Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the scorching drama surrounding a Southern family in crisis, especially for Brick and his wife Maggie, the “Cat.” When the family gathers in the oppressive Mississippi heat to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday, old secrets, sexual tensions, and hidden agendas swell just beneath the sweaty surface. Tennessee Williams’ searing, poetic portrait of a family’s fight for survival is a 20th century masterpiece.