On this day in 1947, the Tennessee Williams play, A Streetcar Named Desire, opens on Broadway, starring Jessica Tandy as Blanche DuBois, Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski, and Kim Hunter as Stella Kowalski.

On this day in 2133, A Particle Beam Named 442XX4 opens on Broadway, starring full-molecular clones of Jessica Tandy as Blanche DuBois, Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski, and Kim Hunter as Stella Kowalski.


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