Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?- Page 2

[The Scorpion]

Posted: 11/9/24 at 12:23pm

blaxx said: "The production is wonderful, but I found him to be overshadowed by the leading ladies' performances. They were terrific.

Let's see if Broadway can appreciate Frecknall's style this time around."

Agreed, their performances (particularly that of Anjana Vasan as Stella overshadowed his). I'm not sure how NYC would react to this production, though. I wasn't entirely sold by it, although the London critics were. I can't remember what it was now, but I remember there were some cuts to the text (particularly in the final scene) that annoyed me. Updated On: 11/9/24 at 12:23 PM

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 11/9/24 at 1:20pm

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Was Cate’s Blanche similar to her (Blue) Jasmine?"

Very. Just a lot more manic at the end. Goddamn, that was a brilliant performance. 

[Quinn Wilson]

Posted: 11/9/24 at 1:47pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Please God, let them at least get a betterBlanche this time."

I believe at one point Meghann Fahy was rumored for Blanche (I’m mid on that), but that was when it was rumored Mescal was being replaced with Taron Egerton 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 11/9/24 at 1:49pm

I can’t wait to see this.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 11/9/24 at 2:05pm

Quinn Wilson said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Please God, let them at least get a betterBlanche this time."

I believe at one point Meghann Fahy was rumored for Blanche (I’m mid on that), but that was when it was rumored Mescal was being replaced with Taron Egerton"

 

This is all about Mescal. Sounds like they wisely decided to wait it out.

 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 11/9/24 at 2:34pm

BAM it is!

[Dolly80]

Posted: 11/9/24 at 4:36pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "I wonder what took so long after his Olivier win… filming commitments? (This had been rumored for last season.)


This will definitely need a new Blanche BUT if they are staging this again in London pre NYC, they will invariably have to ask Ferran again. Let’s hope she’s busy

Updated On: 11/9/24 at 04:36 PM

[CurtainsUpat8]

Posted: 11/10/24 at 11:18am

I have never seen a produciton of Streetcar on stage I have really enjoyed. First, for me... it's impossible to get the movie out of my mind. I can't help that.

The problem I have seen is that ALL four of the leads have to be equally as wonderful. I saw the Blair Underwood. He was great... the Blanche was awful. I saw the Alec Baldwin production and that was a big miss too. I could barely hear Jessica Lange.  Alex Baldwin seemed underwhelming to me.

Unless you have FOUR actors that are all equal, this play doesn't work for me. Just my opinion.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/10/24 at 11:25am

Well if you’ve never seen a production of it you liked, this one sure won’t change your mind. Frecknall doing the “my vision is a bare stage with hardly any lighting and the world shall say i am brilliant” and it just doesn’t work (for me).

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 12:54pm

London tix go on sale this week. They are literally rushing this to BAM. There’s just 6 days between the West End production closing and opening in NYC. That’s gonna take a lot of of the cast! 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 12:56pm

Have the BAM dates been confirmed?

[two ladies tickets]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:02pm

Yes, it's now up on the BAM website. February 28 through April 6. The West End remount finishes on February 22 so that is a very tight turnaround for everyone involved. 

[yyys]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:04pm

It willl be the same London cast.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:05pm

Very exciting.

[steven22]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:15pm

two ladies tickets said: "Yes, it's now up on the BAM website. February 28 through April 6. The West End remount finishes on February 22 so that is a very tight turnaround for everyone involved."

When do tickets go on sale? 

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:17pm

I was looking for this too, do you have a link to the BAM page?  I couldn't find it

[pathman2]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:35pm

On sale 11/20 for members:

https://www.bam.org/winter-spring

[pathman2]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:37pm

I'm surprised this starts Friday, 2/28. The Oscars are Sunday, 3/2.

[Wick3]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:53pm

yyys said: "It willl be the same London cast."

Ok cool! Patsy Ferran's Broadway debut was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf back in spring 2020. Great to see she's back in NYC. 

BTW, did they film this production while it was on the West End?

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:54pm

I am very excited for Streetcar - but Kosky's The Threepenny Opera is the show I'm most looking forward to in 2025.  I had hoped this would transfer but wasn't confident, what a bit of great news!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 2:24pm

Yeah I am also excited for the Threepenny 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 2:24pm

Agreed about Threepenny!!!

 

A bit nervous about ticket prices for Streetcar though…

[JasonC3]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 3:32pm

Wick3 said: "BTW, did they film this production while it was on the West End?"

No. Some on the UK board are pretty confident the London run will be filmed before the transfer.
 

Also, here is Matt Wolf's NYT review (gift lilnk) of the original Almeida run.

 

Updated On: 11/11/24 at 03:32 PM

[schubox]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 5:20pm

Guessing these dates are pretty firm? Was planning on heading back in May, but may bump it up for this

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 11/11/24 at 5:46pm

schubox said: "Guessing these dates are pretty firm? Was planning on heading back in May, but may bump it up for this"

 

I would say these dates are extremely firm.