Butterflies aren't free May 8, 2008
In his memoir, the legendary Elia Kazan wrote about directing Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire." While he did not think that Leigh was a great natural actress, he was impressed that she would crawl through glass to get the role right. Hillary Clinton may not be a great natural politician, but traveling across the United States on her own Bus Named Desire, she has crawled through glass to get the role right. (International Herald Tribune)
Gilding the Lilley May 4, 2008
Trion Paleologou, then 17, said: "Mr G is clearly someone who lives almost entirely in a world of his own making and we contrasted him with Blanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desire.". Like all successful satire, Lilley's "types" are very recognisable. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Click for Full Story May 3, 2008
In 1948, Pulitzer Prizes were awarded to playwright Tennessee Williams for "A Streetcar Named Desire" and to novelist James Michener for "Tales of the South Pacific."In 1978, "Sun Day" fell on a Wednesday as thousands of people extolling the virtues of solar energy held events across the country. In 1986, in NASA's first post-Challenger launch, an unmanned Delta rocket lost power in its main engine shortly after liftoff, forcing safety officers to destroy it by remote control. (KWTX.com, TX)
American Ballet Theatre highlights NAC's dance season Apr 15, 2008
Ballet British Columbia is performing John Alleyne's A Streetcar Named Desire based on Tennessee Williams's classic play. Series B celebrates choreographic originality at the Theatre. (Globe and Mail)
New NAC dance season features hottest companies, world premieres Apr 15, 2008
Ballet British Columbia's A Streetcar Named Desire - "jazzy, generous, strong," according to Levy - stops at the NAC April. 28. (Canada.com)
Old Globe takes a second shot at a Williams' classic Apr 14, 2008
It became Williams' first big theatrical success, setting the stage for such classics as A Streetcar Named Desire (1948) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955). There've been questions over the years about just how Williams wanted the work to be staged. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Tennessee waltzes back with lost play Apr 12, 2008
"Williams has an even bigger problem than most, because he wrote some really, really great plays. And anything by him will always be measured against 'The Glass Menagerie' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' ". On the other hand, the prospect of any new addition to the Williams canon is a tempting one, for Mosher, Bank and most theater lovers. (Variety)
Keeping the flame of Adler family's acting tradition Apr 11, 2008
When he has heard Stanley Kowalski bellow "Stella!" over the years in assorted productions of "A Streetcar Named Desire," Tom Oppenheim has wondered whether Tennessee Williams chose the name as an insider's bouquet to Oppenheim's grandmother Stella Adler, the teacher who instructed the definitive Stanley, Marlon Brando, in her version of the Method ... Oppenheim said that his grandmother, in overseeing a scene from "A Streetcar Named Desire," would not have asked an actor to capture the tension... (International Herald Tribune)
Local movie buffs create their 'dream' festivals Apr 10, 2008
Strangelove" meets "Six Feet Under"? "Our Man In Havana" (1959) Carol Reed and Graham Greene are well known for their collaboration on the classic "The Third Man," (screened at the 2006 Robert Osborne's Classic Film Festival) filmed in a bombed-out post-war Vienna in 1948. Ten years later, with a Revolution in Cuba just established and with Castro and Che' in power - in the months just before a Soviet partnership - Reed and Greene tag-teamed it once more with a classic comedy about an English... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Rusty But Lusty Apr 4, 2008
A Streetcar Named Desire: By Tennessee Williams ... The moment is over so quickly the mind scarcely takes note, but the quick echo of "Romeo and Juliet" is unmistakable in Artistic Director Jasson Minadakis' revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire," enhancing the sexual density and passionate immediacy of the Marin Theatre Company production that opened Tuesday. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sex symbols: the guys Mar 30, 2008
Sexiest role: Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1955). Quote: "The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.". (Florida Times-Union)
Spears offered lead role Mar 28, 2008
The 'Toxic' singer is considering treading the famous London boards to play ageing 'Southern Belle' Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' play 'A Streetcar Named Desire. A source told Britain's Daily Star newspaper, "Britney's been on the list for this for some time but until recently was considered too risky. "Her appearance on 'How I Met Your Mother' changed all that. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Tidbits: Britney mayact in play Mar 28, 2008
