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM
Thursday, December 28, 2023

The Night of the Iguana ** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward December 27, 2023: The revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana from La Femme Productions at the Pershing Square Signature Center sounded so promising (N…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:24AM
Sunday, December 24, 2023

Theatre: Susannah Clapp’s 10 best shows of 2023 by Susannah Clapp

In a thin year for musicals and political drama, an 11th hour Blanche DuBois, a flurry of young actors, two James Graham plays and a pair of Macbeths were among the standouts Read the Observ…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Off- Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Iguana Revival with Eclectic Cast By: David Sheward September 20, 2023: La Femme Theater Productions will present an Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana, …

SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:03AM
Sunday, August 13, 2023

The rise of actor Patsy Ferran: ‘I’m a bit of a duck: calm on the surface…’ by Susannah Clapp

She cancelled her honeymoon to star in A Streetcar Named Desire with four days’ notice – then won the 2023 Critics’ Circle best actress award. She talks to the Observer’s theatre cri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AM
Thursday, August 10, 2023

Price of West End theatre tickets can be ludicrous, says David Tennant by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Actor says high prices are strangling next generation of theatregoers, as cheapest seats rise 13% in a year The price of West End theatre tickets can be ludicrous and risks strangling the ne…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AM
Saturday, July 1, 2023

Theater Books for Summer Reading 2023 by Jan Simpson

Happy Fourth of July Weekend!  Time has been so slippery over these past three pandemic years and global warming is now playing such havoc with the weather that on some days just breathing …

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:13AM
Sunday, June 18, 2023

The week in theatre: Romeo and Juliet; When Winston Went to War With the Wireless; Groundhog Day – review by Susannah Clapp

Almeida; Donmar Warehouse; Old Vic, London Danger stalks the radiant lovers in Rebecca Frecknall’s tumultuous, twilit Romeo and Juliet; a 1920s battle for the soul of BBC radio couldn’t …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AM
Thursday, June 15, 2023

Romeo and Juliet review – Rebecca Frecknall’s dance to the death by Arifa Akbar

Almeida theatre, LondonThis innovative, fast-paced production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, starring Toheeb Jimoh and Isis Hainsworth, has a beguiling intensity Rebecca Frecknall is fast becom…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM
Thursday, June 8, 2023

A Streetcar Named Desire review – rage restrained, then turned up to 11 by Mark Fisher

Pitlochry Festival theatreKirsty Stuart’s Blanche is convincingly respectable in this revival of the Tennessee Williams classic, before she spectacularly unravels It must be tempting for a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19AM
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

A Streetcar Named Desire wins Cunard Best Revival | Olivier Awards 2023 with Mastercard by Official London Theatre

Sheridan Smith and Eddie Izzard present the award for Cunard Best Revival to A Streetcar Named Desire at the Olivier Awards 2023 with Mastercard. Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards cel…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:00AM
Saturday, April 22, 2023

Off Broadway's "Regretfully. So the Birds Are" by Frank Rizzo

All photos by Chelcie Parry The show: “Regretfully, So the Bird Are” at Playwrights Horizons by Julia Izumi, directed by Jenn…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:12PM
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Patsy Ferran wins Critics’ Circle award for last-minute A Streetcar Named Desire role by Meg Warren-Lister

Ferran replaced Lydia Wilson who withdrew for health reasons just days before the show’s premiere in December, starring opposite Paul Mescal

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:36AM
Monday, April 17, 2023

Patsy Ferran wins Critics’ Circle theatre award for 11th-hour Streetcar role by Chris Wiegand

Lizzie Annis wins best newcomer and Arthur Hughes wins best Shakesperean performance as actors with disabilities take two prizes Patsy Ferran has been named best actress at the Critics’ C…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Scottish Ballet: The Crucible | May 24 - 28, 2023 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/ballet/2022-2023/scottish-ballet/ After stunning audiences in its Kennedy Center debut with its “impressive” (The Washington Pos…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:06PM
Thursday, April 6, 2023

#PaulMescal thinking about his post-awards McDonalds.. #Shorts by Official London Theatre

Paul Mescal after he won #BestActor in a Musical for his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire #OlivierAwards

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:31AM
Monday, April 3, 2023

‘MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO’ TRIUMPHS AT OLIVIER AWARDS by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/2; Photo: Host Hannah Waddingham at the Olivier awards. Photograph: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for SOLT.) Olivier awards: full list of w…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:43PM

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