De-Clawed: Rob Ashford’s Starry ‘Cat’ Ain’t So Hot

Written by Doug Strassler on January 24, 2013. Posted in Arts & Film, Theater

The star-studded revival of Tennessee Williams’ ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ can’t hold the heat Fans of women-in-prison flicks should take note: Rob Ashford’s latest Broadway revival of the seminal Tennessee Williams work Cat on a Hot Tin Roof conjures up a woman who’s all boxed in. The inmate in question is the inimitable
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Another Curtain Call for a New York Success Story

Written by NY Press on January 23, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

ACTRESS reflects ON SCARLETT JOHANSSON, STUDENT LOANS, the tv hit ‘glee’ AND TENNESSEE WILLIAMS By Angela Barbuti Debra Monk has a résumé most actresses can only dream of—with roles on Glee, NYPD Blue and Grey’s Anatomy—and those are just her television credits. The 63-year-old has just opened on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin
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2013 Predictions: Conjectures on the Great White Way

Written by Doug Strassler on December 27, 2012. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

Scarlett Johansson appears in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Richard Rogers Theater

It’s a new year, a new turn for stars to come to the stage and show their stuff. Below are a few of the bigger ones to set your sights on: Though she won a Tony, I was not a big fan of Scarlett Johansson in Arthur Miller’s View From the Bridge. Can she redeem
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