Streetcar Named Desire revival artwork

I'd much prefer just the right side of the screen. No silhouette, no street scene, and certainly no headshots.
Placing Underwood's head in the skirt is preposterous. To call it vulgar would be giving it credit for having an erotic impact which is clearly lacking.

We've decided it's vulgar and horrific. Done.

Do we need another revival of this play? I loved the revival of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, because the casting was brilliant. I don't think the casting for this is anywhere near what it should be. Just my opinion. This will be the fourth revival...first with the great Rosemary Harris, then Jessica Lange, then Natasha Richardson, and now this one. Rosemary Harris was brilliant, the other two were okay.

Yea... that tagline is preposterous. They should've gone with "The truth is she never left you".

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I like it a lot. Echoing Kad, the dress is odd but it is definitely eye catching.

I don't think I get what the tag line is supposed to accomplish.

Is it supposed to emphasize that this is an all black production? If so doesn't that seem to reduce it to a gimmick?

With such talent involved in such a seminal American classic it seems an unnecessary focal point.

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I didn't think the tag line was emphasizing that it was a non-white cast. But, like you, I have no idea WHAT it's supposed to be saying. That this cast is more attractive than the others? That it's a beautiful production? That it's fierce? I don't know. It may very well be about it having a black and Latino cast. I guess. I don't even know.

With that strange exaggerated dress and the tag line, maybe they'll be wearing couture?

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Love Blanche's Louboutin's...they rock!

Much better. I'm fine with the silhouette alone.

But that tagline is worthy of a nasty Sondheim editorial.

"Yes, that tag line is a sly indication of it being a multi racial cast."

Some of you have said that, but please support that argument, as I don't see it at all.

And no, the fact that I can't infer any cogent alternative explanation, doesn't persuade me that's the implication.

^Was that really the reason Ullman's fantastic production didn't transfer? In any event, it' a damn shame.

So, hate to bring ethnicity up on any bww thread because it is really asking for it, but is Stanley's last name stilly Kowalsky? Not to mention that his being Polish (Blanche uses a different word), distinguishing him from Stella and Blanche..... hell, the more I think about this, exactly how are they going to deal with this (not to suggest it's insurmountable, or should prevent the play from being done by this cast, but it undeniably creates a challenge).

Updated On: 2/29/12 at 09:47 AM

A lot of what is being questioned here has been talked about in other threads - but a recap:

The Blanchett production wasn't thwarted from transferring because the cast was Australian. The reason it didn't transfer ultimately was because of scheduling conflicts, but more importantly, the producers of this revival already had the rights for a Broadway revival and weren't interested in stepping aside for that production to come to Broadway instead.

It remains to be seen exactly how the issues of race are going to be handled in this revival, but without directly saying so, Emily Mann in her Press interview yesterday spoke about the revival's concept in a way that is almost identical to the all-black production of STREETCAR that was planned for Off Broadway in 1956 and that was to have included some textual changes by Williams to accommodate the roles being played by actors of color.

Like the concept for that production, this revival is featuring a French-Creole (i.e. light skinned) Blanche and Stella confronted with their own racial prejudices against a dark skinned Stanley (and Mitch)who would in their experience and rearing be socially inferior.

It will be interesting to see if any of those afore mentioned textual changes approved by Williams for the black production that didn't happen will be incorporated into this version.

Also, if you notice in the background of that press day yesterday, the slogan isn't printed on those posters.

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