Cat Scratched: Forest Whitaker Exits Broadway Revival
Oscar winner
Forest Whitaker and director
Kenny Leon have led a mass exodus from a planned, all-black Broadway revival of
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which was to also star
Phylicia Rashad (as Big Mamma),
Audra McDonald (Maggie) and
Anthony Mackie (Brick). Sources tell the
New York Post that the staging's "inexperienced" and "inept" producers - two hedge-fund managers who, for instance, wanted to replace four-time Tony winner McDonald (whom they derided as "a regional theater actress") with
Beyoncé - are to blame.
