A Streetcar Named Desire (The Coven & Precariat Productions)

See it if you'd like to see a smart rendering of what is arguably the most notorious American play, one that finds new things to say about it.

Don't see it if you do not want to feel like you are a fly on the wall of the Kowalski living quarters: This setting is notably intimate.

Also Is there anything new to say about “A Streetcar Named Desire,” arguably the most notorious play the American theater has ever produced? Yes, if you have a talented cast that is ready to probe the material’s darkest corners. And it is saying something about how talented & fearless that cast is when I can write: Despite featuring a splendidly sexual brute in its Stanley Kowalski, & a freshly fierce & fragile genderqueer Blanche Dubois, the character I learned the most new things about was (Isabel Ellison’s) Stella, as sexual as her husband, as fierce & ultimately fragile as her sister, & never more deeply affecting than when the final scene tests her loyalties to each of those family members & rips her apart.... Read more Read less

See it if A talented cast breathes new life to this tangled tale. The passion is real and the closeness of the actors on a raised stage raise steam.

Don't see it if You don't want to see a new take on a classic.

Also This is an ambitious undertaking and Blanche becomes more complex and interesting in this rendering. The bar's location is one block from the 7th Avenue express so it is easy to get to. You will be rewarded with a 2 hour 40 minute steamy show that flies by. n.b. nudity, violence and sex are all well done.... Read more Read less

See it if you want a fresh and thought-provoking take on this play, want a very in-your-face production with great acting

Don't see it if you are not an LGBTQ ally, will be offended by nudity and triggered by a rape scene or if you don't want to commute to Brooklyn

See it if A superb Stella (Isabel Ellison), a Brando-esque Stanley (Max Carpenter) and a revamped gender-fluid Blanche are riveting from the onset.

Don't see it if u don't want to bask in the radiance of Kevin Hourigan's groundbreaking direction. My students alerted me to show. Were they ever right!

See it if you want to see a fresh take on a classic play. It's beautifully acted and staged.

Don't see it if traveling to Brooklyn scares you.