'Streetcar' takes Broadhurst

The multiracial revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" will arrive on Broadway within the Broadhurst Theater, the venue recently left open with the last-minute cancellation of latest tuner "Rebecca." "Streetcar," toplined by Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker, remains circling the Rialto for many days combined with introduced a spring opening right before nailing lower a theater. No matter the deluge of producers clamoring for your Broadhurst -- one of the prime houses possessed by Shubert Organization -- the ready-to-mobilize "Streetcar" was gone after the mind from the line. Exact dates have not yet been introduced, despite the fact that it seems likely the show will open sometime around April 22, the opening date which were stored in by "Rebecca." Cutoff for Tony qualifications is April 26. Parker ("Soul Food") may have Blanche DuBois opposite Underwood as Stanley in Tennessee Williams' 1947 play, with Daphne Rubin-Vega and Wood Harris also aboard. Emily Mann, a.d. in the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., helms. Lead producer of "Streetcar," Stephen Byrd, also was behind the all-black revival of Williams' "Cat around the Hot Container Roof," which shown a box office success round the Rialto in 2008 and ongoing with a work on free air travel Finish. Byrd produces "Streetcar" with Alia M. Manley of Front Row Prods. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com