Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: from preview to last night
Critics rarely see the two most significant performances in a play's run " the first preview and closing night. Seeing both, I saw the West Yorkshire Playhouse's production transformed into a truly unmissable experienceTraditional theatre criticism is a one-shot affair: a review of a single night's performance, usually from early in its life. It entirely overlooks the fact, as the run enfolds, actors begin to inhabit…