Even a formidable actor like Alec Baldwin couldn’t shake the iconic 1951 performance of Marlon Brando as Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire” when he did the play in 1995 for television.
So imagine what Nick Wolfe feels like as he tackles the role of Stanley in the Columbus State University production of the Tennessee Williams’ classic.
As nervous as he is, he’s vowing to make the role his own.
“When someone sees the title, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire,’ they will think Brando,” Wolfe said.
The play deals with mental illness, class differences and brutality, said director and CSU theater professor Lawrence McDonald.
“I chose it because it’s an American masterpiece,” he said. “We’ve wanted to do a Tennessee Williams play in the whole time I’ve been here.”
He chose to leave the brutality in the production, hiring a fight choreographer from Auburn, actor and fight choreographer David Dortch.
“I wanted it as real as possible,” McDonald said.
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