NEW YORK—One of the great qualities of the plays by Tennessee Williams is his suffusing the text with atmosphere. In the case of his “A Streetcar Named Desire,” this atmosphere is the steamy French Quarter of New Orleans.
That kind of atmosphere is missing here, but director Benedict Andrews’s production has other pluses: a terrific set of actors who bring Williams’s text to life, with a passionate performance by Gillian Anderson as Blanche. Originating in Britain’s Young Vic Company, it is now being presented at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Stella (Vanessa Kirby) and Stanley Kowalski (Ben Foster) in a scene from "A Streetcar Named Desire." Teddy Wolff
