Cat On A Hot Tin Roof NYC Reviews and Tickets

89%

(36 Reviews)

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Members say

Great acting, Absorbing, Great staging, Entertaining, Great writing

About the Show

The Gallery Players presents a new staging of this classic from Tennessee Williams. Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

From the show:

In a plantation house, a family celebrates the 65th birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety. Greed, sins of the past, and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. Intrusive, conniving relatives plot to disrupt the event, eager to see daughter-in-law Maggie put in her place and her husband, Brick, tumbled from his position of most-beloved son. How will the evening end as tensions build? Will Brick speak candidly with his father before it’s too late? Can Maggie’s ingenuity, fortitude and passion set things right?

Member Reviews (36)

Ambitious, Absorbing, Great staging, Great acting, Great writing

See it if you would like a wonderful production all around-direction, acting (adults and children), sound, lights, staging, singing, tension, laughs.

Don't see it if you do not like the great writing of Tennessee Williams exposing the flaws of a dysfunctional family including, greed, alcoholism, sexuality

Deep, Dated, Witty, Intense, Great writing

See it if Great characters. Witty dialog. Themes that were edgy in their time. Slow, intense buildup to a satisfying climax.

Don't see it if You won’t appreciate a classic with somewhat dated themes. Maggie was less convincing than the male leads.

Well acted, Indulgent, Great writing, Thought-provoking, Absorbing

See it if Clark's Brick & Pruitt's Big Daddy take command of William's gothic soap opera McCallum's Maggie is competent but lacks needed desperation

Don't see it if William's prose can get deliciously purple yet the lengthy, dramatic rants give the play its drive leaving only the ugly, needed self-truths

Well-paced, Long, 4 strong leads, Strong construction, Biting dialog

See it if you’re interested in seeing a well-played production of 1 of Tennessee Williams’ most biting, best constructed plays.

Don't see it if you’re not interested in revisiting the sexual (& other) repressions of the white mid-1950s South. Read more

Thought-provoking, Romantic, Great staging, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if Super acting. Super play. Super directing. Great set. So needed after the film which could not fight censorship. more

Don't see it if No Elizabeth Taylor nor Paul Newman. Rain kept some away., 3 Acts nearly 3 hours. Read more

Riveting, Epic, Masterful, Great writing, Great acting

See it if you enjoy dramas about dysfunctional families with complex characters.

Don't see it if you prefer something light or short (this is 2 hours 40 minutes with 2 intermissions).

Intense, Thought-provoking, Great acting, Dated, Absorbing

See it if You enjoy mid-20th century plays. You want a classic play performed by a great cast in an atmospheric setting.

Don't see it if You'd prefer a play w/more modern ideas about women, homosexuality & race: while in context w/the play's time, they're uncomfortable to hear