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Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:19pm

The Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire starring Natasha Richardson has set dates at Broadway's Studio 54 in 2005.

The new staging will begin previews in March, 2005 and open April 24, 2005 for a limited engagement currently slated through June 19th, 2005....
Playbill.com
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
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re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:22pm

This is the one show I'm most excited about in the upcoming season.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#9

re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:30am

She is the daughter of Academy Award Winner Vanessa Redgrave, niece of Lynn Redgrave and is married to Liam Neeson.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

Updated On: 8/31/04 at 11:30 AM

#10

re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:32am

I wish they would confirm the dates of the previews. I have a holiday to book for the love of God.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#11

re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:32am

There was another version at the Circle in the Square theater about 6 or so yrs. ago. I can't remember the actress' name for some reason I think it was Mary Stuart Matherson?

Natashia won the Tony for Cabaret with Alan Cumming, re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire.

Updated On: 8/31/04 at 11:32 AM

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re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 12:12pm

By the time Lange played in London, Toby Stephens had replaced Alec Baldwin and he was very special. Glenn Close recently played Blanche at the National Theatre in London, a production I didn't see but one that was not well liked.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#14

re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 12:26pm

"There was another version at the Circle in the Square theater about 6 or so yrs. ago. I can't remember the actress' name for some reason I think it was Mary Stuart Matherson?"

No, it was not Mary Stuart Masterson. She was never in Streetcar.....


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re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 12:29pm

The Circle In The Square production was actually in 1988, four years prior to the Lange/Baldwin revival. Blythe Danner was Blanche, Frances McDormand was Stella and Aidan Quinn was Stanley. Now THAT I would have loved to see.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#16

re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 3:39pm

This is one of my favorite shows of all time. I have hopes that Natasha will be fine in the role. I would have killed to see Jessica Tandy do it in the original, but I loved Vivien Leigh in the film also. Now, if you want to see an awful performance - rent the filmed version with Ann Margaret...OY, Possums!
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#17

re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 4:02pm

The Lange/Baldwin version is on film too, and trust me, you're not missing much. I don't care for Lange doing Williams, she wasn't very good in "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" with Tommy Lee Jones, either. She was entirely too dramatic, even for Williams. I read a review that said it was "impossible to forgot she is acting", and I completely agree.

Updated On: 8/31/04 at 04:02 PM

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re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 4:06pm

The Circle in the Square production was pretty bad mainly due to Aidan Quinn. He was just too cute and non threatening in the part so that when Blanche compared him to an animal you kept wondering who she was talking about. It was the most boring production of this play I've ever seen.

A friend told me he asked Aidan Quinn why he took the part. Mr. Quinn supposedly said he knew he wrong for the part, but when he was asked to do it, he couldn't say no.
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re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:34pm

Mr. Quinn supposedly said he knew he wrong for the part, but when he was asked to do it, he couldn't say no.

And does Mr Quinn see the fatal flaw in his logic?
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#20

re: Natasha Richardson Sets Date with Broadway for A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted: 8/31/04 at 8:43pm

The London production with Glenn Close and Essie Davis was not well liked? It was superb - especially Davis. Some critics demurred over the actor - whose name escapes me - who played Stanley, but otherwise it was well received.
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