The original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater on December 3, 1947 at ran for 855 performances. This production also opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater on April 12, 1992 and ran for 137 performances.
"A Streetcar Named Desire" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1948.
Diane Lane later appeared in Man of Steel (2013), which also featured a character previously played by Marlon Brando. John Goodman played Brando himself on Saturday Night Live. Goodman and Alec Baldwin played Robert De Niro, who succeeded Brando in the role of Vito Corleone. His father was also one of Tennessee Williams's lovers. Jessica Lange appeared with De Niro in Cape Fear (1991) and Night and the City (1992).