TWTC’s ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ worth the decade-long wait by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) It’s taken ten years for the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (TWTC) to unveil its first production of Tennes…

International Literary Properties and University of the South will co-manage the works of Tennessee Williams by Michael Abourizk

Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

The 2025 JKTS Awards: Editors' Choice Part Two by JK

 Editors' Choice, Part Two Yesterday, we presented the first part of our 2025 JKTS  Awards honoring those theater people - new faces and familiar faces - that made the 2024-2025 Broadway …

Tony First-Timers: Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw's Bandleader, Adds the Tony Awards to the Slideshow of Life by Hayley Levitt

Jeb Brown’s Broadway career kicked off over 50 years ago, starting with a turn as a “no-neck monster” in the 1974 Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. At just 10 years old, he wa…

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

Dead Outlaw's Jeb Brown on a Broadway Career Spanning 50 Years, His First Tony Nomination and Accepting Beyoncé's Immortality by Kathy Henderson

Among the many first-time 2025 Tony nominees, only Jeb Brown can boast of having made his Broadway debut more than 50 years ago. The Dead Outlaw star began his theatrical career at age 10 as…

Exclusive: Oh My Pod U Guys- No Bit Is Too Cheap with Emily Bergl

U Guys, star of the stage and screen, and cast member of the upcoming Broadway musical Just In Time, Emily Bergl is here!  Emily Bergl is a true Broadway vet, having done eight Broadway s…

On March 24, 1955: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Opened on Broadway by Andrew Gans

Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama celebrates its 70th anniversary.

As Ashland’s theater season kicks in, an actor does double duty without a doubt by Jim Flint

As Ashland’s theater season kicks in, an actor does double duty without a doubt Jim FlintDaniel Molina, who will be in "Shane" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this summer, gets an early…

ON KIM STANLEY’S 100 BIRTHDAY by Ron Fassler

Actress Kim Stanley (1925–2001).February 11, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler The actress Kim Stanley (born Patricia Reid) was born 100 years ago today. On Broadway in 19…

The week in theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Little Foxes; The Invention of Love – review by Susannah Clapp

Almeida; Young Vic; Hampstead theatre, LondonDaisy Edgar-Jones is on the prowl; Anne-Marie Duff channels Bette Davis; and Simon Russell Beale gleams in the literary afterlife It is fascinati…

The West End In 2025: John Lithgow In Broadway-Bound ‘Giant’, Paul Mescal, Brie Larson, Sondheim’s ‘Here We Are’ And Maybe Even ‘Cat On A by Baz Bamigboye

Tennessee Williams sets Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, his 1955 play about sexual repression, at a cotton plantation on the Mississippi Delta. You can feel the heat in director Rebecca Frecknall�…

Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in London Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof review – Daisy Edgar-Jones is full of angry energy in a stylish family face-off by Arifa Akbar

Almeida, LondonRebecca Frecknall’s stark production brings out the rage in Williams’ play through powerful performances, but fails to plumb all its emotional depths ‘A family crisis br…

The Almeida Theatre announces Almeida Makers, a new artist support programme by Staff Writer

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Associate Director Justina Kehinde is the first artist announced as part of Almeida Makers, a new programme which will support eight early and mid-career directors and …

Daisy Edgar-Jones Returns to London Stage for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at Almeida Theatre by Belaid S

British actress Daisy Edgar-Jones is set to make her return to London’s theatre scene in a new production of Tennessee

Daisy Edgar-Jones to star in new production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Chris Wiegand

Rebecca Frecknall will direct Normal People actor in Tennessee Williams classic at Almeida theatre in London, opening in December Daisy Edgar-Jones is to star in a new production of Cat on a…

The Band Back Together, Arcola Theatre review - three is a dangerous number by Gary Naylor

★★★ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER AGAIN The perils of turning back the clock laid bare The second album is still tough, even if you never recorded the first We meet Joe first at the keys, si…

Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Trailer by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Young Vic's highly praised West End production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will be broadcast to cinemas around the world on 22 February 2018, marking the fourt…

Donna Murphy, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Charles Busch and More Inducted into Theater Hall of Fame by Darryn King

