Yahoo Lifestyle Paul Mescal Returning to Stage in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ in London and New York City
Fresh from his bloody spell in the colosseum for Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2,” Paul Mescal is returning to the stage.
Rebecca Frecknall’s hit 2022 revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” for which Mescal earned critical acclaim and an Olivier Award, is set to return to London and will also be making its first trip to the U.S.
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The production of Tennessee Williams’ classic will return to the West End, this time at the Noël Coward Theatre for a limited run between February 3 – 22, before it debuts at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) for its U.S. premiere in March.
Thanks in large part to Mescal’s performance as Stanley Kowalski, “A Streetcar Named Desire” became one of the hottest theater tickets London has seen over the last few years. In its review, Variety described Mescal as “explosive,” saying he had shed the “tenderness” that had made him a star in “Normal People.”
“Mescal’s panther-like Stanley luxuriates in his physical prowess. The actor makes Stanley not just dangerous but scarily pleased with himself, a vicious grin atop a body utterly at ease,” it said. “Yet he is no simple brute. Despite his strutting self-confidence, Mescal shows the rawness of a man who cannot fully explain himself to himself. And giving the character a low center of gravity, he releases both astonishing physical and vocal power.”
The production would win three Olivier Awards, including best actor for Mescal, best supporting actress for Anjana Vasan as Stella and best revival.
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