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.
Anthony Ross, Laurette Taylor, Eddie Dowling and Julie Haydon in The Glass Menagerie (1945)
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Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Jessica Tandy in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Maureen Stapleton and Don Murray in The Rose Tattoo (1951)
George Karger
Barbara Bel Geddes, Mildred Dunnock, Madeleine Sherwood, Pat Hingle and Ben Gazzara in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)
Paul Newman in Sweet Bird of Youth (1959)
Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth (1959)
Cast of The Night of the Iguana (1961)
Tab Hunter and Tallulah Bankhead in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here (1964)
Jessica Tandy and Al Pacino in Camino Real (1970)
Željko Ivanek and Julie Harris in The Glass Menagerie (1994)
Carol Rosegg
Jessica Lange and Christian Slater in The Glass Menagerie (2005)
Jessica Lange in The Glass Menagerie (2005)
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Sarah Paulson and Jessica Lange
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Natasha Richardson and John C. Reilly in A Streetcar Named Desire (2005)
Amy Ryan and John C. Reilly in A Streetcar Named Desire (2005)
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Phylicia Rashad and James Earl Jones in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008)
Terrence Howard and James Earl Jones in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008)
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Terrence Howard and Anika Noni Rose in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008)
Blair Underwood in A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)
Nicole Ari Parker in A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)
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Blair Underwood and Daphne Rubin-Vega in A Streetcar Named Desire (2012)
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Scarlett Johansson in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2013)
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Ciaran Hinds and Benjamin Walker in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2013)
Celia Keenan-Bolger and Brian J. Smith in The Glass Menagerie (2013)
Cherry Jones and Celia Keenan-Bolger in The Glass Menagerie (2013)
Zachary Quinto, Cherry Jones, Brian J. Smith and Celia Keenan-Bolger in The Glass Menagerie (2013)
Celia Keenan-Bolger in The Glass Menagerie (2013)
Madison Ferris, Sally-Field, and Joe Mantello
Finn Wittrock and Madison Ferris in The Glass Menagerie (2017)
Joe Mantello and Sally Field
Julieta Cervantes
Finn Wittrock and Madison Ferris in The Glass Menagerie (2017)
Julieta Cervantes
Joe Mantello and Sally Field
Emun Elliott and Marisa Tomei in The Rose Tattoo
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Marisa Tomei in The Rose Tattoo
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Emun Elliott and Marisa Tomei in The Rose Tattoo
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