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It looks like Zachary Quinto will be trading in his Spock ears for the bright lights of Broadway in just a few months!

The Star Trek actor will be returning to the stage along with Cherry Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Brian J. Smith in the play The Glass Menagerie!

How exciting!!

The American Repertory Theater production of the Tennessee Williams play was directed by Tony-Award winning director John Tiffany and showed at some smaller venues earlier this year. But now they're ready for the big leagues and will be hitting Broadway!

The first shows will start previewing September 5th at the Shubert Theatre, and it will officially open on September 26th!

The Glass Menagerie will only be on Broadway for 17 weeks, so make sure to get your ticket before it's gone!

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Scarlett Johnasson stars in the new Broadway revival of the Tennessee Williams classic Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, but it is Benjamin Walker in the role of drunkard son Brick that steals the show.

In many ways Cat was ahead of it's time. In addition to exploring the topics of mortality, truthfulness and family complexity, Williams also touched upon homosexual themes in Cat, long before it was cool to do so. And, though it still feels relevant, the show could have benefited from some major trimming. It clocks in at almost three hours!

Walker, who played the titular role in Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, is electric on stage! Unfortunately, the same can not be said for Johansson, who is returning to Broadway after previously having won the Tony Award for her role in a revival of Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge.

While native New Yorker Johansson may have been a good fit for Miller, for Williams she attempted a Southern accent that just did not work and was distracting for the entire show. Plus, the role of Maggie is so iconically associated with Elizabeth Taylor. An actress needs to really be on her A game with that part, and ScarJo was not.

Debra Monk, on the other hand, was the show's other standout as Big Mama.

Long, yes, but this new revival of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is definitely worth seeing!

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Scarlett Johansson is taking her avengers from the big screen to a big stage.

The actress premiered as frustrated sex pot, Maggie, in the revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof last night.

The role was also played in the past by such greats as Elizabeth Taylor, Jessica Lange, and Ashley Judd..but ScarJo wanted to give a fresh spin to the classic character.

She told sources:

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It’s not easy being rich and gorgeous.

Well, okay, it is totally easy if you’re Scarlett Johansson.

Seriously, it's like breathing for her.

And now she’s about to get even richer with her Broadway gig as Maggie in the revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

ScarJo will be making a minimum of $40,000 per week for her run in the play.

Oh and don’t worry, it gets better…for her.

Our sexxxy Avenger will also be getting

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Meeee…OW!

That roof is burning from Scarlett Johansson’s sexy body heat!

Broadway addicts, get ready for an INSANE feline-fueled hit, cause ScarJo’s gonna scratch your eyes out on stage as Maggie ‘The Cat’ in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof!

Ok, we KNOW, it’s not actually about a cat, but we sooo love us some kitty puns!

The revamp is scheduled to debut Spring 2013, with producers eyeing up ScarJo's Avengers buddy Jeremy Renner and Star Trek's sex on a stick, Chris Pine to play the part of Brick.

Pure Broadway purrrrfection!

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The Avengers starring Scarlett Johansson may be hitting theaters today, but that doesn’t mean ScarJo will be taking a break anytime soon!

Last month, we mentioned how the actress was in talks to star in Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof on Broadway, and now, it seems it really IS happening!

In a recent interview, Scarlett revealed:

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L.A. Law actor Blair Underwood is going to be making his Broadway debut in A Streetcar Named Desire!

The two time Golden Globe nominee and Grammy Award winner will be playing Stanley in Tennessee Williams' most famous play.

Does such a famous role make Blair nervous?

According to him

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