Experimental play at Charlestown Working Theater Sep 17, 2009
The experimental piece by Tennessee Williams is set in a London boarding house where torment, desperation, and absurd laughter are served piping hot by Beau Jest Moving Theatre. Sept. 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. $20, $10 students and seniors. (Boston Globe)
Mark Your Calendar Sep 10, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Stellar cast keep Streetcar on track Sep 6, 2009
A Streetcar Named Desire By Tennessee Williams Sydney Theatre, Hicksons Rd, Sydney September 5 - October 17 ... In 2006, Blanchett toured to New York in an STC production of Hedda Gabler a journey she is set to repeat, this time as Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Stellar show should be ours Sep 5, 2009
CATE Blanchett stars as Blanche DuBois in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, opening there tonight, and as you'd expect there's not a single ticket to be had for the entire season, which runs until October 17. In the state where the shambolic politicians and clueless arts ministry think a proscenium arch is something you go to a podiatrist to fix, it has been up to Our Cate to keep the dignity, the glamour, the magic and the arts and culture... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Jane Austen UnScripted': Improv is the word Sep 4, 2009
But it isn't a new type of work for Impro, which has performed similar shows for years, creating plays based on the work of Tennessee Williams, Stephen Sondheim and Charles Dickens, among others. "We wanted to bridge the gap between improv and theater, and invite theater critics to come see us - not have it be an improv comedy show," Lohmann says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Rimes, husband to divorce Sep 4, 2009
" Blanchett gets conked on head during show Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett suffered a head wound when she was hit by a prop on stage Wednesday during a Sydney theater performance. The performance of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" was canceled, but the 40-year-old Australian actress planned to return to the stage for Thursday's show, Sydney Theater Company spokesman Tim McKeough said. "Another actor lifted the prop above his head, and she somehow sustained a minor blow to... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Cate Blanchett Hurt On Stage Sep 3, 2009
The performance of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" was canceled but the 40-year-old Australian actress will return to the stage for Thursday's show, Sydney Theater Company spokesman Tim McKeough said. "Another actor lifted the prop above his head and she somehow sustained a minor blow to the head," McKeough said. (CBS News)
Cate injured on stage Sep 3, 2009
Blanchett, an Oscar winner for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in 2004's 'The Aviator', is playing fading southern belle Blanche DuBois in the Tennessee Williams classic. Directed by Norway's Liv Ullman, the show is due to open for a season at Washington's Kennedy Centre late next month. (iAfrica.com)
Making the grade Sep 3, 2009
so goes the Tennessee Williams line from A Streetcar Named Desire. The Classic Theatre, however, depends on the marketing genius of its friends, who volunteer their time and talent in supporting this San Antonio-based theater company. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Duncan assumes maternal role in ‘Menagerie’ Sep 3, 2009
Duncan assumes maternal role in Menagerie - Somerset - Daily American. That s because the Texas-born actress, perhaps most well-known for her title role in the Broadway production of Peter Pan, has been cast as the mother of Jeffrey Correia her actual son. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Object of a new desire Aug 31, 2009
Now Tennessee Williams has brought them together on the Sydney stage ... Just as Romeo and Juliet gripped the Elizabethans, Tennessee Williams's drama A Streetcar Named Desire has blazed across stage and screen for decades ... All the characters in Streetcar are objects of desire for Tennessee Williams. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
It's Not 'Greatness' -- It's Grating Aug 26, 2009
Although the man of letters is never identified, the playbill informs us that the show is "inspired by a potentially true story about playwright Tennessee Williams." (Hmm, "potentially true" -- someone is hedging his bets. . (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Arena shows allow Cirque du Soleil to stretch out Aug 21, 2009
Tennessee, by Charlestown The Charlestown Working Theater s fall season features a world premiere comedy by Tennessee Williams and the return of the theater s adaptation of The Odyssey ... Later in the month it will be part of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival. (Boston Globe)
Beautiful Kate Aug 6, 2009
