Cate Blanchett Talks STREETCAR with Charlie Rose Tonight, 12/11

Last night, December 10, actress Cate Blanchett sat down with Charlie Rose to discuss playing te famed Blanche Dubois in BAM's A Streetcar Named Desire.

Said the star on taking on the part: "[I was] Terrified, utterly terrified. I think there are very few theatrical works, very few plays which exist as absolutely in the world of cinema as they do in the theatrical world, and this a masterpiece in both worlds. And the work was clearly groundbreaking, but also the performances that were elicited in that...I think it's a play that we have all -- that we feel we know perhaps better than we do because it exists in the shadow of the film. And so I think part of our job was really -- and that's where Liv was fearless was to actually set that aside and just really to examine what was there on the page."

Cate Blanchett's interview will air again tonight on Bloomberg Television at 8PM and 10PM ETS. The interview is also available. or listen to the interview simulcast on Bloomberg Radio. Bloomberg Radio is broadcast on 1130AM in the New York Metropolitan area and is available on XM and Sirius.

For information about the show, please visit: http://www.charlierose.com/

In a special winter presentation, Sydney Theatre Company returns 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 27- through December 20.

'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 production will play the BAM Harvey Theater, Nov 27 and 28, Dec 1, 2, 3**, 4, 5, 8-12, 15-19 at 7:30pm; Nov 28, Dec 2, 5, 9, 12, 16, and 19 at 2pm; Nov 29, Dec 6, 13, and 20 at 3pm. 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 (**A Streetcar Named Desire: Belle Rêve Gala, performance begins at 8pm)

 

 

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