Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? Hartford, an heir to the A&P supermarket empire. The original 1969 production was at the Belasco Theatre. It had nine previews and thirty-nine performances. Ron Thompson won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his 1973 theater lead performance in the play "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?" The play enjoyed a 2002 revival at the Looking Glass Theatre in New York, where it was directed by Michael LoPorto. It is a regular on the community and school theater circuit and in acting classes. The play helped launch the career of Al Pacino, who won a Tony Award for
Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? Upon meeting his son, the barber shows him a dirty photograph. Contrasting Bickham is Conrad, an African-American addict. Conrad wants to recover and marry his love, Linda. During the play, his character leaves the rehabilitation group to live with his sister, who is also an addict. Aside from the students, there are only four characters in the rehabilitation center – a teacher, a psychiatrist, a policeman, and the center's principal. "Does A Tiger Wear A Necktie?" was directed by Michael Schultz in his Broadway debut after years of professional work with the Negro Ensemble Company, and was produced by Huntington