Broadway plays have recently become a favorite pas­time of mine, so I was very intrigued when I heard that Debbie Allen would be direct­ing a revival of the Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , which is now play­ing at the Broadhurst Theater. This ren­di­tion boasts an all-star cast includ­ing Terrence Howard, James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad and Anika Noni Rose.

Terrence Howard makes his Broadway and stage debut as Brick, an alco­holic for­mer foot­ball star unable to cope with the abun­dance of lies and deceit he’s sur­rounded by. He did a pretty good job but I don’t think I heard a word he said dur­ing the entire 2 hours and 45 min­utes. I just stared at those gor­geous eyes of his. And plus he spent the entire play dressed only in paja­mas. Hmmmm.….

There may seem to be a bit of nepo­tism in play con­sid­er­ing that Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen are sis­ters. However, Phylicia Rashad truly made the play. She is one of the best actresses I’ve ever had the plea­sure of view­ing. The clev­er­ness of her craft truly shown through in her por­trayal of Big Mama.

My favorite part of the night was after the play when I, along with many other fans, waited in the freez­ing cold and rain to scream, clap, take pic­tures and harass the actors for auto­graphs. The per­son who clearly out­shone the entire cast dur­ing this process was Anika Noni Rose who plays Maggie “the cat.” She signed every auto­graph, took every pic­ture and was beyond gra­cious in doing so.

Me and Anika

All in all, it was a lovely night with the excep­tion that Terrence Howard may need to file assault charges against some of the women his body­guards could not hold off. But, hey. I can’t blame those ladies. He’s so handsome.

Terrence before he was tram­pled by fans