Paul Mescal found fame when he starred in the 2020 Hulu adaptation of Normal People, the novel by Sally Rooney. His raw and emotional portrayal of Connell, one of the series protagonists, earned him much acclaim in the series’ wake,

Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Paul Mescal with Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan, is now playing at BAM. Check out opening night photos here!

Beauty, in Miller’s sense, is not on Frecknall’s menu. Blanche’s costumes (by Merle Hensel) make no pretense of prettiness, just as the staging leaves her no dignity. The lighting (by Lee Curran) is harsh and the sound (by Peter Rice) harsher. The drums obscure some of the dialogue.

The drums don’t just punctuate the action of the latest revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater — they are a warning. Advance notice of the carnage,

And so, with a stupendous Almeida Theatre revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire (BAM Harvey, to April 6), recently transferred from London’s West End to BAM, we gaze upon an open arena of drama,