Look Back at Photos of Highlights of Tennessee Williams’ Work on Broadway | Playbill

Photo Features Look Back at Photos of Highlights of Tennessee Williams’ Work on Broadway The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, known for The Glass Menagarie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and more, was born March 26, 1911.
Cherry Jones and Celia Keenan-Bolger in The Glass Menagerie Michael J. Lutch

Famed playwright Tennessee Williams was born March 26, 1911. Williams made his Broadway debut in 1945 with The Glass Menagerie, igniting a four-decade career that included seminal works such as A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and more. The writer died February 25, 1983, but his work continues to be a fixture on the Main Stem.

Throughout his career, Williams won a Drama Desk Award, four New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, a Tony Award, and two Pulitzer Prizes.

Williams was last on Broadway with a Trip Cullman-helmed production of The Rose Tattoo, starring Oscar winner Marisa Tomei.

Look Back at Photos of Highlights of Tennessee Williams’ Work on Broadway

 
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