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==
* 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.
*2003 episode, Miss O can be Blanche DuBois, The viewer can be Stella Kowalski and Bert can be Stanley Kowalski.
* On Sesame Street, 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."
* Biff, looking for his construction worker, would often call out "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
Category:Movie References
Category:Stage References