Fresh from his bloody spell in the colosseum for Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2,” Paul Mescal is returning to the stage.
Rebecca Frecknall’s hit 2022 revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” for which Mescal earned critical acclaim and an Olivier Award, is set to return to London and will also be making its first trip to the U.S.
Variety understands that the production of Tennessee Williams’ classic will return to the West End, this time at the Noël Coward Theatre for a limited run between February 3 – 22, before it debuts at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) for its U.S. premiere in March.
Thanks in large part to Mescal’s performance as Stanley Kowalski, “A Streetcar Named Desire” became one of the hottest theater tickets London has seen over the last few years. In its review, Variety described Mescal as “explosive,” saying he…
