NTL 2025 A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois (Gillian Anderson). Photo: Johan Persson
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Benedict Andrews
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
Run Time:
3 hours, 38 minutes
One Intermission
Gillian Anderson won ‘Best Actress’ at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards and was nominated for the Olivier Award for ‘Best Actress’ for her performance.
★★★★★
‘Gripping. Gillian Anderson is unmissable’
‘Thoughtful and bold’
– Evening Standard
★★★★★
‘A first-rate performance from Vanessa Kirby as Stella’
‘Gillian Anderson is utterly compelling’
– Guardian
★★★★★
‘An absolute knock-out. Raw, emotional and deeply unsettling’
– Telegraph
★★★★
‘Ben Foster is chillingly thuggish
– Daily Mail
★★★★
‘Gillian Anderson gives a shatteringly powerful performance’
– Independent
★★★★
‘A stellar, modern-dress production’
– Times
Sponsors
Performing Arts programs are supported in part by Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, Monica and Peter Tessler, and Vital Projects Fund. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming, and the Anne Wolf Concert Fund.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Bonnie and Joel Bergstein, Gene Bernstein and Kathy Walsh, Amy Cooney and Marty Feinman, John and Joan D’Addario, Suzanne and John Golden, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Steve Pesner, in memory of his wife, Michèle Pesner, whose entire life was devoted to all aspects of culture, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, and Susi and Peter Wunsch.