Cats (musical)

Gionzo's production of Bats

Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and built around the characters and lyrics from T. S. Eliot's book of poems Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The show opened in London's West End in 1981 and ran at Broadway's Winter Garden Theater from 1982 to 2000, at one point becoming the longest-running Broadway musical in history which was a record later broken by Webber's own 'Phantom of the Opera.

References

• In Muppets Tonight episode 108, Gonzo and Jason Alexander revive their college musical, Bats, a parody of Cats.

• In Sesame Street Episode 3989, a duck who performs in one of Prairie Dawn's pageants proudly announces that he's won a role in Cats.

Connections

• Graham Fletcher played Quaxo and Mr. Mistoffelees on the West End from 1982-1983, and again from 1985-1990.
• Roger Kachel played Mungojerrie, Mistoffelees, and most other roles in touring productions and on Broadway for approximately 14 years.
• Gillian Lynne was the original choreographer and associate director for Cats.
• Lillias White played Grizabella on Broadway.