SOHH Over It!

You gotta be kidding me.

 Why does the world only think Black America only has two actors - Denzel & Halle?

Why does the world think we only listen to Beyonce or Usher?

I love my Tennessee Williams shit…I was a literary and theatrical fool on high school. I always directed the shiz nit…go figure. So when I heard last year that their was going to be an all Black cast of Cat on A Hot Tin Roof - whit Anthony Mackie (from "She Hate Me" I was like damn damn damn - that is gonna be the shit. Then here comes the bullshit:

NY POST
A Broadway revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with an all-black cast headed by Oscar winner Forest Whitaker as Big Daddy has im ploded - the result, theater sources say, of "inexperienced, inept and insane" producing.

The revival, which was to have opened in the fall, would also have starred Phylicia Rashad (Big Mamma), Audra McDonald (Maggie) and Anthony Mackie (Brick). It was to have been directed by Kenny Leon, who staged the hit production of "A Raisin in the Sun" starring Sean Combs.

But two weeks ago, Leon and Whitaker pulled out of the project after repeatedly clashing with the producers, a group of extremely wealthy hedge-fund managers with no previous theatrical experience.

Whitaker, says a source, was annoyed to learn that the producers, tired of waiting for him to sign his contract, were threatening to replace him with Danny Glover.

Leon, meanwhile, was fuming that the producers were second-guessing his casting. They called McDonald a "regional theater actress" (her four Tony Awards notwithstanding) and were trying to replace her with either Whitney Houston or Beyoncé.

"It was just insane stuff," says a source. "Beyoncé might look good in a slip, but then she has to act. They couldn't grasp that."

Once Leon was out, Rashad, who won the Tony for her performance in "A Raisin in the Sun," and Mackie, a handsome young actor much adored by the critics, quit the production as well, sources say.

"Everybody's glad to be out of it," one person says. "It's a mess."

The producers could not be reached for comment yesterday. But sources say they haven't given up on the revival, and have now turned to choreographer Debbie Allen - Rashad's sister - to direct.

There's no cast yet, but Allen had better get moving. Sources say the producers' option on the play expires at the end of the year, and I hear the Tennessee Williams' estate would like nothing more than for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" to pass into the hands of experienced producers.

Can we just let some for real talent do this damn thing? Before they fuck it up - I decided to go to the library and check out the Liz Taylor - Paul Newman doohickkey 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof' for old times sake cause I see they bout to fuck up a classic.

 Thanks a lot white america!