Photo Coverage: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' Opening Night Curtain Call & After Party

The all African-American production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof directed by multiple Emmy winner and two-time Tony nominee Debbie Allen (TV's "Fame," Sweet Charity, West Side Story) officially opened on Thursday March 6, 2008 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th St). The After Party was held at Strata.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof stars an award-winning cast including the Broadway debut of Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow, Crash), Tony and Drama Desk Award winner Phylicia Rashad (Gem of the Ocean, A Raisin in the Sun, TV's "Cosby Show"), Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Film: Dreamgirls, Broadway's Caroline or Change), 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). The cast also features Lisa Arrindell Anderson ("Girlfriends"), Lou Myers (The Color Purple), Count Stovall and Giancarlo Esposito (Ali).

"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 domineering family patriarch, Big Daddy," describe press notes.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof began performances on Tuesday, February 12. Tickets are on sale through June 22, 2008 at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre. Tickets can be purchased at www.telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239- 6200. Group Sales: www.broadwayinbound.com For more information visit www.Cat2008onBroadway.com

Photos by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.

CURTAIN CALL

Ensemble

Giancarlo Esposito and Lisa Arrindell Anderson

Anika Noni Rose

Terrence Howard

Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad and James Earl Jones

Anika Noni Rose and Terrence Howard

Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Debbie Allen (Director), Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad

Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Anika Noni Rose, Debbie Allen, Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad

Terrence Howard, Debbie Allen and James Earl Jones

Debbie Allen (Director) and sister, Phylicia Rashad

Terrence Howard, Debbie Allen and James Earl Jones

Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen and James Earl Jones

Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, James Earl Jones and Lou Myers

Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard, Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, James Earl Jones and Lou Myers

Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad

Anika Noni Rose and Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen

Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad

Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard, Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen

Giancarlo Esposito, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard, Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen

Giancarlo Esposito, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard, Phylicia Rashad and James Earl Jones

Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen and James Earl Jones

Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen

AFTER PARTY

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones and wife

James Earl Jones

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard with daughter Heaven, Morgan Freeman and Deena Freeman

Terrence Howard with daughter Heaven

Terrence Howard and Lynn Whitfield

Lou Myers

Vivian Nixon

Anika Noni Rose

Bethany Butler

Marissa Chisolm

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito and family

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman and Kirsten Haglund - Miss America

Maurice Hines

Maurice Hines and Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

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After his life as an ingenue in Brooklyn & Queens, Walter spent the next 25 Years in a leading role as a Photographer / Photo Researcher in Manhattan. He is currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and children Dali & Gala. As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of "GREASE". His journey on the path 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. His photography is syndicated worldwide through Retna Ltd. and Corbis.

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