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Article: "STREETCAR' REMAINS A POWERFUL PLAY; SYRACUSE STAGE PERFORMANCE OF THE CLASSIC FEATURES A STRONG, INTELLIGENT STELLA.(CNY)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 11, 2001
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Byline: David Ramsey Staff writer
"A Streetcar Named Desire" retains its power, 54 years after its debut on Broadway, because it features an excruciating collision between a man and a woman who represent two outlooks on life.
Stanley Kowalski is a creature of now, a man concerned with his next beer, his next kiss, his next paycheck. Blanche DuBois is a creature of yesterday, a woman concerned with the poetic life of the old days and all the what-might-have-beens.
A third character, Stella Kowalski, resides in the center of this clash yet can remain hidden there, blurred by the thundering anger of Stanley and the unsettling weirdness of Blanche.
Jennifer Donlin ...