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Post by nottobe on Aug 23, 2022 11:01:49 GMT
Thought a separate thread should be made for this as I imagine it will be a hot ticket. Lydia Wilson as Blanche, Anjana Vasan as Stella and definitely the biggest draw for most people Paul Mescal as Stanley. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall so I will be intrigued to see what angle this production takes. Running 10th December 2022 to 4th February 2023, and I imagine a West End transfer is already on the cards. almeida.co.uk/whats-on/a-streetcar-named-desire/10-dec-2022-4-feb-2023I have studied the text but never seen it live. I have to say watching Gillian Anderson's Blanche via the NT Youtube channel, that did seem like the definative performance and one that has stayed with me. |
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Post by Mark on Aug 23, 2022 11:02:19 GMT
Have never seen it on stage so count me in for this one!
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Post by teamyali on Aug 23, 2022 11:33:36 GMT
National Theatre recently announced that the Young Vic’s NT Live of A Streetcar Named Desire (the one with Gillian Anderson) is leaving the NT at Home streaming service on 3 September. Makes me think, maybe the Almeida version will have its own broadcast too (or maybe when it transfers the West End), or in partnership with NT?
Anyway, excited for Rebecca especially directing another Tennessee Williams adaptation. And Paul Mescal is definitely a draw.
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Post by jaggy on Aug 23, 2022 12:07:01 GMT
Quite a young/ young looking cast than you usually see in productions of Streetcar.
I do wish they got a bigger name for Blanche. I hope the focus isn’t too much on Stanley since Mescal is the star.
Very excited regardless.
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Post by nottobe on Aug 23, 2022 12:12:20 GMT
Quite a young/ young looking cast than you usually see in productions of Streetcar. I do wish they got a bigger name for Blanche. I hope the focus isn’t too much on Stanley since Mescal is the star. Very excited regardless. Yes agree with Blanche. I have thought Jessie Buckley would be a great Blanche, especially adding the Rebecca Frecknall connection. I'm sure some smug people on this forum would be opposed to her being cast in anything in the future. |
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Post by shambles on Aug 23, 2022 12:45:35 GMT
Quite a young/ young looking cast than you usually see in productions of Streetcar. I do wish they got a bigger name for Blanche. I hope the focus isn’t too much on Stanley since Mescal is the star. Very excited regardless. Yes agree with Blanche. I have thought Jessie Buckley would be a great Blanche, especially adding the Rebecca Frecknall connection. I'm sure some smug people on this forum would be opposed to her being cast in anything in the future. Jessie Buckley would definitely not make a good Blanche. On the other hand, I can easily see Lydia Wilson be excellent in the role, especially after her last excellent outing with Frecknall. |
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Post by MrBunbury on Aug 23, 2022 12:46:40 GMT
Quite a young/ young looking cast than you usually see in productions of Streetcar. I do wish they got a bigger name for Blanche. I hope the focus isn’t too much on Stanley since Mescal is the star. Very excited regardless. Blanche is her thirties in the play and Lydia Wilson is 38 so she is the right age. Although it is true that normally casting pushes the idea of fading beauty by choosing older actresses. |
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Post by jm25 on Aug 23, 2022 12:51:48 GMT
Sounds great! Hope it won’t be too difficult to get a ticket for those who aren’t members. I remember what a nightmare it was getting Macbeth tickets!
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Post by marob on Aug 23, 2022 13:09:19 GMT
Much as I’d love to see Paul Mescal, I’m really not fussed on Rebecca Frecknell at all.
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Post by jampot on Aug 23, 2022 13:17:56 GMT
Should be great with the superb Rebecca Frecknell at the helm..Decent staging and this could be very intense!
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Post by jaggy on Aug 23, 2022 13:27:51 GMT
Quite a young/ young looking cast than you usually see in productions of Streetcar. I do wish they got a bigger name for Blanche. I hope the focus isn’t too much on Stanley since Mescal is the star. Very excited regardless. Blanche is her thirties in the play and Lydia Wilson is 38 so she is the right age. Although it is true that normally casting pushes the idea of fading beauty by choosing older actresses. I’ve never seen Wilson in person but from pictures she looks very young. I was surprised when I googled her, saw pictures and then her age. But yes, you are right. Blanche is in her thirties. I think modern audiences don’t see someone in their thirties as a spinster so an older actor is the typical. Although, Rachel Weisz was in her thirties when she did it at the Donmar. |
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Post by barrowside on Aug 23, 2022 13:45:22 GMT
I prefer an older Blanche. Lia Williams in Dublin was the best I've ever seen.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2022 14:31:28 GMT
The Rob Ashford production at the Donmar is still one of my theatre going highlights. Rachel Weisz was captivating and Elliot Cowen had such an intense masculine stage presence
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Post by peggs on Aug 23, 2022 14:38:44 GMT
The Rob Ashford production at the Donmar is still one of my theatre going highlights. Rachel Weisz was captivating and Elliot Cowen had such an intense masculine stage presence And Ruth Wilson, loved that production. |
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Post by zahidf on Aug 23, 2022 15:08:33 GMT
aghhhh im away that Friday tickets go on sale for members. Will have to try and hope i have reception in a field that day!
