Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Wood Harris are headlining Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway, giving this American classic an A-list revival. Emily Mann directs this watershed piece, which stars Underwood as Stanley, a blue-collar brute who comes to blows with his fading southern belle sister-in-law, Blanche DuBois (Parker). Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists ...

Tennessee Williams' landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire celebrates a starry revival on April 22, when Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Wood Harris and Daphne Rubin-Vega take their opening night bows. Emily Mann directs the classic play, which began previews on April 3.

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

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 ...

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Emily Mann made her Broadway debut as both writer and director of Execution of Justice in 1986. She repeated that feat in 1995 with Having Our Say, for which she earned two Tony nominations, and went on to direct the Broadway premiere of Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna in the Tropics. Mann has served as Artistic ...

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 ...

Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega burned up the Broadway stage back in 1996 in their Broadway debuts, playing East Village lovers Roger and Mimi in the original cast of Rent. They’re both back on the Great White Way now—he’s starring in Memphis, she in A Streetcar Named Desire—but believe it or not these two haven’t ...

The starry revival of Tennessee Williams' landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire is pulling into Broadway as previews begin at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 3. Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Wood Harris and Daphne Rubin-Vega headline this classic play, directed by Emily Mann. A Streetcar Named Desire officially opens on April 22.

Streetcar tells the tragic story of fragile ...

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 ...

Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Wood Harris and Daphne Rubin-Vega. Emily Mann directs the iconic Tennessee Williams play, which begins previews on April 3 at the Broadhurst Theatre and officially opens on April 22.

Streetcar tells the tragic story of fragile former schoolteacher Blanche (Parker ...