Tag Archives: Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire: That’s What Williams Wrote. Deal With It.

Posted on December 3, 2024 by sheila

A re-post for the anniversary of Streetcar debuting on Broadway. I wrote this essay after seeing a 2011 production of Streetcar at Williamstown. Directed by David Cromer Starring Sam Rockwell as Stanley Kowalski, Jessica Hecht as Blanche DuBois, Ana Reeder … Continue reading →

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For Liberties: John Cassavetes, Tennessee Williams, and Beautiful Insanity

Posted on July 29, 2024 by sheila

My next article for my Movies Before Breakfast column at Liberties Journal is one I’ve wanted to write for years: how John Cassavetes’ Opening Night and Tennessee Williams’ The Two-Character Play are the same work of art to me – … Continue reading →

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Elvis Descending

Posted on July 1, 2024 by sheila

I am psyched to have a piece in the Spring/Summer issue of the long-running Arty zine, run by Cathy Lomax. This particular issue is devoted to all things Tennessee Williams. It’s filled with beautiful art – some made by Lomax, … Continue reading →

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Tennessee and Elvis in Arty Magazine

Posted on June 7, 2024 by sheila

Last names not necessary in both cases. I am psyched to have a piece in the Spring/Summer issue of the long-running Arty zine, run by Cathy Lomax. This issue is devoted to all things Tennessee Williams. I wrote about Elvis. … Continue reading →

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Interview with actor/director/teacher Ryan Czerwonko

Posted on March 27, 2023 by sheila

I’ve written about Adult Film before here, and had been wanting for a while to sit down and interview one of the founders, Ryan Czerwonko, about what he and his group are up to. Finally, we carved out some space … Continue reading →

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On This Day: March 24, 1955: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened on Broadway.

Posted on March 24, 2023 by sheila

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened on Broadway on this day, in 1955. Critic Brooks Atkinson, one of Williams’s staunchest supporters, wrote: “[The play seemed] not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life.” Ben Gazzara became … Continue reading →

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On This Day: December 3, 1947: A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway

Posted on December 3, 2022 by sheila

Blanche Dubois, scene 1, in Streetcar Named Desire: “They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at – Elysian Fields!” Tennessee Williams lived in New … Continue reading →

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October 2022 Viewing Diary

Posted on November 1, 2022 by sheila

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020; d. Lisa Immordino Vreeland) Fascinating dual portraits. No “talking heads”. The entire thing is made up of their own voices, told in talk shows, or interviews. Amazing footage I’ve never seen before. Christine … Continue reading →

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Dynamic Trio #35

Posted on October 1, 2022 by sheila

Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, and Tennessee Williams

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Dynamic Duo #35

Posted on September 20, 2022 by sheila

Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando, 1948

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