Anika Noni Rose recently sat down with The New York Times to talk about her return to Broadway via the historical African-American cast play, "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof".

Anika established a name for herself on Broadway back in 2004 when she won a Tony Award for "Caroline, or Change".

The best moment of Anika's interview was when she talked about her first impression of her "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" co-star, Terrence Howard.

Ms. Rose had first noticed the actor playing a womanizer in the film “The Best Man.” Slapping the table, she said: “You knew he had something dirty. I told him that in rehearsal. He had the stank and the sexy at the same time.”

In related news, Anika's book-to-film adaptation "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" and its thirteen episodes got picked up by HBO. The film, which co-stars Jill Scott, is based off the Alexander McCall Smith best-selling novel.

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