Theater: A Streetcar Named Desire

Theater: A Streetcar Named Desire

Led by Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella and Wood Harris as Mitch, this production of A Streetcar Named Desire will play at the Broadhurst Theatre, beginning its limited run on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 and will celebrate its opening Sunday, April 22, 2012.

Written by Tennessee Williams; Directed by Emily Mann
With Original Music by Terence Blanchard

Begins performances April 3, 2012; Opening April 22, 2012 – July 22, 2012
Performance Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00PM; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00PM Matinees: Wednesday and Saturday at 2PM; Sunday at 3PM

Tennessee Williams’ sultry drama, A Streetcar Named Desire is set against the sexy backdrop of New Orleans’ gritty French Quarter. A Streetcar Named Desire tells the tale of former school teacher and socialite Blanche DuBois (Nicole Ari Parker), as she’s forced to move in with her sister Stella (Rubin-Vega) and her animalistic husband Stanley (Blair Underwood). But the fragile, Blanche quickly gets a gritty life lesson in the seamy, steamy underbelly of 1950′s New Orleans.

Also part of the cast includes Ms. Carmen De Lavallade, Amelia Campbell, Aaron Clifton Moten, Jacino Taras Riddick, Matthew Saldívar, and Count Stovall.

Produced by Stephen Byrd, Alia Jones and Anthony Lacavera, Streetcar’s creative team includes: Set Design by Eugene Lee, Lighting Design by Edward Pierce, Costumes by Paul Tazewell, Sound Design by Mark Bennett, and Choreography by Camille Brown.

Byrd and Jones also produced the  highly successful Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which starred Terrence Howard, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose and James Earl Jones, and was directed by Debbie Allen.