Cat On A Hot Tin Roof NYC Reviews and Tickets

88%

(35 Reviews)

Positive

97%

Mixed

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Members say

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

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 (35)

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