Broadway's 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Receives Equity Diversity Award

Actors' Equity Association announced today that the multi-ethnic Broadway revival of "Tennessee Williams' Streetcar Named Desire" has been selected as the recipient of its Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award for the 2011-2012 season. The award will be presented at a reception before Equity's national council meeting Tuesday, July 17, at the Equity headquarters in New York City.

The award is presented by Equity’s Eastern Regional Equal Employment Opportunity Committee to honor and encourage those who actively promote the goals of diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity for all who work in the theater. Previous winners include the Broadway productions of "American Idiot," "Billy Elliot," and The Public Theater's "The Merchant of Venice."

The current Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" stars Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella, and Wood Harris as Mitch. The cast also includes Rosa Arredondo, Amelia Campbell, Carmen DeLavallade, Danielle Lee Greaves, J. Mallory-McCree, Aaron Clifton Moten, Morocco Omari, Jacino Taras Riddick, Matthew Saldívar, and Count Stovall.

"A Streetcar Named Desire" will end its Broadway run July 22, before launching a London engagement this fall.

Read Back Stage's April 2012 cover story about "Streetcar" star Blair Underwood.