Tennessee Williams's iconic work is an evocative memory-play about an eccentric Southern family revolving around the domineering Amanda Wingfield and her grown children: the cynical Tom and the fragile Laura. This L.A. Theatre Works production reunites the cast of the Roundabout Theatre's celebrated revival, which earned Drama Desk Awards for Kevin Kilner as Jim, and, in her Broadway debut, Calista Flockhart as Laura.
Recorded at KCRW, Santa Monica in January 1996.
Directed by Gordon House Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:
Calista Flockhart as Laura Wingfield John Goodman as The Narrator Julie Harris as Amanda Wingfield Zeljko Ivanek as Tom Wingfield Kevin Kilner as Jim
Recording Engineer: Theo Mondle Stage Manager and Live Sound Effects: Jode Ryskiewicz
A co-production with the BBC and KCRW, Santa Monica.
A stellar cast performs Tennessee Williams's first major play, produced here by L.A. Theatre Works. Calista Flockhart has the difficult role of the painfully shy Laura Wingfield, while Julie Harris is her overbearing and talkative mother, Amanda. John Goodman soberly narrates the painful story, which is based on Laura's brother Tom's memories of his family's struggles to stay afloat and hopeful in
