Paul Mescal Bringing A Streetcar Named Desire to New York This Spring

Emmy nominee Paul Mescal will bring his acclaimed performance as Stanley in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire to Brooklyn Academy of Music this spring, February 28-April 6 at the Harvey Theatre.

Directed by Rebecca Frecknall (Cabaret), Streetcar played a quickly sold-out engagement at the Almeida Theatre in early 2023, before moving to the West End. Prior to the New York run, Mescal and company will return to the West End, running February 3-22 at the Noël Coward Theatre.

Telling the tale of two estranged sisters who reunite in New Orleans, the revival has picked up glowing reviews during its initial sell-out run at the Almeida in north London.  Mescal will be joined by Olivier Award winners Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan as Blanche and Stella, with Dwane Walcott as Mitch, Eduardo Ackerman (Pablo Gonzales), Rob Dempsey (Understudy Drummer/Doctor), Janet Etuk (Eunice Hubbel), Alexander Eliot (Steve Hubbel/Understudy Stanley Kowalski/Harold “Mitch” Mitchell), Gabriela Garcia (Flower Seller/Nurse/Singer/Understudy Stella Kowalski), Francesca Knight (Understudy Blanche Dubois/Eunice Hubbel), Tom Penn (Doctor/Drummer), Curtis Patrick (Understudy Young Collector/Steve Hubbel/Pablo Gonzales), Constanza Ruff (Understudy Flower Seller/Nurse/Singer), and Jabez Sykes (Young Collector).

The creative team features set designer Madeleine Girling, costume designer Merle Hensel, lighting designer Lee Curran, sound designer Peter Rice, and composer Angus MacRae.

Brooklyn Academy of Music’s theatrical season will also include the New York premiere of Whitney White’s Macbeth in Stride, performed by the writer, directed by Tyler Dobrowsky and Taibi Magar, and choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly. It runs April 15-27 at the Harvey Theater.

At the Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM will present Barrie Kosky’s Berliner Ensemble production of Brecht and Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, April 3-6. Further details will come at a later date.