A Streetcar Named Desire at Boston Court Performing Arts Center

A Streetcar Named Desire

Boston Court Performing Arts Center
70 N. Mentor Ave. Pasadena

This daring new production strips away decades of Southern gothic gauze to reveal striking themes of class, race, and gender-reinvigorating the classic which shocked audiences in its debut 70 years ago. By placing the iconic 1940s-era Blanche within an entirely contemporary and multicultural environment, this 21st century production highlights the timeless relevance of this play for our divided America.

Thru - Apr 1, 2018

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 626-683-6883

www.bostoncourt.com/events/360/a-streetcar-named-desire

A Streetcar Named Desire Reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Highly Recommended

"...Michael Michetti's revitalizing production of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center shakes out the cobwebs of an American classic that hasn't felt this fresh in a long time."

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- Charles McNulty

LA Weekly - Recommended

"...It goes without saying that casting performers of color while leaving this text unmodified requires audiences to overlook certain disparities. It's a measure of the production's strength that one can. And having a flaky white person swish and strut about a small claustrophobic space (scenic design by Efren Delgadillo Jr.), with everyone else forced to accommodate her, is a brilliant way to make a political statement."

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- Deborah Klugman

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

"...The combined creative genius of director Michael Michetti and dramaturg Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni have re-imagined the Tennessee Williams' classic A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE into a stunning, relevant update to present time. With a very talented cast of many racial backgrounds, Williams' words of insult and prejudice take on new significance to our present culture."

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- Gil Kaan

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...Still, there's enough of interest to recommend a visit - regardless of the incongruities, I wasn't bored for a second. At the center of this misguided but watchable three-hour effort is the not-to-be-missed performance of Jaimi Paige, whose nostalgia, vulnerability, and attractions make her fantasies appear real. With the complexity, the looks, and the gestures that powerfully and gradually take Blanche into a fantasy world toward insanity, Paige - an actress of outstanding depth - digs into the demanding role with playful, frightening self-destructiveness."

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- Tony Frankel

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire undergoes a radical reinvention at The Theatre @ Boston Court where director Michael Michetti has transposed the seven-decade-old classic to 21st-century New Orleans to stunning effect."

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- Steven Stanley

On Stage Los Angeles - Highly Recommended

"...Sometimes the most compelling theater happens when a text we thought we knew inside and out is presented in a way that illuminates new layers and creates a deeper understanding. The current production of A Streetcar Named Desire at Boston Court Performing Arts Center is a fresh take on a play that has been well-known for over 70 years, adding a modern vibe and drawing fascinating lines of distinction between the characters that mostly add to the story."

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- Erin Comley

Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

"...The acting crackles. Robinson is an engaging, personable and oddly vulnerable Stella, and Terry makes a powerful, brooding Stanley, completely reinventing the Brando-esque paradigm. Paige imbues her Blanche with a collection of neurotic behaviors - nervous giggles, spiteful remarks she can't help making, ejaculations of sheer terror - that brilliantly limn the portrait of Williams' tragic, fallen Southern Belle."

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- Paul Birchall

Tin Pan LA - Highly Recommended

"...It is unlikely that you will ever experience a production of Streetcar that has as much grit, cultural relevance and contemporary originality as this production at Theatre at Boston Court-it's all the magic of Williams' original masterpiece seen vividly through a state-of-the-art lens."

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- Ryan Luevano