Eight new theater artists have been inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, which annually honors lifetime achievement in the American theater. Inductees for the 53rd annual edition are the …

Kathleen Turner Will Star as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music by Darryn King

Kathleen Turner, the Oscar and Tony-nominated actress, will portray Madame Armfeldt in the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical A Little Night Music at Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. The limi…

November, Chicago and more! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: This week on Broadway Beat catch Opening Night of November, rehearsals for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and a visit with the new cast of Chicago! Learn more: https:/…

"Dead Outlaw" is the Liveliest Show in Town by Jan Simpson

You can usually tell within the first 10 minutes or so of seeing a show whether you’re in good hands. And I knew right away that I was in very good hands when I saw Dead Outlaw, the first …

Ruth Stage's Cat On a Hot Tin Roof to Give 1-Night-Only Performance at 2024 Tennessee Williams Festival by Logan Culwell-Block

Matt de Rogatis and Christian Jules Le Blanc will bring the second act of their Off-Broadway production to the event celebrating the Southern Gothic playwright.

Le Petit Theatre presents vampire love story ‘Let the Right One In’ by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out”) Following his success with both Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Le Petit Theatre …

Ruth Stage by Barry Gordin

Ruth Stage will present Off-Broadway Premiere of Lone Star with Matt De Rogatis, who starred in their production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. Performances Begin November 25, 2023 October 13, 2…

Ruth Stage Presents Lone Star by Sandi Durell

Ruth Stage announced that Matt de Rogatis (‘Brick’ in Ruth Stage’s off-Broadway premiere of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opposite Courtney Henggeler) will star as ‘Roy’ in the upcomi…

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Matt de Rogatis Joins Off-Broadway Cast of Lone Star by Andrew Gans

Joe Rosario directs the Ruth Stage production of James McLure’s dark comedy.

Scarlett Johansson, Matt Bomer, Paul Dano, Nick Jonas Drink With Broadway’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Opening Night

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof review – giving Tennessee Williams new scope by Clare Brennan

Royal Exchange, ManchesterA mainly black cast and modern setting inject this new production with a dose of symbolic power Two sides of a family battle over land in Tennessee Williams’s 195…

‘New & relevant’: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF – Manchester ★★★★ by Fairy Powered Productions

Based on the original play by the incredible Tennessee Williams, this modern take on the classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof wows at the Royal Exchange Theatre.

Interview: TV Star Courtney Henggeler Reflects on Her NYC Stage Debut in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with TV star Courtney Henggeler as she looks back at her time starring as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Off-Broadway!

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof review – Succession-style scheming in the deep south by Mark Fisher

Royal Exchange, ManchesterModern-day version casts Tennessee Williams’s steamy melodrama in a new light, with a focus on the corruptibility of wealth Roy Alexander Weise does not overtly c…

This ‘Cobra Kai’ Star Fights Her Fears And Stretches Her Acting Chops Making Her New York City Stage Debut by Jeryl Brunner

Courtney Henggeler takes on the epic role of Maggie The Cat in the Tennessee Williams classic, 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.'

Frederick Weller to Join Matt de Rogatis and Courtney Henggeler in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The off-Broadway revival will run at the Theatre at St. Clement's.

Le Petit’s ‘Cat’ revives original Williams ending by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) There’s something to be said when a major New Orleans staple like Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is able to been …

This Week on Broadway for March 12, 2023: Elyria @ Atlantic Theater Company by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ St. Clements, Washington Square @ Axis Theatre Company, Elyria @ Atlantic Theater Company, Love Song …

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tony Marinelli

While it may have appeared a huge gamble to mount this 'Cat" again, the results are so well worth it. While other productions of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" have been mounted as star vehicles fo…

Ruth Stage and the Little Cat on a Hot Tin Roof That Can by Leah Putnam

The production of the Tennessee Williams play was a hit last summer, the first Off-Broadway revival to be staged with the support of the playwright's estate. Now it's back.

The Little Cat on a Hot Tin Roof That Can—And It Wants to Go Big by Leah Putnam

The Ruth Stage production of the Tennessee Williams play was a hit last summer Off-Broadway. Now it’s back, and it has its sights on Broadway.