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Who Played Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire

Blanche is a role in A Streetcar Named Desire, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 2025.

Paul Mescal will star in a new revival of A Streetcar Named Desire off Broadway, reprising his award-winning performance from London. The production will make its U.S. debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this spring, with exact dates to be announced. He reprises the leading role of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire from director Rebecca Frecknall's (Cabaret on Broadway) in London's West End in 2023. The show won three Olivier Awards there, including Best Revival and Best Actor for Mescal. Tennessee Williams's play takes place during a New Orleans summer, when fading Southern belle Blanche comes to visit her sister, Stella, and Stella's husband, Stanley. Reality and illusion collide as Blanche tries to escape her past, which Stanley is determined to unravel.

3 actors have played Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.

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Performer Production Opened
Gillian Anderson Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2016
Patsy Ferran West End A Streetcar Named Desire 2023
Anjana Vasan Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025

Other Roles in A Streetcar Named Desire

Role Production Opened
Blanche Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025
Eunice Hubbel Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025
Mitch Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025
Pablo Gonzales Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025
Performer Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025
Stanley Kowalski Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025
Stella Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025
Steve Hubbel Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025
Young Collector Off-Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire 2025

“Blanche” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
Broadway Bound Broadway 2009
Brighton Beach Memoirs Broadway 1983

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