Broadhurst Theater

Performances started :  12th February 2008
Opened : 6th March 2008
Limited engagement to : 22nd June 2008

"Though Ms. Rose wears a slinky slip as beguilingly as Ms. Taylor did, it’s her take-charge energy and unembarrassed directness that make this Maggie such a stimulating presence. When she exclaims, “Maggie the cat is alive!,” you can only nod in admiring agreement."
Ben Brantley, New York Times

The Tennessee Wiliams classic gets a new production with an African-American cast.

Will manipulative patriarch Big Daddy leave his plantation to his weasly son Gooper or his handsome alcoholic son Brick? And why doesn't Brick have a son of his own? Hotblooded wife Maggie does her best to tempt Brick from his brooding and back into her bed.

Hyprocisy, greed and secret passions threaten to tear apart a wealthy, but dysfunctional Mississippi family in Tennessee Williams' stunning American masterpiece. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof searingly portrays the larger-than-life characters of Maggie "the Cat", her alcoholic husband, Brick, and the dominating family patriarch, Big Daddy.

Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Creators
Debbie Allen (Direction)
Ray Klausen (Set Design)
Jane Greenwood (Costume Design)
William Grant (Lighting Design)
Written by: Tennessee Williams
  
Starring
Terrence Howard as Brick
Boris Kodjoe as Brick (Apr 14 - May 5)
Anika Noni Rose as Maggie 'The Cat'
James Earl Jones as Big Daddy
Phylicia Rashada as Big Mama
Lisa Arrindell Anderson as Mae
Lou Myers as Reverend Tooker
Count Stovall as Doctor Baugh
Giancarlo Esposito as Gooper

Audience:  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof may be inappropriate for audiences aged 10 and younger (strong language) .  Children under 4 years of age will not be admitted into the Broadhurst Theater.

Run time: 2 hours and 45 minutes with two 12 minute intermissions

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