Paul Mescal (Normal People) to Star in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in Londo - Page 2
Paul Mescal (Normal People) to Star in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in Londo
#25A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 1/24/23 at 2:17pm
I hope they film it at least….
#26A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 1/24/23 at 4:45pm
West End transfer announced, 6 weeks at the Phoenix from March 20th: streetcarwestend.com
Updated On: 1/24/23 at 04:45 PM
#27A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 1/24/23 at 6:29pm
Transferring to the Phoenix Theatre in the West End for 6 weeks only.
https://deadline.com/2023/01/paul-mescal-streetcar-named-desire-west-end-move-gladiator-2-pause-oscars-1235239652/
#28A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 1/24/23 at 8:10pm
I don't know when he's gonna have time in his schedule to do a US transfer, so I am seriously debating heading to London to catch this (and other shows, of course). I've only seen the film version and the NT Live broadcast of the Gillian Anderson version, which I honestly didn't like at all, but I am willing to give it another shot.
KevinKlawitter
Broadway Star Joined: 1/21/20
#29A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 1/24/23 at 9:40pm
If the West End transfer is scheduled to lead in to his shoot of Gladiator 2, he'll probably have a year or so before he'd be ready or able to do it in New York. It's possible, though - Wendell Pierce's Death of a Salesman had a substantial gap between when it was in London and the States.
#30A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 1/24/23 at 9:50pm
They say the transfer will probably sell out within the first hour given the theatre is about the size of the Vivian Beaumont.
Updated On: 1/24/23 at 09:50 PM
#31A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 1/25/23 at 2:42pm
His mother is sick right now, so maybe he would not want to come to Broadway because of personal reasons. It would be hard to be on the other side of the Atlantic when someone you love is starting chemotherapy. Especially at 26.
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JasonC3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/21
#32A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 3/30/23 at 1:29pm
Just saw this today and while I loved the acting I find the director's conceptual touch to be a bit heavy-handed and unnecessary in some moments. If you thought the last production of a View from the Bridge was a bit much in that regard (I did not), this goes even further.
Seats keep popping up for sold out performances and some are less than their original pricing. Sat first row dress circle off the center aisle, 85 GBP bought a week ago.
Perfect view and the safety bar was never an issue. 90% of the staging is front and center and what happens in the margins is not critical to see clearly.
FYI: Most of the play is performed on a large centered platform about two steps up from the stage floor.
#33A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 3/31/23 at 2:28am
Jay Lerner-Z said: "His mother is sick right now, so maybe he would not want to come to Broadway because of personal reasons. It would be hard to be on the other side of the Atlantic when someone you love is starting chemotherapy. Especially at 26."
Plus he will be filming the new Gladiator movie as well as Merrily We Roll Along.
#34A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 3/31/23 at 4:57am
Thanks for the ticket suggestion. There are plenty of seats now available so no one should have to miss out! I didn’t realise and excited to be going now.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
52889j
Featured Actor Joined: 12/8/15
#35A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/12/23 at 12:54pm
Was hearing rumors that this was New York bound for the fall with Mescal, Ferran, and Vasan. Does the Old Vic’s announcement of Ferran playing Eliza in Pygmalion get in the way of that? It closes October 28th so she does, in theory, have time to get to New York before the year’s end, but she’d be very busy.
#36A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/12/23 at 1:40pm
Hopefully it will! I recall Patsy was in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf back in 2020 that abruptly ended due to pandemic.
Robbie516
Leading Actor Joined: 10/3/22
#37A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/12/23 at 7:51pm
Has anyone else heard this will transfer? Heard to believe with Mescal being so busy!
BoringBoredBoard40
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
#38A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/13/23 at 7:03am
There is no universe where this is transferring to Broadway in the fall due to other commitments by cast members
EvanHansen
Understudy Joined: 3/16/17
#39A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/13/23 at 8:58am
They're trying for early 2024.
Robbie516
Leading Actor Joined: 10/3/22
#40A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/13/23 at 11:21am
Did they book a theatre?
#41A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/13/23 at 11:35am
Robbie516 said: "Did they book a theatre?"
Yes but only because there was an early booking discount and no cancellation fees. I'm sure they get loyalty points as well. They won't be charged until the first preview so it's good to hold the theatre just in case the rumors turn out to be true. Breakfast isn't included.
#42A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/13/23 at 4:13pm
EvanHansen said: "They're trying for early 2024."
Oh man, I really hope this works out!!
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#43A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/13/23 at 4:16pm
JasonC3 said: "Just saw this today and while I loved the acting I find the director's conceptual touch to be a bit heavy-handed and unnecessary in some moments. If you thought the last production of a View from the Bridge was a bit much in that regard (I did not), this goes even further.
Seats keep popping up for sold out performances and some are less than their original pricing. Sat first row dress circle off the center aisle, 85 GBP bought a week ago.
Perfect view and the safety bar was never an issue. 90% of the staging is front and center and what happens in the margins is not critical to see clearly.
FYI: Most of the play is performed on a large centered platform about two steps up from the stage floor.
"
That's Frecknall's style. Love it or hate it's hard to not be engaged by it all.
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#44A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/13/23 at 4:21pm
Count me in if this happens!
Robbie516
Leading Actor Joined: 10/3/22
#45A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/13/23 at 10:36pm
With regards to scheduling I think we have seen especially recently if the stars wanna do it …it will happen on their end
#46A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/14/23 at 1:43am
I am sure Paul would love to play Broadway. An actor’s dream. Perhaps that sort of inspiration will prevail.
#47A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida in London
Posted: 4/15/23 at 2:48am
I am ashamed to say I haven't seen a production of this before, read it or seen any filmed version so I was going in cold - but I was blown away. I am now curious to see how others stage it (and I am kicking myself that I probably could have seen Cate Blanchett in the role but never went) - I suspect like Cabaret this is a very heavy-handed directorial take on the material so you have to be comfortable with that. But the overall effect is that the tone of the show is very dark, uncomfortable, creepy and Paul is absolutely terrifying. As in, give you nightmares in your sleep kind of terrifying. It's almost relentless.
I wonder what a Rebecca Frecknall directed SWEENEY TODD with Paul Mescal would be like (if he had the voice).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
