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Tony victor Sam Gold (Fun Home, Romeo + Juliet, An Enemy of nan People) is attached to nonstop a Broadway revival of nan Tennessee Williams masterpiece Cat connected a Hot Tin Roof for outpouring 2027, shaper Seaview announced today.
Seaview, nan prolific Broadway shaper down The Fear of 13, Every Brilliant Thing and galore others that often prima big-name performers from film, TV and nan stage, acquired nan revival authorities successful a competitory business from nan Williams Estate’s caller custodians astatine International Literary Properties.
Cat connected a Hot Tin Roof will reunite Gold and Seaview pursuing their collaboration connected nan record-breaking Broadway runs of An Enemy of nan People (starring Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli) and Romeo + Juliet (with Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler). The engagement is planned for a strictly constricted engagement successful outpouring 2027.
Casting and further imaginative squad will beryllium announced astatine a later date.
“Cat connected a Hot Tin Roof is nan pinnacle of what nan theatre tin do,” said Gold successful a statement. “Two of nan top roles for actors successful nan canon, delivered to america by nan world’s astir original playwright, astatine nan very tallness of his poetic powers, exploring themes that consciousness arsenic shockingly honorable and humor boiling coming arsenic they did 70 years ago. I couldn’t beryllium much excited to bring this masterpiece backmost to New York adjacent season.”
Added Greg Nobile Seaview’s co-founder and CEO, “It’s been specified a gift to beryllium making activity pinch Sam Gold complete nan past 4 years. Cat connected a Hot Tin Roof will people our 5th accumulation together, and I americium definite Sam’s imagination to bring Tennessee’s bonzer and timeless characters to life adjacent play will erstwhile again thrill and delight audiences.”
ILP Theatrical CEO said, “We’re thrilled to partner pinch Sam and Greg and their teams connected this production. Cat connected a Hot Tin Roof is among Williams’ astir iconic works, and arsenic specified we’ve taken awesome attraction to spot it successful nan correct hands for its return to New York aft fourteen years. We’re truthful excited for audiences to spot Sam’s imagination travel to life connected Broadway adjacent season.”
Cat connected a Hot Tin Roof debuted connected Broadway successful 1955 pinch a formed Barbara Bel Geddes, Ben Gazzara and Burl Ives playing characters that would go iconic successful nan American theater. The play, which won nan Pulitzer Prize that year, is group connected a prosperous plantation location successful nan Mississippi Delta wherever nan ailing, domineering tycoon Big Daddy Pollitt (Ives successful nan original) squabbles pinch his sons (including nan alcoholic, grounded shot subordinate Brick, played by Gazzara) and their wives (including nan scheming Maggie nan Cat, originated by Bel Geddes) complete nan early of nan estate.
The play has been revived connected Broadway 5 times since nan 1955 original, including successful 1974 (with Elizabeth Ashley, Keir Dullea, Fred Gwynne); 1990 (Kathleen Turner, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Charles Durning); 2003 (Ashley Judd, Jason Patric, Ned Beatty); 2008 (Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard, James Earl Jones) and, astir recently, 2013 (Scarlett Johansson, Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds). A 2024 London revival, directed by Rebecca Frecknall, starred Daisy Edgar-Jones, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lennie James.
The play was famously adapted for nan large surface – pinch a importantly altered ending and suggestions of homosexuality mostly excised – released by MGM successful 1958. Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman starred, pinch Ives and Madeleine Sherwood, arsenic Brick’s busybody sister-in-law, reprising their shape roles.
The authorities woody for nan upcoming Gold-directed revival was brokered connected behalf of International Literary Properties by its VP of Business & Legal Affairs Jessica Mariani and Mel Kenyon of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, and for Seaview by David Manella of Loeb & Loeb. Kent Nicholson, SVP of ILP Theatrical will oversee pinch Barra.
Development of nan accumulation was supported by Adam Zell of Dark Matter and nan accumulation will beryllium managed connected Broadway by 101 Productions, Ltd.
