Actor-model Boris Kodjoe will assume the role of Brick in the Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof during a six-week-long movie-related leave of absence by Terrence Howard. Howard, who is currently in previews in Debbie Allen's production of the Tennessee Williams classic, will be out from April 15 to May 22 and will return on May 23. The limited engagement of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is now scheduled to run at the Broadhurst Theatre through June 15. Opening night is March 6.
In addition to Howard, the cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof includes Phylicia Rashad as Big Mama, James Earl Jones as Big Daddy and Anika Noni Rose as Brick's unhappy wife, Maggie "the Cat," with Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Giancarlo Esposito, Count Stovall and Lou Myers.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof began previews on February 12 and played to 87.66% of capacity in its first week on Broadway. Allen's revival marks the first time the play has been seen on Broadway with an African-American cast.
The Austrian-born Kodjoe starred in the TV series Soul Food and Second Time Around and has appeared in film such as Madea's Family Reunion, All About Us, Brown Sugar and Love and Basketball. He will appear in Screen Gems' Marauder, part of the Starship Troopers franchise, later this year. A successful Ford model in the 1990s, Kodjoe was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People magazine in 2002.
