We wouldn’t normally suggest, sight unseen, a production by
out-of-town actors we don’t know—but Streetcar is a
durable work of genius and Sheila Daniels is one of our favorite
directors. A fringe-theater star for nearly a decade (and recently
hired as Intiman’s associate director), Daniels has a tender, almost
maternal approach to directing that coaxes deep, multifaceted
performances out of her actors. “This play is Shakespeare,”
Daniels told me in an interview last week. “Shakespeare with New
Orleans accents and 100 props.” We have great expectations. (Intiman
Theatre, 201 Mercer St, 269-1900. 7:30 pm, $10–$48. Through Aug
2.)

Brend an Kiley has worked as a child actor in New Orleans, as a member of the junior press corps at the 1988 Republican National Convention, and, for one happy April, as a bootlegger’s assistant in Nicaragua....