The Kennedy Center’s Tennessee Williams festival starts this week. The main events, with confirmed cast members listed, are:
- Five by Tenn (Apr. 21-May 9): an evening of five one-acts by Williams, some newly discovered (I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow; And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens…; Escape; The Municipal Abbatoir; and These Are the Stairs You Got To Watch), directed by Michael Kahn.
- A Streetcar Named Desire (May 8-30): Patricia Clarkson (Blanche), Adam Rothenberg (Stanley), Amy Ryan (Stella), directed by Garry Hynes.
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (June 12-July 4): Mary Stuart Masterson (Maggie), Dana Ivey (Big Mama), George Grizzard (Big Daddy), Emily Skinner (Sister Woman), directed by Mark Lamos.
- The Glass Menagerie (July 17-Aug. 8): Sally Field (Amanda), directed by Gregory Mosher.
2 replies on “Tennessee at Kennedy”
Yeah, great for the theatre goer, but not so great for the filmmaker!
One of the go-to actors in the 48 Hour Film projects I work on — the super-cute Tony Simione — will be appearing in Streetcar, so we’ve lost one of our faves to the Kennedy Center. 🙁
Wow, great casting! Patricia Clarkson should rock as Blanche – and, golly, I wonder if Mary Stuart Masterson will surpass Ashley Judd as Maggie the Cat (I like Ashley, but stage performance doesn’t seem to be her thing).