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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Other Voices Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Other Voices Theatre

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author: Steven Wilson

Themes of mortality, sexuality, ambition, dishonesty, and greed take center stage as Other Voice Theatre presents Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play brings us into the plantation home of the Pollitt dynasty, wealthy Mississippi cotton planters. The family’s watchword seems (unintentionally) to be “mendacity,” the quality of dishonesty and, more specifically, living a lie. And lies abound. Big Daddy Pollitt is dying of cancer,

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The Hot L Baltimore at Greenbelt Arts Center

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author: Steven Howell Wilson

When an ensemble cast meshes seamlessly, hitting every cue, overtalking in the right places,
quipping and bickering, interweaving a dozen diverse life stories, it’s uniquely satisfying. It’s as
impressive as watching the coordinated dives and catches of a troupe of aerial acrobats. Well,
maybe the audience’s blood pressure stays lower with the actors than with the acrobats.
Greenbelt Arts Center’s production of The Hot L Baltimore hits this satisfying mark.

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