The script was adapted from a book by the American novelist Newton Thornburg, whose Cutter and Bone was filmed by the Czech director Ivan Passer as Cutter's Way in 1981, but I also found echoes of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams two other writers who knew a lot about bullying patriarchs, recalcitrant sons and wayward daughters. The original story was set in America's midwest on the snowbound outskirts of Chicag 00004000 o. Ward has transported it to an equally bleak setting in the South... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
New Streetcar Jul 30, 2009
British actress Rachel Weisz has returned to the London stage in a new production of Tennessee Williams's play A Streetcar Named Desire ... Weisz previously appeared at the Donmar in Suddenly Last Summer, also by Tennessee Williams, and Noel Coward's Design for Living. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Bleakness clouds ‘What Is the Cause of Thunder’ Jul 29, 2009
There are additional echoes of Christopher Durang, Edward Albee, Tennessee Williams, even Thornton Wilder, but Haidle isn t able to push past his influences into original territory. Faced with a play that stubbornly refuses to connect, the audience can at least take pleasure in the production. (Boston Globe)
Elia Kazan retrospective at the Harvard Film Archive Jul 26, 2009
Stitched together from a pair of Tennessee Williams plays, it s a ribald tale of Southern discomfort in which Karl Malden hams it up ferociously as a back-country factory owner insanely possessive of his young bride (Carroll Baker, sucking her thumb in a crib) while rival Eli Wallach sneaks in the back door. In a sense, the protesters were right: The 20-minute seduction scene at the heart of Baby Doll is as sinfully hot as anything the 1950s dared to offer. (Boston Globe)
A writer in full, fiercely political with a life of high drama Jul 19, 2009
Unlike Tennessee Williams, the other major playwright of his generation, Miller always remained politically engaged. Marxism appealed to him during the 30s and beyond because he felt so committed to social justice. (Boston Globe)
Why ARE Southerners so fat? Jul 15, 2009
So we took her to the railroad workers cafe, Macks by the Tracks (went there with Tennessee Williams, but that s another story for another time). She wanted to know what to order. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Actress Sylvia Miles gets shot at long-awaited role Jul 10, 2009
MICHAEL ALAGO (LEFT)Sylvia Miles (above with Tennessee Williams) will appear with Brian Patacca in Williams s Sweet Bird of Youth ... Tomorrow night, Miles is in Provincetown to play Alexandra Del Lago in a reading of Tennessee Williams s Sweet Bird of Youth ... If you miss tomorrow s performance, a benefit for the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, she s scheduled to return in September to do Sweet Bird again. (Boston Globe)
Daily TV guide Jul 10, 2009
Tennessee Williams s classic starring Marlon Brando. Karl Malden. (Boston Globe)
KARL MALDEN 1912-2009 Jul 3, 2009
Mr. Malden's big breaks on the stage were roles in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" and Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." Not all stage-trained actors transitioned as easily into film. You never caught Mr. Malden overacting in the dozens of movies he made during the 1950s, '60s and '70s, including, notably, "Baby Doll," "Birdman of Alcatraz" and "Gypsy.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Karl Malden, 97; won Oscar for 'Streetcar Named Desire' Jul 2, 2009
Kazan directed Mr. Malden and Brando in Tennessee Williams s drama A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway in 1947 and then in the 1951 film version ... The story was by Streetcar author Tennessee Williams. (Boston Globe)
Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies Jul 2, 2009
The story was by ``Streetcar'' author Tennessee Williams. Malden gained perhaps his greatest fame as Lt. Mike Stone in the 1970s television show ``The Streets of San Francisco,'' in which Michael Douglas played the veteran detective's junior partner. (India Times, India)
Theater review: 'Fayette-Nam' an intriguing mess Jul 1, 2009
Jerome is an innocent who hangs out in one of the town's many strip clubs and has a crush on Laura-Lai, who's part tightfisted realist and a bit of a deranged Tennessee Williams faded belle. But Jerome finds himself attracted to Laura-Lai's rebellious daughter Debbie (Kathleen Mendoza), who's his age and has fled to her mom's shop after setting fire to her college dorm. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Hilton Als: David Adjmi on household race relations. Jun 22, 2009
She s getting a divorce ), the actresses punctuate their exchanges by chewing gum almost militaristically and flashing their bangles a gesture that reminds one of the cartoonish theatrics of the women in Tennessee Williams s 1958 one-act, A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot. (Adjmi is clearly attracted to Williams s brand of high style. (New Yorker)
Q&A with artist Robert Indiana Jun 21, 2009
So, inspired by Tennessee Williams, I chose a better handle. You're 80 years old. (Boston Globe)
