Streetcar Revival Opens on Broadway
Two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker have a volatile date with destiny in the multi-ethnic Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which officially opened April 22 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Emily Mann (Anna in the Tropics, Miss Witherspoon) directs the New Orleans-set drama that began previews April 3. The revival is produced by Stephen C. Byrd and Alia M. Jones of Front Row Productions, who were also behind the all-African-American revival of Cat On a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway in 2008.
Williams' tense, classic is scheduled to play a limited run through July 22. For the new production, the creative team was granted permission from the Williams estate to drop the last name of Kowalski, so that Stanley's heritage is now African-American rather than Polish.