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streetcar

[street-kahr] / ˈstritˌkɑr /
NOUN
cable car
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NOUN
tram
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At last year’s staging of “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Paul Mescal, theatergoers were positively tickled as Blanche DuBois spiraled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

On stage, she made her Broadway debut in 1992 as Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire" opposite Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Mescal, who won an Olivier Award in 2023 for A Streetcar Named Desire, will play Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

Starring in “Gypsy” comes with as much baggage as playing Stanley or Blanche in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

I had read A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie and, like everyone, I thought Williams was a genius.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos




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