Some thermally correct travelin’ music for y’all Jun 20, 2009
Tennessee Williams revolutionarized English language drama and I think most would agree that The Glass Menagerie tops the list, but Cat is still my favorite. As for as Eudora Welty is concerned, it is more her body of work, yet, for me, the short story Why I Live at the P.O. is about one of the best works in print when it comes to the Southerner s love of a tale well told. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Oh, Daddy! Parental pet names can add spice Jun 19, 2009
In Tennessee Williams great play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the patriarch and matriarch of the Pollitt family are Big Daddy and Big Momma. . (MSNBC -- Health)
Edward Albee's New Menagerie Jun 16, 2009
Albee sits atop the American pantheon of postwar dramatists, alongside Tennessee Williams. But Albee s message is the opposite of Williams. (Suite101.com)
Catching up with the stars of Land of the Lost Jun 16, 2009
I get the opportunity to direct local plays I did a couple of plays a couple of years ago, a revival of Tennessee Williams one-acts. I like directing, its fun. (MSNBC -- Television)
Tracking down the stars of the 1970s children's series 'Land of the Lost,' 35 years later Jun 6, 2009
"I get the opportunity to direct local plays I did a couple of plays a couple of years ago, a revival of Tennessee Williams one-acts. I like directing, it's fun.". After "Land of the Lost," he did episodes of such varied TV series as "The Bionic Woman," ''Alice," ''Quincy M.E." and "General Hospital." He also taught acting. (FOX61, CT)
Cops: Man Used Craigslist To Hire Rapist Jun 5, 2009
"...and that's what I like about the south!" Is this real of was it written by Tennessee Williams. Posted by dragonffire at 9:52 AM : Jun 4, 2009. (CBS News -- US)
A meditation on loss and remembrance of things past May 31, 2009
The woman's speech to Avery is a long dramatic monologue, the sort you'd expect to turn up in a play by J.M. Synge or Tennessee Williams, not in a modern novel. But again, "The Winter Vault" isn't really a conventional novel. (Boston Globe)
REVIEW: Globe's 'Cornelia' an '80s-style soap opera May 29, 2009
Similarly, countless moments occur in which you imagine what Tennessee Williams might have done with the tawdry glamour of Cornelia, a pathetically insecure Southern belle who thinks she can parlay her charm as a water-ski queen at Florida's Cypress Gardens into a political career. Unfortunately, however, these Wallaces were real people, and the real-life attitudes their rise reflected ---- and the political damage they inflicted on their state and the country ---- might have inspired some... (North County Times)
* [EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] May 29, 2009
Based on Tennessee Williams play of the same title, The Glass Menagerie by Godot Theater Company (G@) stars veteran actress Tan Ai-chen (), seasoned stage actress Yan Chia-le (C) and television actor Shih I-nan (Ik). Chiayi Performing Arts Center (qtNtU), 265, Jianguo Rd Sec 2, Minhsiung Township, Chiayi County (qmGq265). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Room With Askew May 28, 2009
TENNESSEE Williams' later plays are often derided, but they all have their fascina tions -- and his 1977. "Vieux Carre" may be the most fascinating of all. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Populist Patriotism of Gore Vidal May 25, 2009
The book is about death; almost all of its personae (Tennessee Williams, Johnny Carson, Saul Bellow, Paul Bowles, Federico Fellini) are on the other side of corporeity. Vidal also writes movingly of Howard Austen, his partner of 53 years, who died of lung cancer in 2003, when we ceased to be we and became I.. (The American Conservative)
BACKSTAGE: Shakespeare will be remembered on Memorial Day May 21, 2009
-- "Summer and Smoke" ---- Tennessee Williams' romantic drama bout a minster's daughter and the hedonistic doctor next door during a steamy Mississippi summer. For tickets, visit. (North County Times)
Are Trains Better Than Planes or Automobiles? May 21, 2009
I've heard marvelous stories sitting by chance next to Tennessee Williams former chauffeur and once watched a football game on TV with Bill Cosby in New York's Penn Station waiting room, Pitt recalls. You can easily mingle with fellow passengers on board, watch a movie in the evening, have a drink at the bar, or just enjoy the passing landscape. (Fox News)
Theatre Rhino/Word for Word" 'Three on a Party' May 19, 2009
Three on a Party: "Miss Furr and Miss Skeene" by Gertrude Stein, directed by Delia MacDougall; "Two on a Party" by Tennessee Williams and "Suddenly Home" by Armistead Maupin, directed by John Fisher ... Tennessee Williams writes openly about "queen" cruising in the closeted '50s, Armistead Maupin addresses marital issues during the AIDS pandemic and Gertrude Stein gives "gay" its modern connotation at the dawn of the 20th century in "Three on a Party," which opened Saturday at Theatre Rhinoceros... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Nepal's Maoists cry Indian foul play May 15, 2009
