For example, Calico cats or the tortoise-shell and white cats are basically tri-colored. This is followed by a dance from Victoria the White Cat that signals the beginning of the Jellicle Ball ("The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball"). He is a large old Cat that "has lived many lives" and "buried nine wives (And more, I am tempted to say—ninety-nine)". Shortly before tickets went on sale in mid-February, Nunn revealed to the alarmed producers that he was struggling to write the script for the musical. [111] Leona Lewis was cast as Grizabella instead,[112] and was succeeded by Mamie Parris four months later in October 2016. [83], Lynne choreographed the original London production with a dance crew consisting of her assistant Lindsay Dolan, the dance captain Jo-Anne Robinson, and cast members Finola Hughes and John Thornton. [174][181] It also led to a "construction boom" in Germany as new theatrical venues such as the Schmidt Theater were enacted all around the country. Workshop credits: Suz in Murder at the Gates; Mary in Guys Fawkes the Musical… Former Royal Ballet principal dancer Wayne Sleep was offered the part of Mr. Mistoffelees after Lloyd Webber and Mackintosh attended a performance by his dance troupe, one of the many dance showcases they saw in preparation for the musical. [289], The musical is also available for school and amateur licensing through The Musical Company. The original lyrics, taken directly from the Eliot poem it is based on, included the ethnic slur "Chinks" and this was later replaced with the word "Siamese". [120][129] A second All-Canadian company began at Toronto's former Panasonic Theatre in May 2013 and ran for four months & 128 performances, 28 years after the original production. He later recalled that if Cats had been a commercial failure, it would have left him in financial ruin. Script error: No such module "Authority control". Over 2,500 of these scaled-up props were used to fill the whole auditorium in the original Broadway production. 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[199] The show was also produced in Zürich at the ABB Musical Theatre from 1991 to 1993,[200] while a production by Joop van den Ende and the Royal Ballet of Flanders was staged at the Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen in Belgium in 1996. A tyre rises from the piles of junk, carrying Grizabella and Old Deuteronomy partway toward the sky; Grizabella then completes the journey on her own. Cats: 10 Best Songs In The Musical, Ranked. The original London cast recording utilised longer versions of "The Old Gumbie Cat", "Old Deuteronomy" and "The Ad-Dressing of Cats" with verses and lines that were cut from later productions. [32], Following its Broadway debut, Cats has been staged extensively across North America. Cats opened new regional, touring and international markets that the industry continues to capitalise on. The opening night cast included Laurie Beechman playing Grizabella and Charlotte d'Amboise playing Cassandra; later replacements included Victoria Clark and Jessica Molaskey both playing Jellylorum/Griddlebone. Other countries that the musical has been performed in include South Africa (2001–2002),[252] Lebanon (2002),[277] Qatar (2003, 2017),[278][279] Turkey (2013),[280] Israel (2014),[281] and the United Arab Emirates (2017). [16] Lynne also trained the cast to evoke the movement, physicality and behaviour of actual cats. Eliot poem, "The Ballad of Billy M'Caw". The conductor was Harry Rabinowicz. They are kept by humans for … ", although the lyric "Heathen Chinese" remains in the tale of the Pekes and the Pollicles. Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few months, you're probably familiar with Cats … "[328] Thanks to its easily accessible spectacle, the original Broadway production also tapped into the then-burgeoning tourist boom in New York and its audience shifted increasingly towards foreign visitors in its later years. Cats (2019) had some big shoes to fill for Andrew Lloyd Webber, even with names like Dench and Swift. Sarah Brightman, who had already made a name for herself with the chart hit "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper", arranged a private audition and was cast in an as-then undecided role. Errr, high-sixes. The cats put on a play for Old Deuteronomy ("The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles"), telling a story about two dog tribes clashing in the street and subsequently being scared away by the Great Rumpus Cat. The … An unusual musical in terms of its construction, the overture incorporates a fugue and there are occasions when the music accompanies spoken verse. Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". I immediately decided that I needed the support of another to encourage me to re-work my settings and to see if a dramatic whole could be woven from the delightful verse that I was now to be allowed to develop. In the 1998 film, the first stanza of the song was cut. [168] Following further revisions in 2018,[169] the current incarnation features 27 named cats, including both Jemima and Sillabub (who have evolved into two separate characters), and an original character named Gilbert. In The Naming of Cats, however, they begin to reveal themselves and that cats have three different names: the one the family uses daily, a more dignified name, and a secret name. For the ionosphere layer, see, Act I – When Cats Are Maddened by the Midnight Dance. