LLT Presents A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, 2/23-26

The Laurel Little Theatre presents A Streetcar Named Desire directed by Amanda Robertson Gwin from February 23-26, 2012.

It's the Pulitzer Prize winning play written by Mississippi native Tennessee Williams, and features Laurel's own famous fictional character, Blanche DuBois. Some say Blanche was based on a notorious real-life teacher from the area that was run out of town because of her shady reputation. She ended up living in New Orleans' steamy French Quarter with her sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley Kowalski. Blanche is a fading relic of the Old South, but a classic Southern belle who delivers that famous line "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway in 1947, and had a highly successful NYC revival in 1992 starring Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin. It's won eight Tony Awards in its various Broadway productions, and negotiations are now underway for a Spring 2012 NYC revival with Blair Underwood set to play Stanley.

The 1951 movie with Vivian Leigh and Marlon Brando was a huge hit as well, and won four Academy Awards. Locally, the LLT production in 1978 was headlined by one of the original theatre founders, Page Harris.

Streetcar is PG15: Some suggestive content; recommended for ages 15 and up.

The Laurel Little Theatre is locaed In The Historic 1927 Arabian Theatre At 408 5th Avenue, Laurel, MS 39442. For more information visit http://www.laurellittletheatre.com/index.html, email LLTLaurelMS@aol.com, or call 601.428.0140.