Dan Steinberg / APBritney Spears did such a good job on "How I Met Your Mother" that a London theater is ready to offer her the role of Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire," the Daily Star reports ... reports that the-powers-that-be behind a new London theater production of the Tennessee Williams classic A Streetcar Named Desire offered the pop star the role of tragic boozer Blanche DuBois. (MSNBC -- News)
Movies of all eras coming to Winter Garden's silver screen Mar 27, 2008
May 1, A Streetcar Named Desire, PG, 1951. May 15, Citizen Kane, NR, 1941. (Winter Garden West Orange Times, FL)
Tennessee Williams Literary Fest Mar 23, 2008
The annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival takes place in the French Quarter neighborhood where the legendary playwright began writing "A Streetcar Named Desire." It not only recalls the French Quarter of his years in New Orleans, but also reflects the artistic and literary character of the current Quarter ... Williams, a native of Columbus, Mississippi, moved to New Orleans in 1939 and for several years lived in the French Quarter, where he began writing "A Streetcar Named... (Suite101.com)
Black audiences: The new Broadway touchstone Mar 22, 2008
Byrd now has plans for a multiracial version of "A Streetcar Named Desire"; a stage adaptation of James Baldwin's 1956 novel, "Giovanni's Room"; and a new production of "Death of a Salesman." He has even had early talks with Je'Caryous Johnson, a young playwright on the increasingly sophisticated urban play circuit - derisively called the chitlin' circuit - about bringing Johnson's original work to Broadway. The agenda is ambitious considering that just five years ago there were questions about... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Raimi, Paramount revive Jack Ryan Mar 19, 2008
Alec Baldwin originated Ryan in 1990's "The Hunt for Red October" and when Baldwin famously jumped ship to do "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway, Harrison Ford replaced him in 1992's "Patriot Games" and 1994's "Clear and Present Danger." Ben Affleck played Ryan in 2002's "The Sum of All Fears." The four films grossed $781. 5 million worldwide. (Variety)
Bergman muse to direct Blanchett Mar 8, 2008
Liv Ullmann, a film director and actor best known for her collaborations with Ingmar Bergman, will direct Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire next year with Cate Blanchett as its heroine, Blanche DuBois ... Although the company's 2009 program will not be announced until later this year, A Streetcar Named Desire is sure to be a selling point. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Read on... Mar 7, 2008
A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Elia Kazan, High Society, directed by Charles Walters, You Were Never Lovelier, directed by William A. Seiter. Who do you think is the best actor in Hollywood at the moment. (Variety)
Andre Previn returns Mar 6, 2008
It's been the most activity he has experienced since completing his first opera "A Streetcar Named Desire" in the late '90s. The largest project is a new opera, "Brief Encounter," based on Noel Coward's one-act play, "Still Life." Houston Grand Opera premieres it in Spring of 2009. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Oscar predictions improve, drama lessens Feb 26, 2008
Other memorable upsets include: An American in Paris besting A Streetcar Named Desire in 1952, Rocky knocking out All the Presidents Men, Network and Taxi Driver in 1977, Marisa Tomei winning best supporting actress in 1993, and Adrian Brody winning over Jack Nicholson in 2003. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- News)
Oscars 2008: First time at bat can be the right time Feb 25, 2008
A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951: supporting actress and actor Kim Hunter, Karl Malden. From Here to Eternity, 1953: supporting actress and actor Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Amy Ryan Interview, Gone Baby Gone Feb 19, 2008
She received two TONY nominations for her performances in UNCLE VANYA and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. ... I have worked mostly in theater, with great actors, in Broadway shows like UNCLE VANYA with Derek Jacobi and Laura Linney and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. But I have always had television work like THE WIRE. For the most part I have been involved with great writing whether it was Anton Chekhov or Tennessee Williams. (MoviesOnline)
Best of the best of Oscar Feb 16, 2008
The runners-up: Vivien Leigh, "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951); Elizabeth Taylor, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966); Katharine Hepburn, "The Lion in Winter" (1968); and Sissy Spacek, "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980) ... The runners-up: Kim Hunter, "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951); Rita Moreno, "West Side Story" (1961); Ruth Gordon, "Rosemary's Baby" (1968); and Linda Hunt, "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Maureen Keiller unleashes her inner leading lady as star of 'Little Dog' Feb 13, 2008
