Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
Starring:
Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois
Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski
Kim Hunter as Stella Kowalski
Karl Malden as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
Rudy Bond as Steve Hubbel
Nick Dennis as Pablo Gonzales
Peg Hillias as Eunice Hubbel
Wright King as A Collector
Richard Garrick as A Doctor
Studio: Charles K. Feldman Group, Warner Bros. Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Filmed: 1951 - Released: 1951
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The Paul Mescal-led production of A Streetcar Named Desire, which won the actor an Olivier award in 2023, will return to the West End in 2025 before transferring to New York. Learn more about the productions plans here!
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Will Paul Mescal make his Broadway debut in 2025 when A Streetcar Named Desire transfers? An official announcement hasn't been made yet, but we have details here!
This production feels contemporary and fresh, with an edgy, f-you, punk rock rebelliousness. Yet it also feels profoundly truthful to the original grittiness of A Streetcar Named Desire, how it was received when it premiered — its New Orleans funk and grime, its rough, perverse sexiness and sweatiness.
On a rainy night in 1940s New Orleans, a former Southern belle takes a streetcar to her younger sister’s shabby apartment. So begins Tennessee Williams’ 1947 masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire. See what our critic thought.
Tim McNeil's new play BLANCHE IN THE ASYLUM explores Blanche Dubois' life 35 years after A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.
Bay Street Theater will present Tennessee Williams' A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE as the presentation for its 16th Annual Literature Live! series, bringing the Pulitzer Prize-winning play to life for students and the community. Learn how to attend!
Tennessee Williams’ classic play exploring love, life and heartbreak will begin at the Citadel Theatre this September. Performances run September 21 though October 13, 2024.
Following the sell-out success of Hollywood, LAMTA (Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy) will present A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams' electrifying drama directed by the renowned Professor Chris Weare and starring guest artist Emily Child as Blanche DuBois. The production opens at Theatre on the Bay on 14 August 2024 for a ten-day season.
A Streetcar Named Desire comes to The Citadel Theatre in September. Performances run September 21 - October 13.
Melbourne Theatre Company’s Season 2024 centrepiece, A Streetcar Named Desire, one of the most celebrated plays of the 20th century, will begin performances at Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse from 9 July.
Soulpepper Theatre brings Tennessee Williams' classic A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE to the stage this summer. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
Get a first look at Paramount Theatre Aurora's production of A Streetcar Named Desire in an all-new video.
The winners of the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced on 29 January 2024 at a star-studded ceremony, with 30 Awards presented, shared between 15 productions which played on Sydney stages during 2023.
Tennessee Shakespeare Company presents the ground-breaking, poetic expressionism of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' on its Tabor Stage.
In March 2024, Paramount will present A Streetcar Named Desire. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here.
2023 Sydney Theatre Awards nominations have been announced, with leading productions like 'Fences' and 'Hubris & Humiliation' receiving seven nominations each. Find out more about the nominees and the upcoming gala ceremony.
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards were held last night, November 19. Among the big winners this year were Sunset Boulevard, starring Nicole Scherzinger, as well as Jack Thorne's The Motive and the Cue, Andrew Scott for Vanya, and more. Check out the full list of winners here!
Redhouse Arts Center opens their 2023/2024 season with the explosive and groundbreaking drama by Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire. The play will run for one weekend only, from Thursday, October 26 through Sunday, October 29.
Collaborative Artists Ensemble presents 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Tennessee Williams, opening Friday, September 8th. Check out all new photos here!
Steve Jarrard directs a cast that includes German Flores Alcala, RJ Cortana, Kathy Bell Denton, Joshua Farrell, Chuy Garcia, Wendy Garcia, Mark V. Jones, Harish Mandyam, Eve Richards, Jason Sino, Jennifer Skiffington, Kevin Grant Spencer and Meg Wallace.
Eastbound Theatre will present the classic drama A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and directed by John Atkin. The show will run from June 2nd through June 17th, 2023 at The MAC.
Following the hugely successful mainland tour of A Streetcar Named Desire, and an exciting US premiere tour of The Crucible, Scottish Ballet will take the full production of Streetcar to Kirkwall, as part of the St Magnus Festival, and then to Stornoway on Lewis.
The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast of Rebecca Frecknall's production of Romeo and Juliet. Learn more about the show here!
ATG Creative Learning and Community Partnerships will target schools, youth organisations, youth services, alternative education provisions and community organisations to access A Streetcar Named Desire for free/free at point of access.
This June Pitlochry Festival Theatre is set to stage an exciting and rare Scottish revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams’ powerful and iconic portrayal of love, lust and loneliness.
In steamy 1940s New Orleans, fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois moves into her sister Stella's apartment. Stella's brutish husband Stanley sees that Blanche is not what she appears to be, and sets out to destroy her...
The biggest night in theatre, the Olivier Awards, is nearly upon us. BroadwayWorld UK's editor Aliya Al-Hassan and reviewers Kerrie Nicholson and Cheryl Markosky discuss the main nominations: who should win, who will win and who missed out!
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