Editing Debbie Allen (section)

==== <i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i> ====

In 2008, Allen directed the all-[[African-American]] Broadway production of [[Tennessee Williams]]' [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[drama]] ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', starring stage veterans [[James Earl Jones]] (Big Daddy), her sister [[Phylicia Rashad]] (Big Mama) and [[Anika Noni Rose]] (Maggie the Cat), as well as film actor [[Terrence Howard]], who made his Broadway debut as Brick. The production, with some roles recast, had a limited run (2009 – April 2010) in London.<ref>Michael Billington (December 2, 2009) [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/dec/02/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-billington "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043636/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/dec/02/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-billington |date=December 1, 2017 }}, ''The Guardian''</ref> She also directed and starred in the 2001 play and its television adaptation ''The Old Settler''.