(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- Monmouth University Center for the Arts presents the National Theatre: Broadcast in HD of A Streetcar Named Desire on Thursday, August 7, 2025 in the Pollak Theatre. From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014. Showtime is 7:30pm.
Gillian Anderson (X-Files), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas.
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
Tickets are $23 (adult); $21 (senior); $10 (child); $5 (MU student). Tickets are available for purchase online. The Pollak Theatre is located on the campus of Monmouth University at 400 Cedar Avenue in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
‘Gillian Anderson is unmissable’ - Evening Standard. ‘A first-rate performance from Vanessa Kirby as Stella’ - Guardian. ‘An absolute knock-out. Raw, emotional and deeply unsettling’ - Telegraph.
A Streetcar Named Desire was written by Tennessee Williams. It won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play in 1948 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well. It is often considered one of the best plays of the 20th century.
National Theatre Live films their plays in front of a live theatre audience, but optimize everything for the big screen so it’s the next best thing to being there.
The actors on stage deliver their performances as they normally would any other night. But to make sure everyone watching in a cinema has the best seat in the house, they tailor the position of their cameras to capture each production and work closely with technical teams to make sure every element on stage such as lighting, hair and make-up look fantastic on the big screen.
Pollak Theatre is a recently renovated 700 seat theatre that presents live music, theatre and dance by national touring artists such as Rosanne Cash, Jason Isbell, L.A. Theatreworks, and Ailey II Dance Company. In addition, the Pollak Theatre also screens HD broadcasts of the MET Opera, National Theatre of London, and The Bolshoi Ballet, along with children’s theater and other programming presented by the Center for the Arts.
