Theater – Page 17

With $921 Seats, Denzel Washington’s ‘Othello’ Breaks a Box Office Record

Demand to see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal play Shakespeare has set a record in a year when big stars have been driving up the prices of Broadway plays.

By Michael Paulson

Beckett Briefs (Play) Culture (Arts) Grounded (Opera) Movies Television Theater Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice (Play)

Theater to Stream Now: ‘Beckett Briefs’ and One of Gavin Creel’s Last Shows

Also available for streaming: A masterful F. Murray Abraham in “Beckett Briefs,” and Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon in a take on “Streetcar.”

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

A Streetcar Named Desire (Play) Brando, Marlon Brooklyn Academy of Music Ferran, Patsy (1989- ) Leigh, Vivien Mescal, Paul (1996- ) Theater Theater (Off Broadway) Williams, Tennessee

‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Is Haunted by Brando and Ghosts of Actors Past

With a revival starring Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran in Brooklyn, a look at the carefully weighted balance that actors playing Blanche and Stanley need to strike.

By Ben Brantley

A Streetcar Named Desire (Play) Brooklyn Academy of Music Ferran, Patsy (1989- ) Frecknall, Rebecca Mescal, Paul (1996- ) Theater Theater (Off Broadway) Vasan, Anjana Williams, Tennessee

A Ferocious Paul Mescal Stars in a Brutal ‘Streetcar’

Desire comes a distant second to violence in a Brooklyn revival of the Tennessee Williams classic.

By Jesse Green