Streetcar Named

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The psychotic silent screen star Norma Desmond is the kind of meaty role every actress craves. Theatrical headliner Florence Lacey, who played the title role in "Evita" on Broadway and throughout the world for twelve years, conveys Desmond's erratic emotions in Signature Theatre's new production of Tony Award-winning "Sunset Boulevard" with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Like everyone involved in this fresh take on the classic noir film, Lacey is in awe of Eric Schaeffer's artistic direction and imaginative staging. Every aspect of the mansion seeps into the set. Upon entering the theater, the audience is confronted by Stage 18 of Paramount Studio. As they become accustomed to the dim lighting, they see the stage transformed before their eyes into the eerie mansion. The clip of Joe's body floating in the pool and Norma's limousine are but two of the key fixtures from the original film that Schaeffer has replicated.

Lacey finds that her most challenging dramatic scenes focus on Norma's mental breakdown and her leaps from euphoria to despair. Musically, she embraces the sweeping ranges that utilize every one of her low and high notes. Her favorite number, "As If We Never Said Goodbye," is sung as Norma enters the studio after years of retirement believing that her dream is coming true.

Lacey was drawn to the stage while attending an all-girls Catholic high school in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. When she and her friends learned that the nearby Catholic boy's high school was putting on "Little Mary Sunshine" and needed girls for some parts, they auditioned with the objective of meeting guys. She won the title role and never looked back.

In college, she majored in acting, keeping her singing voice a secret. The moment she hit Broadway, however, the secret was out. Her debut as Irene Malloy in "Hello Dolly!" brought a Theatre World Award. Other awards came from the Hollywood Drama Logue for "Evita," the Pittsburgh Drama League Award for "Gypsy" and the Connecticut Critics Outer Circle Award for "Wings" which she regards as a favorite role for the rare vocal challenge of interpreting a woman with a stroke fighting her way back.

Along with Broadway roles in "The Grand Tour," "Les Misérables" and "An Evening with Jerry Herman," she has appeared Off Broadway in "Elizabeth and Essex," "Styne After Styne" and "Under the Bridge."

Her extensive repertoire also includes "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," "Carousel" and the national tour of "John Brown's Body" starring Rock Hudson and directed by John Houseman. Lacey has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl and on television's Late Night with David Letterman and the Today Show. She is heard on recordings of "Evita," "The Grand Tour," "Hello Dolly!" and "Under the Bridge."

But nothing, she confesses, matches the fun and reward of losing herself in Norma Desmond's journey from believing in her dreams to their bitter end. At the precise moment the audience reaches its capacity for shock from Norma's high emotions and her mental delusion, the gun goes off.

Emily Cary is a prize-winning teacher and novelist whose articles about entertainers appear regularly in the DC Examiner. She is a genealogist, an avid traveler, and a researcher who incorporates landscapes, cultures and the power of music in her books and articles.

Apartments in San Francisco -- Getting around the city by the Bay

If you live in San Francisco, you know there are plenty of ways to get around the city. But if you are new to the city, public transportation can be daunting. This article will help you navigate the public buses, trolleys and trains.

Apartment-ites in San Fransisco are proud of their rich history and vivid landscaping. There is no end to the entertainment and excitement options. With all this fun apartment-ites are especially happy to have the fantastic San Fransisco street cars as a form of public transportation.

In 1962 the city received its funding and began construction and progression on the city wide idea for streetcars, A.K.A trolleys to help thwart the growing public transportation problem.

It has since gone on to become an apartment-ites best friend in this busy city. The project has grown and improved through out the years and become an integral part of the community.

Try a ride on the streetcars of San Francisco and get a taste of real apartment-ite life in this wildly, wonderful city.

From theme parks to nature trails to swimming pools to playgrounds, the city is full of wonderful places to discover new adventures. Whether you are singing songs around a campfire at one of the area's beautiful campgrounds, biking the well worn bike trails, or simply basking in the sun near a community swimming pool or on the lawn of the city's best park, your escape from your apartment is just a few steps away. Check out some of the best places to get some fresh air and some much needed recreation!

About the Author

Michael Russell writes about a variety of subjects. This article discusses San Francisco apartments. For more information about San Francisco apartments, visit Apartment Finder.

A Streetcar Named Desire: Compare and contrast Stella and Blanche?

I need a list a few contrasting and a few similar characteristics between Blanche and Stella in Tennessee Williams "A Streetcar Named Desire."

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1970: June Havoc produces 'A Streetcar Named Desire' in New Orleans
Sister of Gypsy Rose Lee was director of Repertory Theater, New Orleans from 1970 until 1972

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