Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is one of the best known plays by Tennessee Williams. It premiered in 1955 on Broadway, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and was adapted into a 1958 feature film. The stage play has been revived on multiple occasions, and the film remade twice.
The story follows a Southern couple, Brick and Maggie, gathered with Brick's family to celebrate what will be his father's last birthday, and the tensions between the neglected Maggie, hard drinking Brick, and his fallout with those around him.
References[]
- Gladys the Cow rehearses for a production of the play, starring as the titular cat, in Episode 2054 of Sesame Street.
- The play was parodied with a "Movie Mania" interstitial for the Odyssey Channel. The cat used in the short was rebuilt from the Socks the Cat Muppet.
- In Episode 4071 of Sesame Street, Super Grover plays various animal noises for his superhero class to guess. He describes yowls and screeches to be that of "a cat in a quandary, or perhaps on a hot tin roof."
- According to his character profile on Muppets.go.com, Rizzo the Rat's favorite movie is Rat on A Hot Tin Roof.
- In a Disney Xtreme Digital short, Rizzo performs scat on a hot tin roof.
- In the Blu-ray audio commentary for The Muppet Christmas Carol, Rizzo the Rat wonders how the cat that attacks him got in the movie. Gonzo replies, "I think we knocked him off a hot tin roof."
- Gonzo tweeted in 2015, "I'm workshopping my one-weirdo show for the stage. I'm calling it 'Splat on a Hot Tin Roof.' The final crescendo will bring you to tears!!"[1]
- Pepe the King Prawn asked on Twitter in 2016, "What should I call my one-prawn show? 'Prawn on a Hot Tin Tanning Bed'? 'The Prawn of the Opera'? 'Just Pepé'? Give me suggestions, okay."[2]
- In 2016, Rizzo tweeted, "#VerminTheatre coming soon: our annual summer production of 'Rat On A Hot Tin Roof.' Ow! Ow! Ow!"[3]
- Among the theatre credits listed on his resume submitted for his audition for the 2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a Penguin included "Penguin on an Ice Cold Tin Roof."
Connections[]
- Debbie Allen directed the 2008 Broadway revival
- Ned Beatty played Big Daddy in the 2003 Broadway revival
- Charles Durning played Big Daddy in the 1990 Broadway revival
- Pat Hingle played Gooper in the original Broadway production
- James Earl Jones played Big Daddy in the 2008 Broadway revival
- Paul Newman played Brick Pollitt in the 1958 feature film
- Elizabeth Taylor played Maggie in the 1958 feature film
- Kathleen Turner played Maggie in the 1990 Broadway revival
Sources[]
- ↑ @GonzotheGreat on Twitter, October 22, 2015
- ↑ @SpicyPrawn on Twitter, April 17, 2016
- ↑ @Rizzo on Twitter, July 2, 2016