Since then, she's worked at most of the area's theaters, playing a gossipy friend in SpeakEasy's "The Women," the upstairs neighbor in New Repertory Theatre's production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," and a worldly-wise nightclub owner in Boston Theatre Works' production of "Pulp.". On film, she's been featured as a rabid Red Sox fan in "Fever Pitch" ("Talk about typecasting," she says with a laugh) and a seamstress for Kate Hudson in the upcoming "My Best Friend's Girl.". (Boston Globe)
Sundance film a valentine to Chicago Feb 6, 2008
He has gone on to direct "A Streetcar Named Desire," "A Clockwork Orange" and "Streamers" there as well as the Tony Award-winning revival of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on Broadway. With "Diminished Capacity," Kinney had the opportunity to take the helm of a feature film that combines quirky elements of humor with a classic tale of redemption, as offbeat and improbable as it might seem. (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
Lois Nettleton, at 80; actress whose career spanned 6 decades Jan 24, 2008
As Blanche DuBois in a 1973 production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, Miss Nettleton avoided the typical portrayal of a faded beauty turned boozy manipulator. "This is a Blanche . . . who has been to hell and back and yet retains her innocence," wrote critic Clive Barnes in a review for The New York Times. (Boston Globe)
Academy Awards Youngest and Oldest Jan 22, 2008
A veteran of the stage, as well as movies, Tandy was the first actress to play Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire. She often appeared on stage and in movies with her husband Hume Cronyn. (Suite101.com)
Storytellers'Selected Shorts' returns to Westport Playhouse Jan 12, 2008
" A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Taylor's Broadway credits include "Macbeth," "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," "Mule Bone" and "A Streetcar Named Desire. " She's appeared in movie theaters in "Changing Lanes," "Everyone Says I Love You" and, most recently, "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead. (Stamford Advocate)
Actress lends royal pedigree to Westerly's Twelfth Night revels Jan 11, 2008
Working on stage with a strong-willed mother must come naturally to the daughter of Jessica Tandy, who rose to stardom as Blanche in "A Streetcar Named Desire" opposite Marlon Brando. Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn later became a theatrical couple often compared to the Lunts, appearing in "The Fourposter," "The Gin Game," "Foxfire" as well as such films as "Cocoon" and "The World According to Garp.". (Westerly Sun, RI)
DVD Watch: 'Cat People,' other Val Lewton cults Jan 8, 2008
Kim Hunter, who won an Oscar eight years later for A Streetcar Named Desire, made her screen debut here as a woman sleuthing her sister's fate. The villains are a satanic cult, and it's bizarre to see Hugh Beaumont (Ward on Leave It to Beaver). (USA Today -- Life)
The best movie endings Jan 7, 2008
"Hey, Stella!" - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." - Gone With the Wind (1939). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The life of Reilly Dec 20, 2007
His stage work leans heavily toward drama ( The Grapes of Wrath, A Streetcar Named Desire, True West). His first movie was Brian De Palma's Casualties of War and, before Apatow, the filmmakers who have gone back to him repeatedly Anderson, Martin Scorsese haven't been known for their funny bones. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Swanks ready for more challenging roles Dec 18, 2007
When fans and critics look back on her career years from now, Boys Dont Cry will be to Hilary Swank what A Streetcar Named Desire was for Marlon Brando. InsomniaThis film is probably more notable for being the sophomore effort from director Christopher Nolan. (MSNBC -- News)
Nostalgia Night film series starts Jan. 13 Dec 15, 2007
n Jan. 27 A Streetcar Named Desire. n Feb. 3 Teacher s Pet. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Globes welcome new crop of actresses Dec 14, 2007
Ryan had done years of TV and stage work the two-time Tony nominee even played Stella Kowalski opposite John C. Reilly in A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway before earning raves as a drug-addicted mother whose daughter disappears. Shes fierce, selfish, makes questionable choices, but Ryan is so good she ultimately makes you sympathize with her. (MSNBC -- News)
Letters: Readers pick character actors Dec 10, 2007
His allusion to Peter Lorre was apt; I second it, especially for "Casablanca" and "Arsenic and Old Lace." I would also add Tom Waits ("The Cotton Club," "Down by Law"), Sydney Greenstreet ("Casablanca," "The Maltese Falcon"), Walter Huston ("The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"), Eugene Palette ("Easy to Take"), Ben Johnson ("The Last Picture Show"), Karl Malden ("One-Eyed Jacks," "A Streetcar Named Desire") and George "Gabby" Hayes in any number of Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy films. Barry... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Francis Ford Coppola Reveals Details Of Next Film, 'Tetro' -- A 'Semi-Autobiographical Vision' Dec 7, 2007
