Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Theatre: Music Box
Status: Closed
(October 09, 2003 - March 07, 2004 )
  • Preview: October 9, 2003
  • Open: November 2, 2003
  • Close: March 7, 2004
Play - Revival
Running Time: 2hrs 50mins

The 1955 play by Tennessee Williams is set in a plantation home in the Mississippi Delta. Big Daddy Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. He is distressed by the rocky relationship between his beloved son Brick, an aging football hero who has turned to drink, and his beautiful and feisty wife Maggie. As the hot summer evening unfolds, the veneer of Southern gentility slips away as unpleasant truths emerge and greed, lies and suppressed sexuality reach a boiling point.

For The Record:

“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” originally opened on Mar 24, 1955 at the Morosco under the auspices of The Playwrights’ Company.  Elia Kazan directed a cast starring Barbara Bel Geddes, Ben Gazzara, Mildred Dunnock, Burl Ives, Madeleine Sherwood & Pat Hingle.

Total Gross: $8,898,242
Average Weekly Gross: $404,466
Total Attendance: 124,967
Average Weekly Attendance: 71%

Staff & Creative Team

Producer:

Bill Kenwright

Casting Director:

Pat McCorkle Casting

Advertising Representative:

Eliran Murphy Group

Production Stage Manager:

Susie Cordon

Director

Anthony Page

Settings

Maria Bjornson

Costumes

Jane Greenwood

Lighting

Howard Harrison

Original Music

Neil McArthur

Cast

Maggie  10/09/2003 - 02/17/2004
Big Daddy 10/09/2003 - 03/07/2004
Brick 10/09/2003 - 03/07/2004
Big Mama 10/09/2003 - 03/07/2004
Mae 10/09/2003 - 03/07/2004
Reverend Tooker 10/09/2003 - 03/07/2004
Dr Baugh 10/09/2003 - 03/07/2004
Gooper 10/09/2003 - 03/07/2004