Suave screen star Blair Underwood is making a doozy of a Broadway debut in the iconic role of Stanley in a fresh Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. He recently stopped by our studio to talk with Broadway.com editor-in-chief Paul Wontorek about playing the brutish anti-hero (who is inciting a sassy audience reaction)  opposite Nicole Ari ...

Tennessee Williams’ landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire is back on Broadway with an all-star cast, and we’ve got a peek at photos of these A-listers in action. Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker lead the cast as working class lug Stanley and southern belle Blanche DuBois, respectively, with Tony nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega playing Stanley's wife, Stella, and ...

Screen star Blair Underwood is making his Broadway debut in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, and on April 9 he stopped by Morning Joe to talk about the star-studded revival. Joined by Streetcar producer Alia Jones, Underwood discussed the pressures of following in Marlon Brando’s footsteps as Stanley, how casting the show with actors of color reflects the ...

The sultry heat of New Orleans’ French Quarter will soon be transplanted to the Broadhurst Theatre, where a revival of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A Streetcar Named Desire begins performances on April 3. Broadway newcomer Blair Underwood is already heating up the rehearsal room as Stanley Kowalski, a working-class man who clashes with his Southern belle sister-in-law Blanche DuBois ...

Excitement was running high on February 28 when the cast of the upcoming revival of A Streetcar Named Desire stepped out to greet the press. Broadway.com was on hand to chat up the stars before they headed off to their first rehearsal. Rialto newcomers Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Wood Harris were over the moon to be making ...

See theater history in the making! A revival of the Tennessee Williams classic A Streetcar Named Desire is readying for Broadway, where the iconic roles will be played by actors of color for the first time. Before heading into their first day of rehearsal, the company stepped out to celebrate the show's arrival by chatting with the theater press ...

The previously announced Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Wood Harris and Daphne Rubin-Vega, will begin previews April 3 at the Broadhurst Theatre. Directed by Emily Mann, the production is set to officially open on April 22. 

Streetcar tells the tragic story of fragile former schoolteacher Blanche (Parker), who leaves the family plantation ...

The planned revival of Tennessee Williams classic A Streetcar Named Desire will have a Broadway berth this season after all, according to the New York Times. Following the cancellation of new musical Rebecca, Streetcar will move into the now tenant-less Broadhurst Theatre later this spring. No official dates have been announced for the show, which will star Blair Underwood, Nicole ...

Nicole Ari Parker has been tapped to play Blanche DuBois opposite previously announced star Blair Underwood as Stanley Kowalski in a Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. The production is scheduled to open in Spring 2012 at a theater to be announced, directed by Emily Mann, with original music by Grammy winner Terence Blanchard. Additional casting has ...

Blair Underwood will make his Broadway debut as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Emily Mann will direct the play, scheduled to hit Broadway in spring of 2012. No exact dates, theater or additional casting have yet been announced.

Underwood starred in the 2005 Encores! production of Purlie opposite Anika Noni Rose ...