A Streetcar Named Desire Written by Tennessee Williams Directed by Emily Mann Featuring Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Wood Harris Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street April 22, 2012 — August 19, 2012 production web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee May 8, 2012 Tennessee Williams created in 1947 a theatricalized French Quarter … Continue reading
In Masks Outrageous and Austere by Tennessee Williams Directed by David Schweizer Featuring Shirley Knight Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street April 16, 2012 — May 26, 2012 production web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee April 15, 2012 Late life Tennessee Williams plays flummox me as an audience member. Oh, I understand the themes: faded beauties … Continue reading
The Pretty Trap By Tennessee Williams (one-act version of “The Glass Menagerie”) Directed by Antony Marsellis Cause Celebre at Theatre Row Acorn Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street August 3, 2011 — August 21, 2011 production web site: http://causecelebre.info/index.htm Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee August 3, 2011 The story of the Wingfields (son Tom yearns to … Continue reading
The Glass Menagerie By Tennessee Williams Directed by Derek Goldman Featuring Sarah Marshall The Glass Menagerie Project Georgetown University and Arena Stage Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth Street SW, Washington DC June 9, 2011 — July 3, 2011 production web site: http://tinyurl.com/3dhw3fe Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee June 29, 2011 The Wingfield family haunts the American … Continue reading
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Directed by Gordon Edelstein Starring Patch Darragh, Judith Ivey, Keira Keeley, Michael Mosley Roundabout (and Long Wharf) at Laura Pels Theatre, 111 W 46th Street production web site: http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/pels/ through June 13, 2010 (extended) Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee April 7, 2010 Amanda Wingfield, her son Tom, and her … Continue reading