Edward Hall Replaces Warchus as Streetcar Revival Director

Edward Hall will direct the Roundabout Theatre Company's upcoming Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Natasha Richardson. Matthew Warchus, who was previously attached to helm the production, has withdrawn from the project.

Hall, son of legendary director Sir Peter Hall, was previously expected to make his Broadway debut directing Richardson's husband, Liam Neeson, in a revival of Camelot that never occurred. His work was recently featured on the New York stage in the form of Rose Rage, his adaptation of Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3 which played in the UK and Chicago before hitting off-Broadway's Duke on 42nd Street. Hall's other credits include Macbeth at the Albery, The Contstant Wife at the Apollo and Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Tantalus, Julius Caesar and Two Gentlemen of Verona. A National Theatre associate, his credits with the company include Edmond and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning A Streetcar Named Desire tells the story of the mental and emotional demise of the determined, yet fragile, Blanche DuBois Richardson in the squalid French Quarter apartment of her married sister and animalistic brother-in-law. The most recent Broadway revival of the play was in 1992 and starred Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin.

A Streetcar Named Desire is scheduled to officially open on April 24 at Studio 54.