JOANN FITZPATRICK: We could all learn something from Katrina survivors The Patriot Ledger, MA The return of New Orleans’ distinctive streetcars, which are not only for tourists, gives the downtown a look of normalcy it lacked in the two years after Katrina struck in September 2005. And conversation has turned a corner, too. ... |
Queensland Ballet to dance A Streetcar Named Desire Courier Mail, Australia With excitement and a few nerves, she threw herself into the role of Streetcar's leading lady, Blanche Dubois. "I love Tennessee Williams' plays," she says. Set in New Orleans in the 1930s, A Streetcar Named Desire was written in 1947. ... |
40 Things Every Southerner Ought To Do WSBtv.com, GA In historic New Orleans, we make our way through town on old-style streetcars. Riders board the Tweetsie Railroad's steam train to chug through the mountains of North Carolina. Everyone, though, needs to book passage on a riverboat and ride the ... |
 The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com | New Orleans Tennessee Williams Festival welcomes three Broadway ... The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA As the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival kicks off on Wednesday, March 25, the great playwright's legendary female characters will be the focus, as seen through the eyes of three Broadway legends -- Zoe Caldwell, Marian Seldes and ... |
Shreveport turns 170 today Shreveport Times, LA That initially made it possible to ship the area's first major cash crop, cotton, in the 1850s to New Orleans' international port. The early 1900s saw the area become a major center for oil production. That prosperity served as the inspiration for a ... |
To Do List: March 19, 2009 Record-Searchlight, CA "A Streetcar Named Desire":7:30 pm Thursday through Saturday and March 25-28, and 2 pm Sunday at the Shasta College Theater, 11555 Old Oregon Trail in Redding. The tragic play takes place in steamy New Orleans where passionate revelations and poignant ... |
 Texas Observer | New Orleans Agonistes Texas Observer, TX “[T]he nine intertwined life stories” in his book, Baum explains, are his “attempt to convey what is unique and worth saving in New Orleans.” Baum’s nine principal informants, as he describes them, include “a retired streetcar-track repairman from the ... |
Round 2: John Cena hits big screen for second time with action film Eagle Tribune, MA Cena plays conflicted New Orleans police detective Danny Fisher, a man who must match wits with an international arms dealer to rescue his girlfriend (Ashley Scott). Real-life wrestler Cena, as Fisher, goes toe-to-toe like a boxer with the devilish ... |
Star Sighting: John Cena at TMS MSNBC Cena will play a cop in the new action film directed by Renny Harlin, who directed "Speed" and "Die Hard 2." Cena is the featured star in 12 ROUNDS and plays New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher. When Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting ... |
‘Streetcar’ at Shasta College Food For Thought, A News Cafe, CA Later, Soffian chatted about how it’s possible set “Streetcar” in a modern times, but why? “We thought about doing it after (hurricane) Katrina, but that’sa lot of work,” he said. “Plus, I like the era,” of the 1940s French Quarter of New Orleans. ... |
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