Marisa Tomei, who stars in the Williamstown Theater Festival's buoyant new production of Tennessee Williams's "The Rose Tattoo," may at first blush appear to be literally a few sizes too small for the feisty, fiery central role of Serafina Delle Rose.

In describing the character in the text, Williams uses the word "plump" not once, not twice, but three times — and tosses in a "voluptuous" for good measure. He famously wrote the role for the great (and ample-framed) Anna Magnani, who played it in the movie version and won an Oscar for it.

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