A Streetcar Named Desire News

Lydia Mackay , Clay Yocum and Jessica Wiggers Since its stage premiere in 1947 with actress Jessica Tandy, A Streetcar Named Desire has become one of the most revered plays in American history.

Some might say there has been a steady downturn in Broadway machismo ever since Marlon Brando left the theatre for the cinema July 29, 2008 7:30 AM Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski in the 1952 film of A ...

The Bohemian Theatrical Society will be presenting Tennessee Williams Classic, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Drama A Streetcar Named Desire July 24-26 at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. The ...

IF playing opposite stage and screen queen Cate Blanchett wasn't daunting enough, actor Joel Edgerton is upping the ante in a role made famous by Marlon Brando, no less.

The Bohemian Theatrical Society will be presenting Tennessee Williams Classic, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Drama A Streetcar Named Desire July 24-26 at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. The ...

Jonno Roberts is Stanley Kowalski and Angela Pierce, right, is Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Intiman Theatre.

Angela Pierce is Blanche DuBois and Jonno Roberts is Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Intiman Theatre, opening July 9. / KRT Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in the 1951 film of "Streetcar." ...

On her 1993 album, "Exile in Guyville," rocker Liz Phair confessed "I want a boyfriend" -- sounding just like pop and rock songbirds from Lesley Gore to Mariah Carey .

Elizabeth Futral says of 'Orpheus and Euridice': 'The simplicity and spareness really distill the story down to a pure form.

Getting its 2008 theater season off the ground required more than just the kindness of strangers for St.

Sarah Petrescu ,A Times Colonist When Marlon Brando slid that tight white cotton tee over his working-man muscles in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951, the shirt became as much a symbol of masculinity as the ...

“I was a bastard, fruit of a short-lived story between my mother and my father. For her it was the big love of her life, for him, just another girl he wanted to seduce amongst so many others.”

Moviemaker MIKE MEDAVOY has refuted allegations screen legend MARLON BRANDO fathered the daughter of a Polynesian woman. via PR-inside.com

“They kind of look at you like, "We don't ask just anybody to do this, you know?' And when you don't do it, they are appalled. They think you're a moron. And they went and got somebody else to do the movie”

Morley Safer profiles actor Alec Baldwin, who talks candidly about his career and his personal life - including his very public divorce and custody battle. via CBS News

“I can't stand him. He's a Muslim. He's not even pro-American as far as I'm concerned.”

IN his memoir, the legendary Elia Kazan wrote about directing Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire." While he did not think that Leigh was a great natural actress, he was impressed that she would crawl ... via Whittier Daily News

“Oy!'? Laughing his tokhes off, for sure, but also being surprised at the high-quality acting and emotional depth displayed in what could be (but isn't) a throwaway finale to the Jewish Ensemble Theatre's current season. 'Oy!”

What's a nice Catholic boy doing at a play called 'Oy!'? Laughing his tokhes off, for sure, but also being surprised at the high-quality acting and emotional depth displayed in what could be a throwaway finale ... via Detroit Free Press

“It's full speed onto the White House”

INDIANAPOLIS : In his memoir, the legendary Elia Kazan wrote about directing Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire." While he did not think that Leigh was a great natural actress, he was impressed that she ... via International Herald Tribune

It looks like Turner Classic Movies is doing us a favor we can't refuse. Their new documentary on the life of Hollywood's original bad boy airs this month, along with selected Marlon Brando films. via About.com

Music soundtracks have long been a part of movie magic, but the use of contemporary jazz, which started in the 1950s, changed the medium. via All About Jazz

“I was overwhelmed watching the Apu trilogy and Devi .... Ray worked wonders in Charulata, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne and Pratidwandi . His handling of a variety of subjects with finesse, within small budgets unimaginable in Hollywood, is superb.”

Satyajit Ray was more interested in cinema from the land of the setting sun than those made in India at that time. via Hindustan Times

Playwright Tennessee Williams' famed love-tragedy "A Streetcar Named Desire" will be performed April 17-20 and April 24-27 at Texas A&M University Coprus Christi. via KIII