Cat On A Hot Tin Roof NYC Reviews and Tickets

85%

(46 Ratings)

Positive

89%

Mixed

Negative

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?

Show-Score Member Reviews (46)

Must see, Great staging, Intense, Great writing, Great acting

See it if you are a fan of playwright Tennessee Williams and enjoy watching a well acted play performed by a great company.

Don't see it if you only enjoy musicals. Read more

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

Ambitious, Great writing, Great acting, Delightful, Absorbing

See it if Wonderful production of the Tennessee Williams classic. The close to 3 hour production with two intermissions just flew by.

Don't see it if You have trouble sitting almost 3 hours for a play. But honestly I can't think of any reason not to see this Read more

Slow, Intense, Great acting, Entertaining, Absorbing

See it if you like family dramas with a fantastic cast drawing you into all of the tension.

Don't see it if you can't sit through a 3-act play. Read more

Great writing, Great staging, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if you enjoy Tennessee Williams' plays. This production is very respectful of the writer. Main characters are wonderfully acted.

Don't see it if you have no patience for longer plays (it's 3 acts), or if you expect a modern or more conceptual staging. Read more

Thought-provoking, Entertaining, Great acting, Great writing, Riveting

See it if you are a fan of Tennessee Williams and would like to see a very well acted performance in a tiny Brooklyn theater.

Don't see it if you don't like Tennessee Williams or Brooklyn.

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

Long, Too wordy, Great staging, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if you enjoy well produced play with great acting by the cast.

Don't see it if you're not a fan of Tennessee Williams' stories or wordy, long dialogues in plays.

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