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. Rum Tum Tugger was reworked from a ladies-man rockstar to a breakdancing street cat. [126][127] In January 2019, a new North American Equity tour based on the 2016 Broadway revival opened at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Island, and is scheduled to run through June 2020. [2] It was directed by David Mallet, with choreography and musical staging by the show's respected original creator Gillian Lynne in London's Adelphi Theatre, and was released on VHS and DVD, as well as broadcast on television worldwide. [133] A revival premiered at the Teatro San Rafael in May 2013, with an opening night cast that included Filippa Giordano as Grizabella, Landeta, and Maru Dueñas. Macavity holds his own for a time, but as the rest of the tribe begin to gang up and surround him, he shorts out the stage lights and escapes in the resulting confusion. Finally, Old Deuteronomy gives his closing speech to the human audience ("The Ad-dressing of Cats") and the show comes to a close. He is very fickle and unappeasable, "for he will do as he do do, and there's no doing anything about it". [119] It overtook the first national tour of Oklahoma! at The Ambassadors Theatre", "Katdashians! [396][397] The 2015 Australian tour and 2015 Paris production also used the new version of the character; however, the 2016 Broadway revival did not. [10] Along with this Andrew Lloyd Webber would be rewriting a number of songs from the musical. For Userboxes Wikipedia:Userboxes/Cats. Early advertisements for the musical did not feature traditional pull quotes (despite many positive reviews) or any of the cast, instead branding the show itself as the star. Her understudy Myra Sands replaced her as Jennyanydots, while Elaine Paige agreed to take over the role of Grizabella. [4] The bulk of the musical consists of the different contenders being introduced, either by themselves or by other cats.[5]. Let's see which jellicle cat … [270] This production was revived and toured South Korea from 2011 to 2012, with Insooni and Park Hae-mi taking turns to portray Grizabella. After the Jellicle Ball, Old Deuteronomy contemplates "what happiness is", referring to Grizabella. The songs of the musical comprise Eliot's verse set to music by the composer, the principal exception being the most famous song from the musical, "Memory", for which the lyrics were written by Trevor Nunn after an Eliot poem entitled "Rhapsody on a Windy Night". [297], The original London production received mostly rave reviews, with critics hailing it as a watershed moment in British musical theatre. The music changes suddenly and The Rum Tum Tugger makes an extravagant entrance ("The Rum Tum Tugger"). [122] Following a six-month engagement in Blackpool that broke the theatre's box office record and was seen by around 450,000 people,[143] the production moved to the Edinburgh Playhouse for three months, before closing in May 1990 after another two months at the Point Theatre in Dublin. Act I — When Cats Are Maddened by the Midnight Dance. Share Share Tweet Email. [301], The reviews for the 2014 and 2015 London revivals were positive as well, with critics giving both productions an average of 4 out of 5 stars. Eliot's wife, Valerie Eliot and she loved the songs that Webber had composed. [198] Cats made its French debut at the Théâtre de Paris from February 1989 to April 1990,[122] with an original cast that included Gilles Ramade as Old Deuteronomy. It is a story about two dog tribes clashing in the street and subsequently being scared away by the Great Rumpus Cat, a cat with flashing red eyes. Act II – Why Will the Summer Day Delay – When Will Time Flow Away? The symbolism and meaning of the Musical “Cats”, explained from a Christian point of view. Its Broadway record was surpassed on 9 January 2006 by The Phantom of the Opera. [218][219], English-language touring companies have also toured the European region extensively. [335] Cats revolutionised the touring business by introducing the now commonplace practice of extended touring engagements that can last several weeks or months in a single city, as opposed to the typical one-week or ten-day tour stop. This made Lynne the first non-royal woman to have a West End theatre named after her. ), a one-man show written by Jamie Beamish and Richard Hardwick, is a dark comedy about the fictitious life of Dave, a cat who was fired from the original London production of Cats on opening night. It has also been translated into multiple languages and performed around the world many times. He is the cat who is unofficially in charge of the night train to Glasgow. [1], Lloyd Webber began composing the songs in late 1977 as a songwriting exercise, partly because Eliot's book had been a childhood favourite and partly to see if he could write music to predetermined lyrics. We’re taking the Cats show that’s touring and working on it afresh." Only "Pekes and Pollicles" and one verse of "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" are cut from performance. [17] It contains the following tracks: Bill Bailey: Drew Varley, Fergus Logan, Michael Sundin, Coricopat: Jason Pennycooke, Richard Astbury, James Titchener, Fletcher Dobinson, Tantomile: Gabby Cocca, Eilish Harmon-Beglan, Demeter: Jo Bingham, Ruthie Henshall, Lena Hall, Anita Louise Combe. [230], The first Australian production ran from July 1985 to August 1987 at the Theatre Royal in Sydney. [60] It was the most expensive Broadway show ever mounted at the time with a production cost of $5.5 million,[105] though it recouped its investment in less than 10 months. According to musicologist Jessica Sternfeld, such numbers are usually relegated to the prologue and nothing more, as seen in "Another Op'nin', Another Show" from Kiss Me, Kate and "Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof. These numbers allow the cats to celebrate their tribe and species as a whole, in between the ones that celebrate individual members. After the fight, Rum Tum Tugger calls upon the magician Mr. Mistoffelees for help ("Magical Mr. Mistoffelees"). After rejoicing to their leader's arrival, the Cats put on a play ("The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles") for Old Deuteronomy. The set, consisting of an oversized junk yard, remains the same throughout the show without any scene changes. Gus then remembers how he once played the infamous pirate captain, Growltiger a.k.a. 