Lakeside Little Theatre (LLT) will continue its 2025-2026 National Theatre Live (NTL) season on Saturday and Sunday, February 14 and 15, with the projection of Tennessee Williams’ iconic play “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace — but her downward spiral brings her face-to-face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
First performed to great acclaim on Broadway in December 1947, the original film debuted in 1951, starring Vivian Leigh, Karl Malden and Marlon Brando, earning four Academy Awards. NTL’s revival has similarly received rave reviews. The Telegraph called it “an absolute knockout–raw, emotional, and deeply unsettling.” The Indiependent agreed, claiming it is “… nothing short of a spectacle … a masterclass of everything that contemporary theatre stands for.”
“I missed this classic play growing up,” remarked Dave Ellison, LLT’s marketing manager. “I am really looking forward to finally seeing such a powerful, professional production, with better-than-front-row seats, at a small fraction of what it would cost to attend a similar play in London or New York.”
“A Streetcar Named Desire” will be projected in LLT’s main McIntosh auditorium, with its state-of-the-art screen, projection and sound systems both days at 4 p.m. Tickets, 350 pesos, are available at lakesidelittletheatre.com and before the shows at the box office. Anyone showing a Mexican INE at the box office — or informing the box office ahead of time at tickets@lakesidelittletheatre that they will do so — will receive a 100-peso discount.
LLT’s National Theatre Live season will continue on April 11 and 12 with “Inter Alia.”