▁R ais in ▁in ▁the ▁Sun ▁in ▁its ▁Philadelphia ▁try out ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁Hook s ▁moved ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁to ▁purs ue ▁acting . ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁as ▁Bobby ▁Dean ▁Hook s , ▁he ▁made ▁his ▁Broadway ▁debut ▁in ▁A ▁R ais in ▁in ▁the ▁Sun ▁replacing ▁Louis ▁G os sett , ▁Jr . ▁who ▁would ▁be ▁doing ▁the ▁film ▁version . ▁He ▁then ▁continued ▁to ▁do ▁its ▁national ▁tour . ▁He ▁then ▁stepped ▁into ▁the ▁Broadway ▁production ▁of ▁A ▁T aste ▁of ▁H oney , ▁replacing ▁Billy ▁De e ▁Williams ; ▁then ▁repeating ▁the ▁same ▁national ▁tour ▁traject ory ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁done ▁for ▁" R ais in ..." ▁the ▁previous ▁year . ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁he ▁next ▁appeared ▁as ▁the ▁lead ▁in ▁Jean ▁Gen et ' s ▁The ▁Black s , ▁replacing ▁James ▁Earl ▁Jones ▁as ▁the ▁male ▁lead , ▁leaving ▁briefly ▁that ▁same ▁year ▁to ▁appear ▁on ▁Broadway ▁again ▁in ▁T iger , ▁T iger , ▁Burn ing ▁Bright ▁before ▁ste pping ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁lead ▁role ▁in ▁The ▁Black s ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 . ▁He ▁then ▁returned ▁to ▁Broadway , ▁first ▁in ▁Ball ad ▁for ▁B im shire ▁and ▁then ▁in ▁the ▁short - l ived ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁David ▁M err ick ▁rev ival ▁of ▁The ▁Mil k ▁Train ▁Does n ' t ▁Stop ▁Here ▁Any ▁More ▁( as ▁a ▁character ▁created ▁by ▁Tennessee ▁Williams ▁for ▁this ▁rev