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CONFIRMED: Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to New York
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#25
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
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#26
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.
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#27
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
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#28
Posted: 11/9/24 at 1:49pm
I can’t wait to see this.
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#29
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.
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#30
Posted: 11/9/24 at 2:34pm
BAM it is!
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#31
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
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#32
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.
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#33
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).
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#34
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!
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#35
Posted: 11/11/24 at 12:56pm
Have the BAM dates been confirmed?
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#36
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.
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#37
Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:04pm
It willl be the same London cast.
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#38
Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:05pmVery exciting.
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#39
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?
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#40
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
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#41
Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:35pm
On sale 11/20 for members:
https://www.bam.org/winter-spring
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#42
Posted: 11/11/24 at 1:37pm
I'm surprised this starts Friday, 2/28. The Oscars are Sunday, 3/2.
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#43
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?
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#44
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!
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#45
Posted: 11/11/24 at 2:24pm
Yeah I am also excited for the Threepenny
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#46
Posted: 11/11/24 at 2:24pm
Agreed about Threepenny!!!
A bit nervous about ticket prices for Streetcar though…
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/21
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#47
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.
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#48
Posted: 11/11/24 at 5:20pmGuessing these dates are pretty firm? Was planning on heading back in May, but may bump it up for this
Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?#49
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.
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