Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at Novello from 21 Nov 2009

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at Novello from 21 Nov 2009

It is now confirmed that the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, will open at the Novello Theatre on 1 Dec 2009, following previews from 22 Nov - booking to 10 Apr 2010.

(Tickets on sale from Mon 8 June 2009)

The production opened on Broadway in 2008, and like on Broadway, will feature an all black cast including, James Earl Jones as 'Big Daddy' and Phylicia Rashad as 'Big Mama', who both played the parts on Broadway. Joining them will be Adrian Lester as 'Brick' and Sanaa Lathan 'Maggie'. Further casting will be announced shortly.

Debbie Allen, as on Broadway, will direct and will be produced in London by its Broadway producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones.

Hypocrisy, greed and secret passions threaten to tear apart a wealthy but dysfunctional Mississippi family . Cat on a Hot Tin Roof portrays the larger-than-life characters of Maggie, her alcoholic husband, Brick, and the dominating family.


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