Cat On a Hot Tin Roof Begins Tonight!

Fans have eagerly been awaiting for the curtain to open tonight on the All African-American production of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winning play titled “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”  But tonight is the big night, so fans will not have to wait much longer to see this amazing cast act out this incredible story.  Some of the actors in this production include: Terrence Howard from the films “Hustle and Flow” and “Crash;” Tony and Drama Desk Award winner and previous “Huxtable” wife Phylicia Rashad; Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose from the film “Dreamgirls” and Broadway’s “Caroline or Change” and James Earl Jones, the winner of two Tony Awards, four Emmys, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award and the National Medal of Arts.

According to press notes posted on Broadwayworld.com, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” is described as “hypocrisy, greed and secret passions threaten to tear apart a wealthy but dysfunctional Mississippi family in Tennessee Williams’ stunning American Masterpiece.  The production portrays the larger than life characters of Maggie ‘the Cat,’ her alcoholic husband, Brick and the domineering family patriarch, Big Daddy.”  If you want to follow all of the action at the theater, be sure to get your pair of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof tickets today!

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