A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire is a play by Tennessee Williams which has been adapted into theatrical and television movies (the most famous starring Marlon Brando in 1951) as well as an opera by André Previn. The play opened on Broadway in 1947, and has had many successful revivals.
==References==
* Biff, looking for his fellow construction worker, would often call out "Stella!"
* In Episode 3375 of Sesame Street, Telly Monster is coached by the Grand High Triangle Lover for an upcoming triangle quiz show. One of the triangular quotes Telly is tested on is "I've always depended on the kindness of triangles."
* Stinky the Stinkweed paraphrases the same line in Sesame Street Episode 3531, commenting on how he gets around: "I always depend on the kindness of friends."
* The Muppets tried out for their own film version in a Movie Mania interstitial. Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Pepe the King Prawn, The Swedish Chef, Gonzo, Beaker, Fozzie Bear and Animal all made screen tests for the part of Stanley.
* Furlow tells Aeryn Sun that it must be hard for someone like her to "rely on the kindness of strangers," in the Farscape episode "Till the Blood Runs Clear."
* In the Elmo's World episode "Telephones," the Telephone Channel program "The History of the Telephone" features a running gag of a man shouting "Stella!" to his flame.
* Cookie Monster hosts a segment of "American Monster Classics" featuring Grover in a spoof of the play. When Grover returns to his apartment building after pulling an all-nighter at the bowling alley, he can't get in because he's misplaced his keys. Figuring that Stella will let him in, Grover realizes that shouting up to her at the crack of dawn would also wake up the slumbering neighbors. He proceeds to shout softly, and eventually increases his volume until someone comes to the window. The pink monster informs him that Stella lives down the street, so Grover proceeds to hail a cab by shouting "streetcar." 
* According to The Muppets Character Encyclopedia, Blanche Dubois is Camilla the Chicken's dream role.
* In a Facebook post promoting The Muppets' appearance in the 2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Gonzo holds up his resume which lists "A Streetcar Named Camilla" among his stage credits.
* In a 2017 Vanity Fair video, Cookie Monster enthusiastically utters "Stella! Hey, Stella!"
==Connections==
* Alec Baldwin played Stanley in the 1992 Broadway revival 
* Carmen de Lavallade played the Mexican woman and a neighbor in the 2012 Broadway revival
* Renée Fleming played Blanche DuBois in the 1998 operatic version (and in subsequent productions)
* James Gandolfini played Steve Hubbell in the 1992 Broadway revival
* John Goodman played Mitch in the 1995 television version
* Frances McDormand played Stella Kowalski in the 1988 Broadway revival
* Daphne Rubin-Vega played Stella in the 2012 Broadway revival 
* Blair Underwood played Stanley in the 2012 Broadway revival
==External links==
* Internet Broadway Database listings
* IMDB for 1951 film
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