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On March 24, 1955:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Opened on Broadway
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Sonny Terry
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Sonny Terry
Performer
Also Known As:
Saunders Tedell
Born:
Oct 24, 1911 in Greensboro, NC, USA
Death:
Mar 12, 1986 in Mineola, NY, USA
Roles (2)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Opened March 24, 1955
as Small (Original)
Finian's Rainbow
Opened January 10, 1947
as Sunny (Original)