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Opened: May 11, 1981 at the New London Theatre, (London). Opened Sep. 23, 1982 for perview performances and opened Oct. 7, 1982 at theWinter Garden Theatre on Broadway. Closed Sep 10, 2000 after 7485 performances. Muisc By: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics By: T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn & Richard Stilgoe Directed By: Trevor Nunn Music Director: Stanley Lebowsky Choreography By: Gillian Lynne Show Status: Closed Based on: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T.S. Eliot |
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Synopsis: Based on 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' and other poems by T.S. Eliot. The musical introduces Rum Tum Tugger, Bustopher Jones, Grizabella, Rumpleteazer, Skimbleshanks and others of the Jellicle Cats clan in dance and song as they prepare for the Jellicle Ball when one among them will be chosen to ascend to the mystical Heaviside Layer. |
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Original Broadway Cast: Betty Buckley - Grizabella Rene Clemente - Cassandra Harry Groener - Munkustrap Stephen Hanan - Bustopher Jones Reed Jones - Skimbleshanks Christine Langner - Etcetera Terrence V. Mann - Rum Tum Tugger Anna McNeely - Jennyanydots Ken Page - Jennyanydots Timothy Scott - Mistoffelees |
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Songs: Act I Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats....The Company The Naming of Cats ................The Company The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball .......... Munkustrap, Victoria, Mistofelees The Old Gumbie Cat.................Munkustrap, Jennyanydots, Demeter, Bombalurina, Jellylorum The Rum Tum Tugger Grizabella, The Glamour Cat.......Grizabella, Demeter, Bombalurina Bustopher Jones...................Bustopher, Jennyanydots, Jellylorum, Bombalurina Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer .....Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer Old Deuteronomy ..................Munkustrap, The Rum Tum Tugger, Old Deuteronomy The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and Pollicles ......Munkustrap, The Rumpus Cat The Marching Songs of the Pollicle Dogs......Munkustrap, The Rumpus Cat The Jellicle Ball................The Company Memory............................Grizabella Act II The Moments of Happiness.....Old Deuteronomy, Sillabub Gus: The Theatre Cat....Jellylorum, Asparagus Growltiger's Last Stand..........Growltiger, Griddlebone, The Crew, Genghis The Ballad Of Billy M'Caw Skimbleshanks ..................Skimbleshanks Macavity ...............Demeter, Bombalurina, Alonzo, Macavity, Munkustrap Mr. Mistoffelees .......Mistoffelees, The Rum Tum Tugger Memory, , ..................Sillabub, Grizabella The Journey to the Heaviside Layer.........The Company The Addressing Of Cats |
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DVD & VHS: Cats - The Musical (Commemorative Edition) VHS Casts (1998) VHS Cats - The Musical (Commemorative Edition) DVD Cats - The Musical (Ultimate Edition) DVD Cats (1998) DVD |
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Albums: Cats (1982 Original Broadway Cast) Selections From Cats (1982 Original Broadway Cast) Cats (1981 Original London Cast) Cats (1985 Australian Cast) |