Health & Fitness
Mendacity in Maryland
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, advertised as "a color-blind production of the Pulitzer Prize winning tale" written by playwright Tennessee Williams, is playing at Load of Fun Theater on West North Avenue.
Baltimore was a divided segregated city when Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” debuted on Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Blacks could not eat at public lunch counters in Charm City (and elsewhere in America) and didn’t venture into upscale Guilford or even lowly Hampden. Residents of Polish descent confined themselves to Highlandtown and Canton; Jews were not allowed in Roland Park. Italians lived in Little Italy. People of color didn’t mix with whites except to work for them. Read the full story at Voice of Baltimore.
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