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Mescal and Ferran in Streetcar: Yes, Yes, Magic!
Rebecca Frecknall’s production at BAM has it all.
Mescal, the bedroom-eyed star of Aftersun, All of Us Strangers, and the latest Gladiator, might be a big part of the draw — and his Stanley Kowalski is certainly a performance to raise pulses — but what’s really exciting is that he’s far from throwing off the balance of the show. At the same time, its limited size and its spareness convey both the claustrophobia of the home where Stanley lives with his wife, Stella — and where her sister Blanche arrives via the titular streetcar for one hot, catastrophic summer — and the lack of boundaries within it. What makes Mescal’s performance so riveting is that, without ever blunting or apologizing for Stanley’s cruelty, he also reveals the soft belly of the role, the vulnerability and hurt that, for a man in his world with his upbringing, can naturally lead to violence.
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