John C. Reilly Confirmed for Streetcar at Studio 54

John C. Reilly, previously reported to be in talks to appear in the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, is now set to play Stanley Kowalski in the revival. He joins Natasha Richardson and Amy Ryan in the mounting, which is scheduled to begin performances at Studio 54 on March 26.

Reilly is no stranger to A Streetcar Named Desire; he played Mitch in Steppenwolf Theatre's 1997 production of the classic play. Reilly made his Broadway debut in 1990 in the transfer of Steppenwolf's production of The Grapes of Wrath. He has since appeared on the Great White Way in True West, for which he earned a Tony nomination. In recent years, he has been attached to the Broadway-bound musical version of Marty and starred in the tuner at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston in 2002. A Gotham mounting of the show has not yet materialized.

Reilly was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Chicago and can currently be seen in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. His other film credits include Criminal, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Good Girl, The Anniversary Party, The Perfect Storm, Magnolia, Never Been Kissed, The Thin Red Line, Boogie Nights, Boys, Georgia, The River Wild, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Days of Thunder and We're No Angels.

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 Ryan and animalistic brother-in-law Reilly.

A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Edward Hall, is slated to officially open at Studio 54 on April 26 opening a change from the originally announced April 24 opening date. The revival will feature sets by Robert Brill, costumes by William Ivey Long and lighting by Donald Holder.