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CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
#100re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:55pmAnybody else think this could be the next tenant at the Cort?
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#101re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:14pm
Denzel Washington - Brick
James Earl Jones - Big Daddy
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#102re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:25pm
Margo--You are as funny as you are wise!
As for the revival, I welcome it! I can't believe some of the comments that are being made on this thread. It would be silly to see whites playing the leads in August Wilson plays or "A Raisin in the Sun" as they deal directly with issues of race. I don't recall any race issues in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
#103re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:35pm
It would really nice to have someone who can act play Brick and having seen Mos Def on Broadway, he is really not that person.
How about a real stage actor like Jeffrey Wright?
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#104re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:36pmdid u not like him in topdog/underdog?
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#105re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:40pmI'll throw Blair Underwood and Michael Ealy out there as ideas for Brick.
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#106re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:40pm
"did u not like him in topdog/underdog?"
No, I did not. The fact that he was onstage opposite Jeffrey Wright did not help him either. It just showed the difference in their acting abilities.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
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#107re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:57pmactually.... to whoever said it, denzel washington could do a good job in this.... he did a lot of off-broadway before he was big
Can, can I have it?
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#108re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:59pmI said it
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#109re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:59pmHe was just on Broadway last year. But I doubt he'd go anywhere near "sexually ambiguous."
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#110re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:01pm
It's called acting
You take a chance by doing something against your strength. He would be great. Ruby Dee would be great as Mrs Big Daddy
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#111re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:03pmDenzel seems old to me for this - I like the idea of Blair Underwood.
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#112re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:04pmAnother good choice
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#113re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:15pm
Jeffrey Wright would be a terrific Brick... but you'll need a few bigger names than his to make it sell out. If you have a "high profile" Maggie and Big Daddy, then Wright is a good idea.
And he would completely tear up in the part.
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#114re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:18pm
Denzel? Jeffrey Wright? Won't these distinguished actors be tripping over their long teeth whilst playing Brick?
How about Anthony Mackie?
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#115re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:18pmOhh I love me some Jeffrey Wright any day of the week. What an inspired choice.
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#116re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:19pmi like the idea of Blair Underwood
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#117re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:27pmBlair has done some good and interesting work in television and film but he has very little stage experience and there is a difference.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
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#118re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:30pmi agree i agree...i just think looks wise and acting wise (if he could pull it off) he could be a potentially really good brick.
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#119re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:36pm
Jeffrey Wright is 41... and I'm depressed if you think he's tripping over his long teeth.
EDIT: How about Anika Noni Rose as Maggie? She's 34 but doesn't look it. And she's "hot" right now.
...-ish.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#120re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:38pm
Out of the blue
Sidney Poitier as Big Daddy
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#121re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:40pm
Sidney is 80!
Big Grandaddy, maybe.
Okay, maybe we shouldn't turn this into the Golden Girls Theatre Presents...
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#122re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:51pmAnika reads way too young.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#123re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:53pm
I know! I was shocked when I found out she was 34.
Girlfriend gets away with it, even on film.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#124re: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF coming back to Broadway with all-black cast
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:58pmWasn't the show revived only 3 or 4 years ago?
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