Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Morosco Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: March 24, 1955
Closing Night: November 17, 1956
Playwright: Tennessee Williams
A wealthy Southern patriarch faces impending death and manipulates his family, as his children squabble and mislead in desperate attempts to secure the family inheritance.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Barbara Bel Geddes Margaret
Burl Ives Big Daddy
Mildred Dunnock Big Mama
Ben Gazzara Brick
R. G. Armstrong Dr. Baugh
Janice Dunn Trixie
Seth Edwards Sonny
Maxwell Glanville Lacey
Pauline Hahn Dixie
Pat Hingle Gooper
Brownie McGhee Brightie
Darryl Richard Buster
Madeleine Sherwood Mae
Eva Vaughn Smith Daisy
Fred Stewart Reverend Tooker
Sonny Terry Small
Musa Williams Sookey
Understudies: R. G. Armstrong (Big Daddy), Nancy Cushman (Big Mama), Lois Nettleton (Margaret), Cliff Robertson (Brick)
REPLACEMENTS
R. G. Armstrong Big Daddy
11/28/1955 – 12/10/1955
Thomas Gomez Big Daddy
4/16/1956 – 11/17/1956
Patricia Neal Margaret
3/6/1956 – 3/25/1956
Majorie Steele Margaret
6/25/1956 – 11/17/1956
Mary Bell Big Mama
8/27/1956 – 11/17/1956
Nancy Cushman Big Mama
8/12/1955 – 8/25/1955
11/28/1955 – 12/17/1955
Claiborne Foster Big Mama
4/27/1956 – 8/25/1956
Jack Lord Brick
8/29/1955 – 10/29/1955
Alex Nicol Brick
10/31/1955 – 6/23/1956
7/30/1956 – 11/17/1956
Elmore Torn Brick
6/25/1956 – 7/28/1956
John Anderson Gooper
Jimmy Bayer Buster
Nancy Clark Trixie
Michele Mordana Trixie
Dixie
Nicholas Paul Sonny