The actor Harris Yulin and I put this together for Williams’s centennial and will be reperformed online Saturday starring Mercedes Ruehl and Harris Yulin.
Special Performance Celebrating the Life & Work of Tennessee Williams to Be Performed Online
The Writing On The Padded Wall
Dedicated to discussing the craft & industry of dramatic writing, maintaining mental health, and the unsurprisingly large overlap between the two. Oh, and maybe some Beatles trivia.
Late to this one, but catching up on my podcasts (and blog reading)… Unspooled, which goes through the AFI best films list, did Streetcar about a month ago. Some interesting takes and contexts, they compare and contrast the film with the play, and at about the 1:20 mark bring in the head of a theater group that improvises Tennessee Williams plays. I think you’ll dig it:
https://www.earwolf.com/episode/a-streetcar-named-desire/
Thanks! The changes they had to make to the film should’ve ruined it. Yet it’s still a classic.