Dec 25th, 2008 · Playwright Harold Pinter came into prominence at a time when Tennessee Williams' and Arthur Miller's plays were being performed in the U.S. and Bernard Shaw and the Boulevard Comedies dominated London's West End. In contrast to the work at the time, Pinter's plays dealt with the theater of menace.
Mar 5th, 2008 · Legendary actress, dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen is directing the new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' play, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. Allen talks about the challenge of adapting this classic American story for an African-American cast, and about the cultural challenges of show business.
Aug 29th, 2006 · In the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, along a street made famous by a Tennessee Williams play, there are shining examples of a city on the rebound. But just beyond the photo opportunities is a more complex and unexpected saga of loss, survival and hope.
May 5th, 2006 · Blanche depending on the kindness of strangers; Maggie and Brick trying to get on Big Daddy's good side. Those moments and others are now available in a DVD box set of films based on the plays of Tennessee Williams.
May 28th, 2005 · One night Tennessee Williams and his buddy Pancho walked down to 131 Royal Street in New Orleans to the Pennyland Arcade, sat in a Voice-O-Graph recording booth and made eight cardboard acetate discs. These 1947 recordings are intertwined with a return to the Penny Arcade today, as well as conversations with actress Kim Hunter, the original Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire", Tennessee's brother Dakin, and his biographer Lyle Leverich among others.
Apr 13th, 2005 · An unpublished poem from playwright Tennessee Williams has been discovered in some of his college papers. We speak with a professor about the content of "Blue Song," the poem possibly written during a test.
Mar 24th, 2005 · Fifty years ago Thursday, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened on Broadway. The Tennessee Williams drama was a big hit in 1955, but the playwright didn't like the way Elia Kazan framed his drama. It was Williams' last big stage hit.