'A Streetcar Named Desire' Arrives At Seaside Music Theater

D'AMOUR PUTS DESIRE IN STREETCAR AT SMT  

Seaside Music Theater gives you one more reason to buy a ticket to see the company's production of Tennessee Williams' explosive drama, A Streetcar Named Desire, which will run October 25 - November 11: Todd D'Amour.

D'Amour will play one of the most well-known characters of the stage and screen, Stanley Kowalski, whose drunken, desperate screams for, "Stella!" have echoed through thousands of theatrical productions, one major motion picture, two made-for-TV movies, one opera adaptation, and even a one-man show called Stanley, developed by D'Amour and his sister, Lisa, in NYC.

Called "arguably the most accomplished theatrical event of the Off-Broadway season," by Show Business Weekley, D'Amour's Stanley unleashes a man who thinks he's Stanley Kowalski into the year 2006, where he wanders the streets of America searching for Blanche Dubois.

SMT's production, directed by Lester Malizia, provides for Mr. D'Amour other fine actors to play with, including Nicole Halmos as Blanche DuBois, Jennifer Semrick as Stella Kowalski, and Derrick Peterson as Mitch.

Actors like Marlon Brando, Kevin Kline, Alec Baldwin and John C. Reilly have played the rugged, abusive Stanley Kowalski. Brando originated the role on Broadway in 1947 opposite Jessica Tandy (as Blanche DuBlois), and the show won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the following year. Six decades later, the story is still riveting...

Stanley and Stella Kowalski are living a comfortable, co-dependent, blue-collar life in New Orleans when Stella's tarnished Southern Belle sister Blanche DuBois pops in for a visit, explaining that she was asked to take a break from her teaching job to calm her nerves. Stanley instinctively suspects that Blanche's story does not add up and that she is hiding something.

Her attitude of self-importance disgusts him, but she angers him most by stealing the attention of Stella. Blanche expresses obvious disgust with the "deplorable condition" of her sister's modest home but she hides a pretty deplorable condition of her own that is revealed much later in the play, a disturbing truth about the real reason she is there, a truth that ultimately leads to an earth-shattering clash between Stanley and Blanche.

SHOW DATES AND TIMES:
A Streetcar Named Desire will be performed at The News-Journal Center, located at 221 N. Beach Street, Thursday, October 25 (8pm), Friday, October 26 (8pm), Saturday, October 27 (8pm), Sunday, October 28 (2pm), Wednesday, October 31 (8pm), Thursday, November 1 (2pm & 8pm), Friday, November 2 (8pm), Saturday, November 3 (8pm), Sunday, November 4 (2pm), Wednesday, November 7 (8pm), Thursday, November 8 (2pm & 8pm), Friday, November 9 (8pm), Saturday, November 10 (8pm), and Sunday, November 11 (2pm).

Subscriptions, priced at $109 per adult, are currently on sale, with youth subscriptions priced at $61. Subscriptions give you advance priority seating, free parking at The News-Journal Center, two 50% refer-a-friend vouchers, $2 discounts on additional single tickets purchase and more!

Single tickets, priced as follows for winter performances in the Elaine & Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Theater, will be available to purchase on or after October 8th, 2007.

PREVIEW PERFORMANCE (October 25) - $27
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS - $27 NEW LOWER PRICE!
ALL OTHER DAYS:
A Sections - $42
B Sections (limited view) -$32
YOUTH (under 18) - $22
COLLEGE (w/College ID) - $24

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
To purchase a subscription or for more information, please call the Box Office at 386-252-6200 or 800-854-5592, between 10am and 4pm Monday through Friday and two hours before curtain on performances dates. You can also visit www.seasidemusictheater.org  for more information. Tickets will also be available to purchase online after October 8.

For groups of 20 or more, please call Group Sales Manager, Lou Veres, at 386-226-1941.

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