Maggie should have had her suspicions about Brick...

[Scripps2]

..when she saw the tattoo dedicated to "Jack" on his arm.

Jack O'Connell in the latest London revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: 

[tomwsjr]

I've heard this production is ghastly!!!!

[BrodyFosse123]

FYI: Brick's beau was Skipper.  

Even Maggie, Sister Woman, Big Mama, Big Daddy and heck, even the little no neck monsters knew this.  

[ColorTheHours048]

This production looks wonderful to me. But I was also head over heels for Benedict Andrews' STREETCAR last year, so his "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" take on Williams seems right up my alley. And I looooooove Sienna. Fingers crossed for stellar reviews and a transfer.

[RippedMan]

I've yet to see a production of this show that I've liked, so I'd be curious to see this. And I did love Gillian Anderson in "Street Car..." 

[Sally Durant Plummer]

People are still letting this man ruin poor Tennessee's work? The last Streetcar was abhorrent. There's a reason William's prose is poetic - use it, don't try to make it sound like Mamet.

[theatregoer3]

I also thought the Streetcar with Anderson was the best live performance I’ve seen of that play. It was vividly directed and performed. The poetry of the language was very clear.

[Scripps2]

BrodyFosse123 said: "FYI: Brick's beau was Skipper.  

Even Maggie, Sister Woman, Big Mama, Big Daddy and heck, even the little no neck monsters knew this."

 

You completely miss my point.

[Public User]

yes we get the point, you were making a "joke"

[Scripps2]

Public User said: "yes we get the point, you were making a "joke""

 

My post about missing the point was aimed solely at BrodyFosse123.

[BrodyFosse123]

[QueenAlice]

Ben Brantley just gave this a huge rave, basically saying it's one of the best productions of CAT he has ever seen. Expect this to turn up somewhere in the NYC area.

 

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/theater/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-sienna-miller-london-review.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

[cknick]

I'm kind of curious to see this.  Any chance of a live broadcast?

[QueenAlice]

I wonder if the nudity of the two stars might prevent its filming / broadcast. I hope it's aired though. It sounds fascinating.

[Valentina3]

QueenAlice said: "I wonder if the nudity of the two stars might prevent its filming / broadcast. I hope it's aired though. It sounds fascinating."

He did a nude photo shoot. Don't see how/why a filming would be considered out of question. Broadcast is a good point, but I think there's precedent for this. It could be a DVD only release maybe.

I too expect it to move to NY after that Brantley rave. 

[A Director]

Another point of view.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jul/25/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-review-sienna-miller-jack-oconnell-benedict-andrews-tennessee-williams

[A Director]

Another point of view

http://variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-review-sienna-miller-1202506179/

[A Director]

Another point of view

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-theater-1024146

[Demitri2]

"QueenAlice said: "I wonder if the nudity of the two stars might prevent its filming / broadcast. I hope it's aired though. It sounds fascinating."

 

They cut the nudity out of PASSION when PBS broadcast it so it should be no problem clothing the actors in this. Unless the nudity is the highlight of the production.

[QueenAlice]

Hi Guys --

Just to clarify - I don't think this would ever be broadcast on television. I meant broadcast in cinemas a la NTLive. The Young Vic's STREETCAR got such a viewing so it's possible, I was just surmising that perhaps these stars might be wary of appearing in a filmed broadcast nude. But perhaps the stars wouldn't care at all.  Google 'Sienna Miller naked' and a lot of images come up. She doesn't seem to have a problem with nudity, and with her gorgeous body, why should she? Jack O'Connell has also done the full frontal in films before, so its probably a non issue for either of them.

[cknick]

Not sure how I'd feel about the added nudity since I think the restraint is what adds to the tension and makes the play "ache" in that gorgeous, T. Williams style, but I would love to see it.  Fingers crossed for a live broadcast! 

[The Other One]

This quote from Michael Billington's review in The Guardian says it all: "But, while Williams’s study of the conflict between truth and illusion may be timeless, it works best when rooted in the detailed realism of the American South in the 1950s."

It is so true!  He wrote about a very particular culture, brought up on dreams it had descended from aristocracy before crash landing into a reality that had no place for it.  The Brits in particular never seem to get this.

[Scripps2]

Thanks for the gif Brody!

[BrodyFosse123]

[Scripps2]

It's funny you should post that Brody because my tailor has been saying exactly the same thing but I really don't think brown suits are in my palette and I already have several Prince-of-Wales check shirts.