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Photo Coverage: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' Cast Meet & Greet

The cast of the new Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof held a press meet and greet Tuesday, January 8 at 42nd Street Studios, New York.

The all African-American production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize winning play is directed by multiple Emmy winner and two-time Tony nominee Debbie Allen (TV's "Fame," Broadway Sweet Charity, West Side Story) and will begin performances on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 and open on March 6, 2008 at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has been revived on Broadway four times before, this production marks the first African – American production approved by Williams' estate for the Broadway stage. This revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is not only making Broadway history, it is making American theater and black theater history too!

The Broadway cast will include Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow, Crash), Tony and Drama Desk Award winner Phylicia Rashad (Gem of the Ocean, Raisin in the Sun, TV's "Cosby Show"), Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Film: Dreamgirls, Broadway's Caroline or Change), Obie Award-winner Giancarlo Esposito, and winner of two Tony Awards, four Emmys, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award and the National Medal of Arts, James Earl Jones (Fences, The Great White Hope).

Designer team includes: Ray Klausen (sets), WillIan Grant (lighting) and Jane Greenwood (costumes).

"Hypocrisy, greed and secret passions threaten to tear apart a wealthy but dysfunctional Mississippi family in Tennessee Williams' stunning American masterpiece. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof searingly portrays the larger-than-life characters of Maggie "the Cat," her alcoholic husband, Brick, and the dominating family patriarch, Big Daddy," explain press notes.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof tickets are on sale through April 13, 2008 via www.telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239- 6200. Group Sales: broadwayinbound.com For more information visit www.Cat2008onBroadway.com

Photos by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Set-design

Terrence Howard

Anika Noni Rose

Terrence Howard and Anika Noni Rose

Phylicia Rashad

James Earl Jones

Phylicia Rashad and James Earl Jones

l-r: James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Terrence Howard and Anika Noni Rose

Director Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

l-r: James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Terrence Howard and Anika Noni Rose

Debbie Allen and Terrence Howard

l-r: Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Terrence Howard and Anika Noni Rose

l-r: James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Terrence Howard and Anika Noni Rose

Anika Noni Rose and Terrence Howard

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As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of 'GREASE'. His Journey to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. Walter moved to Manhattan and for a leading role as a Photographer & Photo Researcher. Currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and family members Dali (Jack Russell) & Gala (Schnoodle). Recently he made his Broadway debut sharing the stage with Hugh Jackman in 'Hugh Jackman on Broadway' as well as receiving the Actors' Equity Association Gypsy Spirit Award. Walter McBride Photography is syndicated worldwide by Corbis/AP.

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