That would be plays like "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "A Streetcar Named Desire" and especially "The Glass Menagerie," where family conflicts are blown up to explore interpersonal demons. "Tetro" will be rife with those sorts of dynamics, Coppola said. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Career In Crime Dec 6, 2007
" In fact, Gandolfini was with her back in 1992, when the Lower East Side native made her Broadway bow in "A Streetcar Named Desire. " They played Eunice and Steve Hubbell, Stanley and Stella Kowalski's long-suffering next-door neighbors. "I had to boss him around back then, too," she jokes. "Don't write that down - James will kill me. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
For director Friedkin, there's no crime in hard work Dec 6, 2007
Friedkin first saw Petersen when the young stage actor performed in A Streetcar Named Desire in Toronto. He was impressed by Petersen's interpretation of Stanley Kowalski, nothing like Marlon Brando's memorable depiction of the character. (USA Today)
Sex and the City scoops handful of Guild awards Dec 3, 2007
The guild presented its lifetime achievement award to Karl Malden, 91, an Academy Award winner, as supporting actor for A Streetcar Named Desire. This article: http://thescotsman. (Yahoo News -- Sex and the City)
This Day in History Dec 3, 2007
In 1947, the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway. In 2006, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won re-election, defeating Manuel Rosales. (Montana Standard, MT)
Cops: No Hate Crime At School Noose Was Found Nov 30, 2007
A law-enforcement official told NBC 7/39 that the noose is a prop that is to be used in the play "A Streetcar Named Desire.". The school's principal spoke with the theater group, said senior Lindsay Wolfe. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Daniels joins Intiman leadership Nov 29, 2007
In the 2008 season, Daniels will stage a production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" for Intiman. She will also shoulder various artistic and producing duties at a time when Sher is in increasing demand nationwide. (Variety)
Lowell Dennis Smith, 56; danced with Harlem troupe Nov 5, 2007
One of his best known roles was as Stanley Kowalski in a dance adaptation by Valerie Bettis of the Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire.". "Stanley screams all the time so his movement has to scream," Smith said in a 1996 interview with the Commercial Appeal of Memphis. (Los Angeles Times)
Amy Ryan makes an impression Oct 22, 2007
Though Ryan has a r;sum; that includes lots of episodic TV and smaller roles in films (she played lawman Chris Cooper's star-struck wife in "Capote"), Ryan has spent most of her career on the stage (she is a two-time Tony nominee for performances in "Uncle Vanya" and "A Streetcar Named Desire"). "'Capote' started to change all that," Ryan says. (New York Daily News)
Remembering Vancouver's Tennessee waltz Oct 17, 2007
Marr's memories of Williams the artist, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of such plays as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, are largely positive. He was great in rehearsal, he remembers, very funny and charming. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Melbourne Theatre Company keeps busy Sep 28, 2007
Davis's turn as Stella in a London production of A Streetcar Named Desire won her an Olivier Award. Steamy too, but without the protection of distance, is Holding the Man, Tommy Murphy's adaptation of Melbourne writer Timothy Conigrave's tale of love in the time of AIDS.. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Love The Drama, Hate The Messy Gimmicks Sep 26, 2007
Van Hove, who baffled some and delighted others with his previous deconstructions of "A Streetcar Named Desire," "More Stately Mansions" and "Hedda Gabler," is up to his old/new tricks with his version of Molire's classic work about hypocrisy. Updated - and stressing romantic disconnection in the era of cellphones and text messaging - the production is alternately thoughtful and trivial, revelatory and deeply silly. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Welcome to my world Sep 24, 2007
I am happy with my real date, Richard, but a young Marlon Brando circa A Streetcar Named Desire would be a good fantasy alternative. What would you do if you were invisible. (Scotsman)
Opera: Dead Man Walking Sep 23, 2007
" Dead Man Walking opens at the State Theatre on Thursday. Songs for serious times HARVEY MILK, 1995 The opera about San Francisco's first openly gay elected public official and his assassination was warmly praised yet critics felt composer Stewart Wallace and librettist Michael Korie's work didn't attain the desired emotional power. The story is about to be made into a film starring Sean Penn. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, 1995 Based on Tennessee Williams's classic play. Andre Previn's music was... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
This 'Streetcar' is true to Williams - and to itself Sep 18, 2007
Few plays are more haunted, or haunting, than "A Streetcar Named Desire," and not just because of the lovely, fragile ghost that is Blanche DuBois ... A Streetcar Named Desire. (Boston Globe)
Reviewing the Hollywood Blacklist Sep 15, 2007
