Tickets to Final Performances of BAM's 'A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE' in Steep Demand

It has become apparent that money will not stand in the way of certain theatre patrons desperate to see the Sydney Theatre Company's production of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' starring Cate Blanchett at the BAM Harvey Theatre in Brooklyn. According to a report in the New York Times, websites like Craigslist, StubHub and Ebay are seeing staggering ticket prices, with ticket holders asking as much as $2,000 for orchestra seats, and some buyers offering as much as $250 or more for any seat.

The critically-acclaimed production holds its final performance on December 20. Due to overwhelming popular demand, tickets are sold out to the general public.

"There was a lot of excitement about it to begin with," said Karen Brooks Hopkins, the president of BAM. "It's now moved from excitement to mayhem."

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In a special winter presentation, Sydney Theatre Company returns to BAM with Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by renowned actor/director/writer Liv Ullmann and featuring Academy Award-winning actress/Sydney Theatre Company Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, Joel Edgerton at Stanley Kowalski, Robin McLeavey as Stella Kowalski, and Tim Richards as Mitch. The production marks Liv Ullmann's U.S. directorial debut and Blanchett's second BAM engagement-following her acclaimed performance in Sydney Theatre Company's Hedda Gabler (2006 Spring Season). The production will run from November 27- through December 20.

'A Streetcar Named Desire' is the story of the determined, yet fragile, repressed and delicate Blanche DuBois, set in the New Orleans apartment of her sister, Stella, and animalistic brother-in-law, Stanley. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play opened on Broadway in New York in 1947 and guaranteed Williams' status as one of the major American Playwrights.

The presentation of Streetcar in America marks U.S. directorial debut of Liv Ullmann and features set design by Ralph Myers, costume design by Tess Schofield, lighting design by Nick Schlieper, and sound design by Paul Charlier.

 

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