RIALTO CHATTER: Blanchett's STREETCAR Headed to Broadway?

The New York Times is reporting that multiple producers have contacted Cate Blanchett and BAM in regards to moving A Streetcar Named Desire to the Great White Way.  The BAM production, like it's Kennedy Center predecessor, is entirely sold out and has been one of the winter's hottest tickets.  No official announcements have been made, though the Times reports that a move would occur no earlier than the spring of 2010.

The entire cast is scheduled to return to Australia on December 21 prior following the final BAM performance.

To read the full report in the New York Times, click here.

In a special winter presentation, Sydney Theatre Company has returned to BAM with Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by renowned actor/director/writer Liv Ullmann and featuring Academy Award-winning actress/Sydney Theatre Company Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, Joel Edgerton at Stanley Kowalski, Robin McLeavey as Stella Kowalski, and Tim Richards as Mitch. The production marks Liv Ullmann's U.S. directorial debut and Blanchett's second BAM engagement-following her acclaimed performance in Sydney Theatre Company's Hedda Gabler (2006 Spring Season). The production will run from November 27th through December 20th.

'A Streetcar Named Desire' is the story of the determined, yet fragile, repressed and delicate Blanche DuBois, set in the New Orleans apartment of her sister, Stella, and animalistic brother-in-law, Stanley. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play opened on Broadway in New York in 1947 and guaranteed Williams' status as one of the major American Playwrights.

The presentation of Streetcar in America marks U.S. directorial debut of Liv Ullmann and features set design by Ralph Myers, costume design by Tess Schofield, lighting design by Nick Schlieper, and sound design by Paul Charlier.

The remainder pf the production will play the BAM Harvey Theater December 16th and 19th at 2:00pm and closes December 20th at 3:00pm. Tickets are $30, $65, $95 (Tues-Thurs); $40, $80, $120 (Fri-Sun) and can be purchased by calling 718.636.4100 or by visiting BAM.org.

For more information, visit www.BAM.org.