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Post by tmesis on Aug 23, 2022 19:01:46 GMT
I saw Glenn Close play it at NT in 2002 (with Iain Glen) when she was 55 and very good she was too.
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Post by Fleance on Aug 26, 2022 0:45:29 GMT
I saw Claire Bloom play Blanche, at the Piccadilly Theatre, back in the 1970s. She was a terrific Blanche. In the 1990s, I worked with Kim Hunter, the original Stella. Since Kim had worked with two great Blanches (Jessica Tandy on stage and Vivian Leigh on screen), I asked her who was the best Blanche. "Uta Hagen," she replied. Uta had played Blanche on Broadway during Tandy's vacation; and later on tour with Anthony Quinn as Stanley.
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Post by jampot on Aug 31, 2022 11:29:13 GMT
Booked for this.. stage set up seems to have a number of seats (central and wings) on the other side of the stage...
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 1, 2022 7:48:05 GMT
Booked for this.. stage set up seems to have a number of seats (central and wings) on the other side of the stage... Are you a super duper member? I was tempted to become as I can’t face attempting to book when public tickets go on sale |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 1, 2022 7:49:29 GMT
I saw Glenn Close play it at NT in 2002 (with Iain Glen) when she was 55 and very good she was too. Too old for the role though. The best I’ve seen are Rachel Weisz and Gillian Anderson. GA broke my heart in that production. |
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Post by jampot on Sept 1, 2022 10:02:39 GMT
Booked for this.. stage set up seems to have a number of seats (central and wings) on the other side of the stage... Are you a super duper member? I was tempted to become as I can’t face attempting to book when public tickets go on sale Bronze! |
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Post by scarpia on Sept 2, 2022 9:00:33 GMT
The Rob Ashford production at the Donmar is still one of my theatre going highlights. Rachel Weisz was captivating and Elliot Cowen had such an intense masculine stage presence And Ruth Wilson, loved that production. Thirded! Excited to see this. We've had too many Menageries and some dud Cats so I'm hoping for a decent Streetcar...it's probably my all-time favourite play. |
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 2, 2022 9:55:28 GMT
I'm hoping for a decent Streetcar...it's probably my all-time favourite play. Do you expect every production of Streetcar to be exactly like the first, or do you accept that different directors will reinterpret the play in different ways? |
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Post by alessia on Sept 2, 2022 11:36:02 GMT
Got a restricted view seat in the stalls, and also another restricted view for Tammy Faye. £35 for two shows is good!
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Post by foxa on Sept 2, 2022 11:38:34 GMT
I got restricted views in stalls for both Streetcar and Tammy Faye (I never find the restriction at the Almeida all that bad.) Was 500 something when booking opened and about a half hour wait to be able to book but pretty good availability once I arrived.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 2, 2022 14:30:20 GMT
I got restricted views in stalls for both Streetcar and Tammy Faye (I never find the restriction at the Almeida all that bad.) Was 500 something when booking opened and about a half hour wait to be able to book but pretty good availability once I arrived. Some of the restricted view in the Almeida aren’t actually that bad! |
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Post by foxa on Sept 2, 2022 14:55:16 GMT
I got restricted views in stalls for both Streetcar and Tammy Faye (I never find the restriction at the Almeida all that bad.) Was 500 something when booking opened and about a half hour wait to be able to book but pretty good availability once I arrived. Some of the restricted view in the Almeida aren’t actually that bad! Yes, I've never had a resticted view there that I thought was a big problem. |
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Post by scarpia on Sept 2, 2022 17:23:33 GMT
I'm hoping for a decent Streetcar...it's probably my all-time favourite play. Do you expect every production of Streetcar to be exactly like the first, or do you accept that different directors will reinterpret the play in different ways? The latter. I expect productions to be exactly like the original when the producers repeatedly claim that this is what is going to happen and state as much in their advertising (and put a note in the programme calling the production "identical"). Which is not what is happening here. |
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Post by david on Sept 2, 2022 18:56:36 GMT
Will Paul Mescal recreate this iconic scene?  |
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Post by Dave B on Sept 6, 2022 11:04:06 GMT
3600+ in the queue. My partner got a pretty high number, 690 for me but it reckons more than an hour in the queue.
Do wonder if Almeida might have been better separating the on sale times for this and Tammy Faye.
Not optimistic for my usual cheap seats....
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