Tennessee Williams is indisputably one of the 20th Century’s finest playwrights. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is one of his best known and his personal favorite. A masterpiece of human emotions, it explores the lies that people hide behind until they have no choice but to face the truth. Maggie and Brick are trapped in a tortured marriage, surrounded by a dysfunctional family and a dying patriarch. Williams brings them all together for Big Daddy’s birthday party where celebration is in short supply as mendacity mixes with prickly truths that threaten to unravel the family.
“The strength of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is its unflinching momentum in peeling back the layers of its characters,” said Sean Gray, Playhouse Producing Artistic Director. “Williams writes in a way that draws us into the story and into its southern setting. We can feel the humidity infused with tension and longing that emanates from Maggie along with the clarity of Big Daddy’s war on mendacity.”
The show opens February 26 and runs through March 26, 2022.
Ticket Prices
Friday: Adults are $20, Seniors $18, and Students $14
Saturday and Sunday: Adults are $24, Seniors $21, and Students $14.
Tickets are available at www.lbplayhouse.org, or by calling 562-494-1014, option 1.
Long Beach Playhouse is located at 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA, 90804, right across from the Long Beach Recreation golf course. The Playhouse is community-supported theatre with programs and events that cut across age, gender, ethnic, and cultural boundaries.
Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The box office is open Wednesday-Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 1-2 p.m. on scheduled matinees.
Covid-19 protocols require proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test result within the past 72 hours, wearing a mask while in the facility and voluntarily assuming all risks related to potential exposure to the Covid-19 virus.
