Producers of Gregg Ostrin’s play “Kowalski” have announced that the production, which debuted Off-Broadway earlier this year, is aiming for a Broadway run. A theater and dates have yet to be announced.
The play imagines the first meeting between playwright Tennessee Williams and actor Marlon Brando. Brando famously originated the role of Stanley Kowalski in Williams’ play “A Streetcar Named Desire,” which premiered on the Main Stem in 1947.
Directed by Colin Hanlon, “Kowalski” is set in 1947 in a Provincetown beach house, where Brando has been summoned to audition for Williams. Hanlon has appeared on Broadway as part of the acting companies of “Rent,” 2016’s “Falsettos” and “In Transit.” “Kowalski” would mark his Main Stem directorial debut.
The Off-Broadway mounting was produced by Helm Capital, Kathleen K. Johnson, Willette & Manny Klausner, Grace Street Creative, Jeffrey Sherman, Nathan Hughes, Karl E. Held, Alexander Robertson, and Faried Assad. Broadway Engine served as the executive producer with general management by Aaron Grant Theatrical.
