A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Accentuating the biting intelligence, slashing humor, and emotional devastation of Tennessee Williams's 1947 script, BBC Radio and L.A. Theatre Works came together in 1998 to create an extremely natural, very human audio version of one of America's most acclaimed theatrical works. When a woman with nowhere left to go visits her sister and her sister's husband in New Orleans, she finds their present and her past won't meet her desires for any kind of bright future. Glenne Headly (Blanche), Amy Brenneman (Stella), and Vincent D'Onofrio (Stanley) all give wonderfully understated performances that present the characters' raw world not as make-believe but as something that could take place just around the corner. Audio theater at its finest. B.P. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2025]