Veteran actress Jane Fonda has called Cate Blanchett’s performance in Streetcar Named Desire the ‘greatest stage performance’ she’s ever seen.
The 71-year-old star recently caught a performance of Cate, 40, playing Blanche in the play. It is currently playing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
She said on her blog: “I saw Cate in Streetcar Named Desire on Wednesday night. Liv Ullman directed it. I will say right here that it was perhaps the greatest stage performance I have ever seen.
“It is a limited run and all sold out but rumors are that it may come to Broadway and, if so, don’t miss it.
“Liv’s direction is perfect as is everything about this production which originated in Sydney Australia where Cate and her husband Andrew have the Sydney Theatre Company.
“She showed us the unraveling of a fragile woman right before our eyes and did it with not a false moment. I’ve known this was coming cause Liv Ullman told me about it when she came backstage after my 33 Variations.
“So I have had my ear to the ground. I intended to go back stage and hug Cate.”