Like in a Tennessee Williams play, painful to watch as the plot thickens slowly and invidiously, as protagonists begin tearing each other apart in quiet despair after love begins to drain or threatens to flee, India and Nepal are still locked in an embrace. Someone must do the merciful act of separating them; of making them behave as they should - as two sovereign countries. (Asia Times Online)
Stein, Williams and Maupin combine for 'Party' May 14, 2009
The guests of honor are Gertrude Stein, Tennessee Williams and Armistead Maupin. Each member of this unlikely trio will have short stories performed on the Rhino stage in an evening dubbed "Three on a Party.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Hilton Als: Eugene O’Neill on love triangles. May 5, 2009
(This was evident in her brilliant portrayal of Maggie in the 2004 Broadway production of Arthur Miller s After the Fall, and of Catharine Holly in the 2006 revival of Tennessee Williams s Suddenly Last Summer. Gugino s Abbie means to make Eben her own. (New Yorker)
Jose Rivera's 'Boleros for the Disenchanted' May 4, 2009
This one is more in the vein of great American playwrights telling family stories - think Eugene O'Neill or Tennessee Williams. "Boleros" tells the story of how Rivera's parents met in Santurce, Puerto Rico, in 1953 and then raised a family in small-town America. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Halle Berry Was on 'Knots'? The Cast of 'Knots Landing' Then May 1, 2009
Recent highlights include the Hartford Stage's 2006 production of Tennessee Williams' "A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" and "We'll Never Be Young Again" with Gary Collins in Los Angeles in 2007. She s still a small-screen fixture, appearing on "My Name Is Earl" as well as on "Nip/Tuck" with fellow "Knots" castmate Donna Mills. (Fox News)
'Harry Potter' among those missing from e-library Apr 30, 2009
And don't expect to see "A Streetcar Named Desire" or any other Tennessee Williams play on your e-reader. "Right now, his estate is totally opposed to any kind of electronic licensing," said literary agent Georges Borchardt, who represents Williams' estate. (USA Today -- Tech)
The Golden Girls Is Much Edgier Than I Remember Apr 30, 2009
Blanche vamps along as a cartoon version of a Tennessee Williams hothouse flower, with her first name swiped from and her regular references to her father as "Big Daddy" nodding to. But McClanahan brings the part to life by coming on like a light-farcical version of Maxine Faulk, the rapaciously lusty widow played by Ava Gardner in the underappreciated film version of. (Slate)
LETTER: Using Bible to denounce homosexuality is wrong Apr 29, 2009
The Question wrote on Apr 28, 2009 4:59 PM:" If you were to retroactively withdraw the accomplishments of gay people from history, you'd find yourself somewhere back in the Dark Ages, at least.Subtract the achievements of these: Alexander the Great, Socrates, Hadrian, Richard the Lionhearted, Edward II, Saladin, Francis Bacon, Frederick the Great, Byron, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Willa Cather, E.M. Forster, Tchaikovsky, Marcel Proust, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Julius Caesar, Pope Julius... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Old-school eateries: 10 restaurants full of history Apr 16, 2009
Tennessee Williams wrote Streetcar Named Desire here, and James Audubon lived in one of the seven Audubon Cottages nearby. Its Bistro at Maison de Ville has a reputation for Chef Greg Picolos easy-going French fare with a Louisiana lagniappe. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Play sets Russian novel in Cuban cigar factory Apr 16, 2009
He reminds me of a Latin Tennessee Williams. "Bishop assembled a large cast, many of whom have a Latin background"We have so many students of diversity in the play," he explained. "We have students whose families are from Puerto Rico, Honduras, Venezuela, Mexico and Panama, so it was great to talk about where they came from. (North County Times)
Key West Ghost Tours to Haunted Ho... Apr 15, 2009
The La Concha, where Tennessee Williams finished writing A Streetcar Named Desire, is said to be a haunted hotel, particularly on the upper floors. tour (305 294-1713) also starts on Duval Street, at the Porter House Mansion (Duval and Caroline Streets) at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., and goes for about 90 minutes, without the cape and lantern. (Suite101.com)
KAZAN ON DIRECTING Apr 12, 2009
To exaggerate very little, Elia Kazan created Marlon Brando, James Dean, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, yet to many an incensed actor who glared when he was given an honorary Oscar in 1999, he is merely the rat who crawled up to the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952 and squeaked out the names of his ex-friends. "Kazan on Directing," which combines scraps of notes, journal entries, interviews and a chunk of a book Kazan was working on at the time of his death, has a political... (New York Post -- Opinions)
