Just Jared (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cate Blanchett goes for a morning walk with a friend on Saturday (November 7) in Washington D.C. The 40-year-old Aussie actress is in town performing her critically acclaimed play, A Streetcar Named Desire. Last weekend, Cate attended the opening night reception of the play held at the Kennedy Center’s Embassy of Australia in D.C. A [...]
Michigan Acting (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A Streetcar Named Desire Author: Tennessee Williams Show Type: Drama The Search for Stanley We are looking for actors to come out and audition for the character of Stanley. If you have ever wanted to try and step into the iconic role created by Marlon Brando, then please come out and audition. AUDITION LOCATION: Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette Ave., Royal [...]
shakespeare wuz ere (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... & Stan) were just superb and if I hadn't lost my programme I would most definitely give them a name check. Blanche acted her balls off and Stan, who probably had the most difficult task of all thanks to a certain Mr Brando gave good account of himself. And as for the rest of the cast - wow. Not only that, I won a prize in the raffle. More Please. online advertising
DCist (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
There’s a huge star at the center of the Sydney Theatre Company’s much-hyped, Liv Ullman-directed, wholly satisfying new staging of A Streetcar Named Desire, which sold out its Kennedy Center run before the curtain rose on the first preview. I speak, of course, of the dramatist Tennessee Williams. That’s no slight on Cate Blanchett, who fronts, fights, twirls...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
American reviewers have been lunging for superlatives to describe Cate Blanchett's performance in the Sydney Theatre Company production of A Streetcar Named Desire in Washington.
France24 (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Australian star Cate Blanchett is winning standing ovations and rave reviews from US audiences for her heart-rending performance in the Tennessee Williams classic "A Streetcar Named Desire." More than 60 years after the play debuted on Broadway, Blanchett and her Sydney Theatre Company Saturday launched 24 performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, all of which...
Kylie Minogue announces US tour (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
AUSTRALIAN star Cate Blanchett is winning standing ovations and rave reviews from US audiences for her heart-rending performance in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The actress stars as Blanche DuBois at the Kennedy Center "So many people have condemned the play for its sordid theme," Vivien Leigh said in a 1950s interview about Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," the vehicle for one of her most indelible achievements as an actress. "To me it is an infinitely moving plea for tolerance for all weak, frail...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
If Cate Blanchett's nerve-shattering turn as Blanche DuBois doesn't knock the wind out of you, then there is nothing on a stage that can blow you away. What Blanchett achieves in the Sydney Theatre Company's revelatory revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" amounts to a truly great portrayal --...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Watching "A Streetcar Named Desire," you find yourself longing for a touch of Blanche DuBois' sweet, deluded magic — a time of cotillions and midnight swims at the lake, jasmine perfume and summer furs pinned with silk violets. Blanche (Cate Blanchett) is a fragile remnant of a fanciful plantation-era South that may never had existed in the first place. She doesn't...
Lylee's Blog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
NOTE: I've finally posted reviews of "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Bright Star" . I also saw "An Education" yesterday, but am letting it jell a bit before I write the review. The other night, I saw Cate Blanchett play Blanche DuBois at the Kennedy Center in D.C. She’s the marquee name in a touring production of A Streetcar Named Desire...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
-- Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing here, portraying someone less than regal -- flurried, anxious Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire." If Obama administration officials involved in formulating Afghanistan policy see her, they should wince when she speaks DuBois' signature line: "I have always depended...
Charlotte Observer: Viewpoint (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing here, portraying someone less than regal: flurried, anxious Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." If Obama administration officials involved in formulating Afghanistan policy see her, they should wince when she says: "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
WASHINGTON -- Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing here, portraying someone less than regal -- flurried, anxious Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." If Obama administration officials involved in formulating Afghanistan policy see her, they should wince when she speaks DuBois' signature line: "I have...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... Emmys (in 2008 and 2009). Baldwin earned a Tony nomination in 1992 for his performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire." New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .
