Ruth Stage will present its postponed revival of Tennessee Williams‘ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at The Theater at St. Clements beginning July 15. The production will officially open July 24, with performances through August 14. 

Starring Sonoya Mizuno (Crazy Rich Asians) as Maggie and Matt de Rogatis (Lone Star) as Brick, the originally announced cast will all return for the production. Daytime Emmy winner Christian Jules Le Blanc (The Young and the Restless) stars as Big Daddy, Tony nominee Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden) as Big Mama, Milton Elliott (Biloxi Blues) as Rev. Tooker, Tiffan Borelli (Million Dollar Quartet) as Mae, Carly Gold (The Ferryman) as The No Neck Monsters, and Spencer Scott (The Glass Menagerie) as Gooper. Jim Kempner (Red) joins the cast as Doc Baugh, with originally announced Austin Pendleton taking on the role beginning July 25.

Joe Rosario (Flowers for Algernon) directs. Williams’ play is set on the Mississippi estate of cotton tycoon Big Daddy Pollit, and explores the difficult relationships between his troubled son Brick, and Brick’s outspoken wife Maggie, his ambitious elder son Gooper and daughter-in-law Mae.

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“Our goal in presenting Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is to illustrate this authentic American dynasty from a modern perspective, while showing the timelessness of a dysfunctional family,” said Rosario in a statement. “To be the first group to ever perform this show Off- Broadway, in the House that Tennessee Williams built no less, is a special privilege.”

The creative team includes scenic design by Matt Imhoff (Disney’s High School Musical), lighting design by Steve Wolf (The Glass Menagerie), sound design by Ben Levine (All Is Calm), and Jesse Meckl serving as stage manager (Wars of the Roses).

The production was originally scheduled to play January 14-February 13, but was postponed due to the pandemic. The upcoming staging will be the first Off-Broadway production of the play allowed by Williams’ estate. On Broadway, the 1955 Pulitzer-winning drama has been revived five times, most recently starring Scarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker in 2013. Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman star in the 1958 film adaptation.

For tickets and more information, visit RuthStage.org.

Previews for director Robert Icke‘s contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet begin June 1 at Park Avenue Armory. Opening night is set for June 28, with a run through August 13. The tragedy is being performed in repertory with Icke’s adaptation of Aeschylus’ Oresteia, which begins previews June 9.

Hamlet stars Alex Lawther in the title role, joined by Lia Williams as Gertrude, Angus Wright as Claudius, Olivier winner Luke Treadaway as Laertes, Kirsty Rider as Ophelia, Peter Wight as Polonius, Joshua Higgott as Horatio and understudy for Hamlet, Tia Bannon as Guildenstern, Calum Finlay as Rosencrantz and understudy for Laertes, and Michael Abubakar as Marcellus.

David Rintoul, Hara Yannas, Gilbert Kyem Jr., Ross Waiton, and Marty Cruikshank fill out the cast. Cruickshank, Finlay, Higgott, Rintoul, Wight, and Wright all starred in the original Almeida Theatre production of Hamlet.

Icke’s Hamlet and Oresteia premiered at the Almeida Theatre, but his adaptations of the two family dramas will be performed in repertory together for the first time at Park Avenue Armory.

“It is no small feat to stage one epic tragedy, but this stellar cast, under the singular direction of Robert Icke, will bring two to life at once,” said Rebecca Robertson, Founding President and Executive Producer of Park Avenue Armory, in a statement.

For tickets and more information, visit ArmoryOnPark.org.

Noted Shakespeare performer Richard Katz is coming to London’s Cabaret, taking over the role of Herr Schultz from June 27. Current Emcee and Sally Bowles Fra Fee and Amy Lennox (respectively) have additionally extended their runs in the production to October 1.

Also joining the company will be Gabriela Benedetti (who was in the original Prologue Company for the show) and Adam Taylor. The Prologue Company, a group of nine actors, dancers, and musicians who welcome audiences to the world of the club as they arrive at the theatre, consists of Rachel Benson, Laura Braid, Asmara Cammock, Julian Capolei, Celine Fortenbacher, Reuben Greeph, Samantha Ho, Andrew Linnie, Carys McQueen, Hicaro Nicolai, Kate Robson-Stuart and Sally Swanson.

Continuing in the show are Omar Baroud as Cliff Bradshaw, Vivien Parry as Fraulein Schneider, Stewart Clarke as Ernst Ludwig, and Anna-Jane Casey as Fraulein Kost. The cast is completed by Josh Andrews, Emily Benjamin, Sally Frith, Matthew Gent, Emma Louise Jones, Ela Lisondra, Theo Maddix, Chris O’Mara, Daniel Perry, Andre Refig, Christopher Tendai, Bethany Terry, Lillie-Pearl Wildman and Sophie Maria Wojna.

Based on a play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, Cabaret has music by Kander, lyrics by Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. Additional music for this production is composed by Angus MacRae

The creative team includes set and costume designer Tom Scutt, choreographer Julia Cheng, musical director Jennifer Whyte, lighting designer Isabella Byrd, and sound designer Nick Lidster. Casting is by Stuart Burt, with Jordan Fein serving as associate director.

Tickets are now being sold through November 19 at kitkat.club.

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