burl ives played big daddy in the original broadway cast of cat on a hot tin roof.
burl ives played big daddy in the original broadway cast of cat on a hot tin roof.
who played big daddy in the original broadway cast of cat on a hot tin roof?
burl ives
the original broadway production, which opened at the morosco theater on march 24, 1955, was directed by elia kazan and starred barbara bel geddes as maggie, ben gazzara as brick, burl ives as big daddy, mildred dunnock as big mama, pat hingle as gooper, and madeleine sherwood as mae. bel geddes was the only cast member nominated for a tony award, and kazan was nominated for best director of a play. both ives and sherwood would reprise their roles in the 1958 film version. the cast also featured the southern blues duo brownie mcghee and sonny terry and had as gazzara's understudy the young cliff robertson. when gazzara left the play, jack lord replaced him. others from the original broadway production included r.g. armstrong as doctor baugh, fred stewart as reverend tooker, janice dunn as trixie, seth edwards as sonny, maxwell glanville as lacey, pauline hahn as dixie, darryl richard as buster, eva vaughn smith as daisy, and musa williams as sookey.
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cat on a hot tin roof is a play by tennessee williams. one of williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the pulitzer prize for drama in 1955. set in the "plantation home in the mississippi delta" of big daddy pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of big daddy's family, primarily between his son brick and maggie the "cat", brick's wife.
cat on a hot tin roof