Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008)

Debbie Allen’s groundbreaking, textually electric 2008 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' completely transfigured the dramatic landscape at the Broadhurst Theatre, making history as an all-African American staging that achieved immense cultural profile. Infusing the classic Southern Gothic struggle over family inheritance, alcoholism, and repressed sexuality with a driving blues atmosphere, the production was a tour-de-force of ensemble realism. The star-studded blockbuster production achieved permanent theatrical immortality through its powerhouse cast, starring international screen favorite Terrence Howard as Brick alongside Anika Noni Rose’s fierce Maggie, James Earl Jones, and Phylicia Rashad.