A Streetcar Named Desire Revival
Ages: 12+
Closing: April 06, 2025A Streetcar Named Desire - 2025 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton St. Brooklyn, NY 11217
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.
A Streetcar Named Desire - 2025 - Off-Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR A Streetcar Named Desire
A Ferocious Paul Mescal Stars in a Brutal ‘Streetcar’
7 / 10
This is all compelling; the play is so brilliantly conceived and plotted it can hardly be anything else. While Blanche, with her airs and long baths, works Stanley’s last nerve, he mercilessly needles her and debunks her claims. (She is no virgin, even aside from her early marriage to a doomed gay man.) Trying to keep the peace is Stella, who despite everything still loves her sister. (In Anjana Vasan’s excellent performance, we sense that love, even more than the usual weak-tea toleration.) But as Blanche’s options foreclose on her — Stanley foils her chance to snag his one halfway-decent poker buddy as a husband — even Stella grows fearful, and the balance tips disastrously."
A Streetcar Named Desire
8 / 10
The Irish film and TV star (All of Us Strangers, Normal People) may be the name driving up ticket prices and attendance at BAM, but his performance is carefully integrated into Rebecca Frecknall’s keen, intelligently deconstructed revival. Mescal doesn’t shrink from his role’s indelible association with young Marlon Brando; the actor’s credibly flat accent (urban Midwest dusted with Brooklyn) and unforced physical beauty constitute what you might call a Brando-adjacent reading: not trying to reinvent the wheel but perfectly able to handle the curves.
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Video: Paul Mescal and Company Celebrate Opening Night of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
by Joey Mervis - March 13, 2025
by Joey Mervis - March 13, 2025
Experience the electrifying revival of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at BAM, featuring Oscar nominee Paul Mescal. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall, this Tennessee Williams classic returns to New York after a triumphant West End run. Don’t miss exclusive opening night insights from the company.
Photos: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Opens at BAM Starring Paul Mescal
by Bruce Glikas - March 13, 2025
by Bruce Glikas - March 13, 2025
Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Paul Mescal with Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan, is now playing at BAM. Check out opening night photos here!
Review Roundup: Paul Mescal-Led A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Starring Paul Mescal
by Stephi Wild - March 12, 2025
by Stephi Wild - March 12, 2025
Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire stars Oscar nominee Paul Mescal alongside Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan is now playing at BAM. Read the reviews here!
Paul Mescal-Led STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Will Play NYC Following West End Return in 2025
by Blair Ingenthron - November 9, 2024
by Blair Ingenthron - November 9, 2024
The Paul Mescal-led production of A Streetcar Named Desire, which won the actor an Olivier award in 2023, will return to the West End in 2025 before transferring to New York. Learn more about the productions plans here!
A Streetcar Named Desire History
Other Productions of A Streetcar Named Desire
| 1947 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1950 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1973 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1973 | Broadway |
Return Engagement [Broadway] Broadway |
| 1988 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1992 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1999 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2005 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
| 2009 | West End |
Donmar Warehouse Revival West End |
| 2012 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2016 | Off-Broadway |
St. Ann's Warehouse Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2020 | Williamstown, MA (Regional) |
Williamstown Theater Festival Production Williamstown, MA (Regional) |
| 2023 | West End |
West End |
| 2025 | Off-Broadway |
BAM Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
A Streetcar Named Desire - 2025 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Anjana Vasan |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Patsy Ferran |
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE | Paul Mescal |
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