My husband and I took our daughter to Grand Rapids DeVos Hall to see the Michigan premier of "A Streetcar Named Desire"--the opera. Andre Previn wrote the libretto for Tennessee Williams' classic play. The story shows follows faded southern belle Blanche Dubois who moves to New Orleans to live with her sister Stella and sister's husband Stanley Kowolski. Streetcar has educational applications for high school 20th century American literature, history, social issues, sociology and womens' affairs.A Streetcar Named Desire, the Opera Review - News - Bubblews