Two Oscar winners recently garnered raves for portraying faded lady Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire—Rachel Weisz in London and Cate Blanchett in my homeland of Brooklyn.
But neither has gotten enough kindness from strangers to make the leap to Broadway.
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Instead, it was just announced that a multi-culti cast will be assembled for a 2011 production, similar to the black Cat on a Hot Tin Roof from 2008.
So who should get the part?
I wouldn’t mind seeing Angela Bassett as the fluttery Blanche. She certainly did well against another crushing brute in What’s Love Got To Do With It.
And alongside her, let’s have:
Benjamin Bratt as Stanley
Viola Davis as Stella
and Ken Watanabe as Mitch.
Is that multi-culti enough for you?