A Streetcar Named Desire

A must see. The whole cast was great.

Nicole Ari Parker was incredible! Glad we choose this play to see. Great acting and fun story.

Last night, I was sucked into an emotional whirlwind in The Big Easy, torn as conflict raged, boiled in an agony of simmering tension and finally left limp and gasping as the final curtain closed.
The performance by Blair Underwood and especially Nicole Ari Parker is really that impressive. I have no idea how they can go through that every night (twice on Wednesdays and Sundays) emotionally unscathed.
If you like intense and rather dark theater, this Tennesee Williams classic is unforgettable, and the current production is extremely powerful. Definitely not appropriate for children.
PARTING THOUGHT: Blair Underwood has obviously been doing the 300 diet/​workout routine. Every shirtless scene, all of the ladies in the audience (and some of the gentlemen) were doing a fair share of wistful sighing ;)

What a show! Great performances, excellent set and costumes. While I was familiar with the Tennessee Williams play, my daughter and brother were not. They loved every second. Kudos to everyone involved in this revised take on the play.

I went last tuesday night and the show was really good. The show started a few minutes late but that helped my friend who happeded to be running late lol. All of the actors and actresses did a fantastic job and we sat in close orchestra seats so we got great views of Blair Underwood and Wood Harris mmm mmm good. I would go and see this play again!

Please go see this show if you can!!! What a great production of this Tennessee Williams classic. I had been looking forward to seeing this I first heard it was going into production and I will admit I was looking forward to seeing Blair. I must say that this interpretation with this multiracial cast and two African-​American headliners (Blair Underwood as Stanley and Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche DuBois) was amazing! Nicole Ari Parker definitely stole the show giving a new twist on this well known character. Again please go see this show! Even if you go into it thinking about the race of the cast, once you leave I assure you that will be the furthest thing from your mind. It is simply a great broadway show.

It’s a really great show with impressive performances in this black version of the Tennessee Williams classic tale of a woman’s decent into madness. Blair Underwood and his six-​pack abs star as Stanley Kawalski with Nicole Ari Parker stealing the show as the crazy Blanche DuBois. Most interpretations clearly have Blanche as a loon, so the ending makes sense when she’s hauled off to the nut house, but in this production it seems a bit out of the blue. But the actors breathe a new life into the characters that it’s a must-​see ticket.
Show has adult and disturbing themes so not for kids or anyone offendable. (A couple walked out during the climactic moment.)

I was lucky enough to meet the cast of this show weeks before. Hearing how much they prepared for this show and getting into character. It made me really eager to see it. I’ll be honest, I really didn’t know anything about this story. I would hear the title of the show every now and then. I even saw it as a reference on an episode of Modern Family.
The original main cast were all White, but this version steps out of the box and features all four main characters portrayed by African Americans. The actors in the show are Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Daphne Rubin-​Vega and Woods Harris. T
hey all shine on the stage, but Nicole Ari Parker who plays Blanche really had something else. She was AMAZING. I’ve seen her in small parts on tv and the big screen, but her portrayal of Blanche was something spectacular.
If you know the story or curious about it as I was. I definitely recommend seeing this show with this stellar cast.