The “Normal People” star shows a very different side playing the role Marlon Brando first made famous.
Julieta Cervantes
It starts with a drumbeat.
A very, very loud drumbeat.
Paul Mescal with the Cast of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at BAM.Credit:Julieta Cervantes
Were talking literal drums here.
Advance notice of the carnage, both emotional and physical, to come.
Williams' play first staged in 1947 is about as stark as they come.
Anjana Vasan and Paul Mescal in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at BAM.Julieta Cervantes
To say Stanley does not appreciate the intrusion would be an understatement of epic proportions.
Director Rebecca Frecknall leans into that starkness by stripping everything down to its barest bones.
(Spoiler alert: It cant.)
Patsy Ferran and Paul Mescal in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at BAM.Julieta Cervantes
at the top of his lungs.
I dont want realism, Blanche famously says at one point.
Audiences watching this latest revival will receive plenty of both.Grade: A
Paul Mescal in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at BAM.Julieta Cervantes
Patsy Ferran in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at BAM.Julieta Cervantes