King Tut tickets available online Monday Apr 4, 2009
Called "Three on a Party," and opening May 16 (previews begin May 13), the program will consist of Gertrude Stein's "Miss Furr and Miss Skeene," Tennessee Williams' "Two on a Party" and "Suddenly Home" by Armistead Maupin. The stories will be presented Word style, meaning the performers will enact every word of the text, with Word's Delia MacDougall directing Stein's story and Rhino Artistic Director John Fisher doing the honors for Williams and Maupin. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Actress still limps, only now for real Apr 3, 2009
Most actresses cast as Laura in "The Glass Menagerie" must learn to limp in order to convince audiences of their role in the classic Tennessee Williams drama. But not Maddi Ruhl. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Senior Subjects: Big drama in the Big Easy Apr 1, 2009
What brought me to New Orleans this time was the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, that annual gathering in the French Quarter of actors, writers, playwrights and poets who graciously share their knowledge and skills with us we who listen and learn, in this city that Tennessee Williams loved so much ... Two of the most stirring performances at the festival had to be Doug Tompos one-man play, Bent to the Flame, in which the inner conflict of the young Tennessee Williams is dramatically... (Lincoln Journal, MA)
U-Z Famous American Literature Mar 27, 2009
Tennessee Williams, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald ... V The Vengeance of Nitocris by Tennessee Williams ... The Vengeance of Nitocris (1928) was a short story which became the first published fiction of Tennessee Williams (1911-1983). (Suite101.com)
Edmonton's Citadel Theatre Announce... Mar 26, 2009
Another classic Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie comes to the Citadel from April 3 to 25, 2010, and in keeping with the tradition of doing one Shakespeare play per year, As You Like It will close the season from April 17 to May 9, 2010. The Rice Series Line-up for 2009-2010. (Suite101.com)
Beer, Baseball and Botanicals for a Bargain in St.... Mar 26, 2009
Those buried at Calvary include Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman; author Kate Chopin; playwright Tennessee Williams, who set "The Glass Menagerie" in a flat like the one he and his family shared at 4633 Westminster Place; Dred Scott, the slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom; and Ma 00004000 dame Pelagie Aillotte Rutgers, a free woman of color and one of the early city's wealthiest property owners. It also has a monument to the memory of four Nez Perce warriors, two of whom died... (Fox News)
Tennessee Williams literary fest begins in N.O. Mar 26, 2009
NEW ORLEANS A festival celebrating the life and literary legacy of Tennessee Williams in the city that inspired some of his greatest works is set to begin Wednesday. The 23rd annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival will run through Sunday and feature a host of panel discussions, celebrity interviews, skits, poetry readings and various theater, food and music programs. (Yahoo News)
Today in History Mar 24, 2009
In 1955, the Tennessee Williams play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opened on Broadway. In 1958, Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn. (Yahoo News)
The Sound of Musical Theater Mar 23, 2009
There are many famous American playwrights from Tennessee Williams to Arthur Miller. Yet, America s most talked about contribution to the theatre has been in the category of Musical Theatre. (Suite101.com)
Talia Shire opens up about 'The Godfather' Mar 21, 2009
She identified most with the painfully shy Laura in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie.". Taking her cue from the script, Shire also made up characters and acted out roles in private. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Richardson was a true daughter of the theater Mar 21, 2009
Yet, in an admittedly problematic 2005 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, Richardson lent an operatic voice to the lyrical pain in Tennessee Williams play. Her approach may have flirted dangerously with parody, but her flamboyance accrued a poignancy that ultimately synergized with the playwright s own. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Redgrave actors span the generations Mar 20, 2009
Corin Redgrave: A winner of the U.K.'s Olivier Award for his performance in Tennessee Williams' Not for Nightingales he also won a Tony nomination for the Broadway transfer Corin, 69, is a veteran of Shakespeare and of films including A Man for All Seasons and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Joely Richardson: TV audiences are familiar with Natasha's surviving sister, 44, from her role on the FX series Nip/Tuck. (USA Today -- Life)
