Paul Mescal will make his American stage debut next spring.

Following his lead role in Gladiator II, Mescal will reprise her role in the revival of Tennessee Williams’ Rebecca Frecknall A tram called Desire. The revival will run off-Broadway at BAM, or the Brooklyn Academy of Music, from February 28th to April 6th.

Before coming to New York, the production will once again play London’s West End at Noël Coward Theaterfrom February 3 to February 22. Frecknall’s production of the play was first staged at the Almeida Theater in London in 2022, before transferring to the West End in 2023. The director is currently represented on Broadway by the film’s revival. Cabaret.

The play follows Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who has gone through a series of personal misfortunes, as she moves to New Orleans in the apartment rented by her younger sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley.

Mescal, who plays Stanley Kowalski, the role made famous by Marlon Brando in the original 1947 Broadway production and the 1951 film, will star opposite Anjana Vasan (We are Lady Parts) and Patsy Ferren (Pygmalion), as Stella Kowalski and Blanche DuBois, respectively. Both Vasan and Ferren appeared with Mescal in London. Mescal and Vasan both won Olivier Awards for their portrayals, and the production won the Olivier Award for Best Revival.

The revival was also a hot ticket in the West End with a reviewer for THR saying: “Young talent is bursting at the seams of this latest London revival A tram called Desire. The result is a crisp, vital, visceral production – sexy at times, but with a kind of primal danger through it.”

Mescal returns to production after his co-starring role in the upcoming film Gladiator II, opposite Denzel Washington. He rose to fame in the 2020 series Normal peopleand also had breakout roles in Lost Daughter, Aftersun and All of us foreigners.

A tram called Desire is produced by ATG Productions and the Almeida Theatre. The creative team includes scenic design by Madeleine Girling; lighting design by Lee Curran; sound design by Peter Rice; costume design by Merle Hensel and composition by Angus MacRae.