Who will ever forget unrepentant Stalinists like writer-director Abe Polonsky picketing the 1999Academy Awards when 90-year-old Elia Kazan received an Oscar celebrating a movie career that had seen him direct the likes of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," "Gentlemen's Agreement," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "East of Eden" and "On the Waterfront," while inside the auditorium such sophomoric lefties as Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Nick Nolte, openly showed their contempt for the man ... Who will ever... (Townhall.com)
More of this story Sep 11, 2007
Or someone who would take on the role of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, which happens to be the case when the New Repertory Theatre brings Tennessee Williams s classic to its magnificent new space at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown for a Sept. 12 through Oct. 7 run ... A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by the New Repertory Theatre. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
Fall Arts Preview Sep 9, 2007
Mainstage: Wed-Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri 8 p.m., Sat 3:30 & 8 p.m., Sun 2 & 7:30 p.m. 9/11-10/7: "A Streetcar Named Desire." 10/23-11/18: "A House With No Walls." 12/9-12/23: "A Christmas Carol.". Downstage: Thu 8 p.m., Fri 8:30 p.m., Sat 4 & 8:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m., select Wed & Sun 8 p.m. 9/22-10/21: "tick, tick . . . Boom!" 12/19-12/30: "The Santaland Diaries.". (Boston Globe -- Living)
Diana Rigg Rules the Stage in London `All About My Mother' Sep 7, 2007
Manuela then bizarrely finds herself acting in ``A Streetcar Named Desire'' with Rojo. Like the film, Samuel Adamson's adaptation is a cross between a candy-colored romp and a sentimental tearjerker about creating one's own family. (Bloomberg)
Stepping up to 'Streetcar' Sep 7, 2007
WATERTOWN Sixty years after its Broadway debut, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of desperation and disappointment, still packs an emotional punch. But with the iconographic images of Elia Kazan s film version a young, hunky Marlon Brando shouting out Stanley s sexual desire for Stella, the indelible Vivien Leigh as the fluttering, faded Southern belle Blanche Dubois is it possible to offer a fresh take on this classic. (Boston Globe)
Review Round-up: Happy Mothers Day for Old Vic Sep 6, 2007
Michael Billington in the Guardian (three stars) While Adamson keeps the intertextual references to A Streetcar Named Desire, Blood Wedding and All About Eve, there is no way he can match the movie's propulsive rhythm and deft shorthand: you lose classic Almodvar moments as when a dying daughter is recognised by her demented father's dogs but not by the man himself ... Everything adds to the moral and emotional mix: from those symbolic organ transplants to A Streetcar Named Desire, a play in... (WhatsOnStage.com)
All About My Mother Sep 6, 2007
(The Old Vic, London; 963 seats; 45 $90 top). An Old Vic, Daniel Sparrow, Neal Street Prods. (Variety)
Spider-Man's aunt headed to Globe Aug 30, 2007
The English actress starred in the original Broadway productions of (among others) A Streetcar Named Desire, Pack of Lies and A Lion in Winter, winning a 1966 Tony Award for the latter. She has been nominated for Tonys seven other times, most recently in 2000 as best actress in a play for Waiting in the Wings. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
London takes a page from the movies Aug 25, 2007
"The Philadelphia Story," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "West Side Story," "The Sound of Music," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Amadeus" are just some of the more celebrated cases of Hollywood turning to the stage for product. This time around, instead of blockbuster pics, creatives are bringing smaller, independent or foreign-language films to the stage. (Variety)
Keep your eyes on these foreign stars Aug 9, 2007
"A Streetcar Named Desire. That's a classic movie, and I've always felt such respect for Marlon Brando. He changed the face of acting.". Share this story. (USA Today -- Life)
A Streetcar Named Desire Aug 2, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Richard JinmanAugust 1, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Simpsons' early seasons fertile ground for top picks Jul 27, 2007
The plot: Marge Simpson plays Blanche to Ned Flanders' bare-chested Stanley in a musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire. Why it's on the list: The writing, the parody, the songs. (Houston Chronicle)
From famous lit to the orchestra pit Jul 23, 2007
WHEN Teddy Tahu Rhodes sings that one-word yell of rage - "Stella!" - at the Sydney Opera House next month, many of his listeners will be picturing Marlon Brando, who is Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film version of A Streetcar Named Desire ... A Streetcar Named Desire, the opera based on the 1948 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams, was written by the composer Andre Previn and librettist Philip Littell and premiered at the San Francisco Opera in 1998 ... 30pm, and Insight into A... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
