Williams’s ‘Streetcar’
Tennessee Williams’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” is the next offering from National Theatre Live, set to be shown at Guild Hall on Saturday evening at 7.
Directed by Benedict Andrews and filmed during its sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014, the production stars Gillian Anderson as Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster as Stanley Kowalski, and Vanessa Kirby as Stella Kowalski.
Blanche is a former schoolteacher who arrives in New Orleans to stay with her pregnant sister, Stella, and Stella’s husband, Stanley. Her genteel sensibility and judgemental nature bring out the worst in her volatile brother-in-law, and tensions simmer until they reach a violent and tragic conclusion.
The Guardian called it “a powerful production that reminds us, thanks to the sterling performances, that Williams deals with incomplete people . . . in the performances of Anderson and Foster, this sense of two needy people colliding comes strongly across.” Ms. Anderson was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for best actress for her performance.
Tickets are $20, $18 for members.
Open Call for ‘Gatsby’
Center Stage at the Southampton Arts Center will hold open auditions for Joe Landry’s radio play adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Auditions will begin promptly; late arrivals will be seen at the discretion of Michael Disher, the director. Readings will be from the text, and sides will be provided. Auditioners have been asked to become familiar with the 1920s songs “What’ll I Do” and “Ain’t We Got Fun.”
Rehearsals will take place in March and April, and performances will happen May 1 through May 3. The production is for non-union actors only, with no pay. The script calls for four men and two women, but the number of actors and the breakdown will be tailored to best utilize those auditioning.
More information is available from Mr. Disher at [email protected].
Songs of Peace
The First Presbyterian Church of East Hampton will host a service of Peace and Reconciliation on Wednesday evening at 6. The program has been assembled by Jane Hastay, the church’s director of music, who said, “I grew up in Minneapolis and have been very tuned in to what’s happening in my beautiful hometown.”
Several vocalists will perform Bobby McFerrin’s version of “Peace”; “One Voice” by the Wailin’ Jennys, and “Lift Us Up” by Peter Yarrow, among others. “My hope is that people will learn easy, chant-like songs of peace to share and gain momentum,” said Ms. Hastay. A potluck meal will follow.
Garden Book Group
The Winter Book Group of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons will meet via Zoom on Saturday at 11 a.m. The format usually features three books, each selected and described by a different member of the alliance, often with accompanying slides. The entire program lasts about one hour.
This month’s books are “Virginia Woolf’s Garden: The Story of the Garden at Monk’s House” by Caroline Zoob, presented by Mary Ward; “Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden” by Camille T. Dungy, presented by Laurie Gibbs, and “Two Gardeners: A Friendship in Letters” by Katharine S. White and Elizabeth Lawrence, presented by Margaret Sieck.
Members receive a link via email; non-members can secure a link at no charge at hahgarden.org/tickets.
