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• Review of “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond”

  
  Allan R. Ellenberger — Authority: 130
  FILM REVIEWSA rediscovered Tennessee Williams screenplay opens at theaters  “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” has the Williams touch and the feel of the south in the 20s  By Allan R. Ellenberger The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Suddenly Last Summer – all are classic plays written by the ...
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• Dear Media Matters: Keep Your Dirty Hands Off the Gay Community – And Our Kids

  
  Big Government — Authority: 819
  In October (LGBT History Month), I wrote  a piece in defense of Obama’s openly gay “Safe Schools Czar,” Kevin Jennings.  Mostly, I objected to the attacks on Jennings for his one-time, on-the-spot advice to a troubled, promiscuous teenage boy (urging him to practice safe sex –  if the teen insisted on ...
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• Dear Media Matters: Keep Your Dirty Hands Off the Gay Community – And Our Kids

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 741
  In October (LGBT History Month), I wrote a piece in defense of Obama’s openly gay “Safe Schools Czar,” Kevin Jennings.  Mostly, I objected to the attacks on Jennings for his one-time, on-the-spot advice to a troubled, promiscuous teenage boy (urging him to practice safe sex – if the teen insisted on ...
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• Cate Blanchett Talks Beauty

  
  StyleList Fashion Blog — Authority: 154
  Filed under: Beauty , Celebrity , News , Makeup , Skin & Body , Celebrity Beauty Blanchett, attends the opening night celebration for Streetcar Named Desire in New York, looking luminous despite a grueling rehearsal schedule and tending to her three young boys, who are staying with her. Photo: Getty ...
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• File Under...Some Directors Should Just Write Their Own Play

  
  The Mirror up to Nature — Authority: 122
  From John Lahrs review of the much-lauded Streetcar Named Desire directed by Liv Ullman. It is playing at BAM and stars Cate Blanchette as Blanche DuBois.Ullmann’s direction delivers so much pleasure that it’s a shame that, at the finale, she doesn’t deliver the play’s meaning. In her staging of the rape ...
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• New York Premiere of The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

  
  Socially Superlative NYC Parties and Reviews from the Front Lines. — Authority: 148
  On Thursday, December 10 th , Gotham Magazine presented the highly anticipated NYC Premiere of Tennessee Williams’ “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond.” Gracing the red carpet was lead actress, Bryce Dallas Howard with her father, director Ron Howard, Academy Award Winner Ellen Burstyn, Jessica ...
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• Tennessee Williams’ Orpheus Descending in LA through Feb. 2010

  
  California Beaches Blog — Authority: 148
  Los Angeles, Calif.–The rarely seen play, Orpheus Descending, will debut in L.A. in January 2010 with performances throughout Feb. 21.  Taking place in a small Southern town filled with narrow-mindedness, boredom, and bias, a man comes into town wearing a snakeskin jacket. He injects unbridled energy into the ...
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• The Glass Menagerie (1987)Spoiler alert: it’s the end of...

  
  Hello! I am on the Internet! — Authority: 126
  The Glass Menagerie (1987) Spoiler alert: it’s the end of the film. But it was made in 1987, so you had your chance. (It get’s going at about 2:00 minutes in, but it’s the best seven-and-a-half minutes you will spend at the computer today. Trust me.) If there is one guy who always nails it, it has to be ...
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• Target Margin Theater Focuses on Williams for 2009-2010 Season

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 743
  Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan, are the subject of a world premiere for Target Margin Theater this spring.
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• SCENE: Tennessee Williams talk @ The Times Center tonight (12/9)

  
  Southernist — Authority: 120
  Photo: Yusef Karsh An all-star panel of actors and directors will talk about the enduring legacy of Tennessee Williams , who was among the most important and influential playwrights of the 20th century. The upcoming movie The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, the directorial debut of actress Jodie Markell, is based on ...
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• Liv Ullmann on Directing A Streetcar Named Desire

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  The Norwegian actress best known for her roles in the films of Ingmar Bergman talks about directing an American classic.
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• Liv Ullmann on Directing A Streetcar Named Desire

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 743
  The Norwegian actress best known for her roles in the films of Ingmar Bergman talks about directing an American classic.
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• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sweet Charity and Jiggery Pokery | Theatre review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Tennessee Williams fails to raise the temperature but there are hot hoofers galore at the Menier, says Susannah Clapp The news about Debbie Allens Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is that the play is for the first time performed by an all-black cast. Within minutes of the curtain going up, that news is ...
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• Theater Review: A Streetcar Named Desire at BAM Starring Cate Blanchett, Directed by Liv Ullman

  
  The Bagel And The Rat — Authority: 119
  Five curtain calls for Cate Blanchett and Co.
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• What to say about ... Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Debbie Allens powerful production boasts an all-black cast and radical 1980s setting, but its the booming basso of James Earl Jones that leaves the critics breathless The West End has already seen a white Othello, a female Hamlet, Brian Blessed as a human being … and now, in this transfer from Broadway, black ...
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• Notes For December 3rd

  
  The INTERNET WRITING WORKSHOP — Authority: 125
  This Day In Writing History On December 3rd, 1947, A Streetcar Named Desire , the acclaimed and controversial play by Tennesee Williams, made its debut on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Williams had written the play while living in an apartment in New Orleans, rewriting the script numerous times and ...
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• ON THIS DAY IN SHOWBIZ: “STREETCAR” DEBUTS ON BROADWAY

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 541
  On this day in 1947, Marlon Brando’s famous cry of “STELLA!” first booms across a Broadway stage, electrifying the audience at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre during the first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire . The 23-year-old Brando played the rough, working-class ...
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• New York theatre review: Cate Blanchett dazzles in A Streetcar Named Desire

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Despite a flat-batteried opposite number in Joel Edgerton, Blanchetts Blanche pours life into a new production of Tennessee Williamss classic Towards the end of Tennessee Williamss A Streetcar Named Desire, the tragically self-deluded Blanche Dubois stares out of the window and with a flick of the wrist exclaims: "I ...
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• Suddenly, Last Summer

  
  The Canadian Cinephile's Reviews — Authority: 119
  Tennessee Williams’ one-act play Suddenly, Last Summer is given grand cinematic treatment by Joseph L. Mankiewicz in the 1959 film adaption. The picture is stunning from beginning to end, filled with staggering performances and terrific cinematography from Jack Hildyard. The Buxton Orr score, complete with the ...
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• Review – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Novello Theatre

  
  West End Whingers — Authority: 463
  Those who know the Whingers will be aware that Phil is very conventional, abhors change and is rather partial to tradition. Even the more easy-going, liberal and forward-looking Andrew has habits, some of which are rather disagreeable. So trying something new and indulging in a little experimentation is for them ...
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