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Their number was also rewritten to be faster and more upbeat, alternating between vaudeville-style verses and a "manic patter" section. [114][174] The Vienna production played a total of 2,040 performances to more than 2.3 million audience members. It won numerous awards including Best Musical at both the Laurence Olivier and Tony Awards. The 2015 London revival and UK Tour also has a completely new piece of music used for the Beetles Tattoo segment of 'The Old Gumbie Cat', a reworked jazz version of Growltiger's Last Stand, and the reinstating of Una Tepida Notte, replacing The Ballad of Billy M'Caw. [175], The show was staged at the Det Ny Teater in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the 2002–2003 season. Block as Grizabella and Lara Teeter as Munkustrap. [20] The situation improved later that day when Lloyd Webber, Mackintosh and Nunn met with Richard Stilgoe, a musician known for his ability to improvise lyrics on the spot, in hopes that Stilgoe could write an opening song for the musical. [140] Another Mexican revival was launched at the Coyoacán Centennial Theater in October 2018, with Yuri as Grizabella and Landeta as Old Deuteronomy. [90], Nunn was also adamant that the orchestra for Cats be hidden backstage — out of the audience's view — so as not to break the immersion. With a third crash and an evil laugh, the "most wanted" cat Macavity appears. With acceptance and encouragement from Jemima and Victoria, her appeal succeeds and she is chosen to be the one to go to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn to a new Jellicle life ("Journey to the Heaviside Layer"). Cats have been domesticated (tamed) for nearly 10,000 years.. [296] In 2012, the New York Post reported that the musical's grosses had reached $3.5 billion. After the fight, Rum Tum Tugger suggests that the Cats should find a local magician named Mr. Mistoffelees "the original conjuring cat" for help. Mackintosh's insistence that all touring productions of Cats replicate the Broadway production also resulted in the expansion and upgrading of regional theatre venues to accommodate the musical's demanding logistical requirements, as local theatre owners did not want to miss out on the opportunity to host the lucrative show. Cats was adapted into a direct-to-video film in 1998, and a feature film adaptation directed by Tom Hooper in 2019. [392] Additionally, a song entitled "Cat Morgan Introduces Himself" was cut during initial development. [120] Notable performers in the fourth tour included Amelia Marshall as Sillabub (1988), Jan Horvath as Grizabella (1990), Bryan Batt as Munkustrap (1991–1992), Jennifer Cody as Rumpleteazer (1992), David Hibbard as Rum Tum Tugger (1992–1993), Natalie Toro as Grizabella (1992, 1997), Christopher Gattelli as Mistoffelees (1993), John Treacy Egan as Old Deuteronomy (1993–1994), J. Robert Spencer as Rum Tum Tugger (1995), Bart Shatto as Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger (1996), Linda Balgord as Grizabella (1998), Andy Karl as Rum Tum Tugger (1998), and Lena Hall as Demeter (1998). [209] The first Italian-language production began touring Italy in 2009. In 1997, The New York Times credited the regional and touring productions of Cats with "almost single-handedly reviv[ing] the sagging road business". [293] The following year, a direct-to-video film was released. The producers and the creative team loved the design but felt that the title — Practical Cats — looked out of place when paired with the image of the cat's eyes. [307] The musical became a cultural phenomenon and has had a profound influence on the medium. Block, Loni Ackerman, Linda Balgord, Lillias White, Joanna Ampil, Sophia Ragavelas, Nicole Scherzinger,[22] Kerry Ellis, Jane McDonald, Beverley Knight, Debra Byrne, Prisca Demarez, Delta Goodrem, Anita Louise Combe, Leona Lewis, Leslie Ellis, Marianne Benedict. [325] Such branding emblems proved equally effective for later megamusicals, as seen with the waif Cosette for Les Misérables and the Phantom's mask for The Phantom of the Opera. She gave her blessing for the songs to be adapted into a musical stage play. This category mainly divides two ways: Male / Female cats, or Song / Chorus cats, whether or not they have a named song. 35 Stagecoach franchises across the UK performed the show on 7 'stages' around the arena, with each school taking it in turns to portray a small section of the musical. Lloyd Webber's former writing partner Tim Rice was brought in to write a lyric for the song, but his version was rejected by Nunn for being too depressing. [94] The costumes generally consist of a unitard, a wig that is fashioned to suggest the presence of feline ears, patches resembling body fur, and arm and leg warmers to give the performers' hands and feet a more paw-like appearance. [256] A touring company visited Asia again between 2007 and 2010, including stops in Taiwan,[206] Macau, and Thailand in 2007;[258] South Korea from 2007 to 2008;[259] China in 2008;[260] Singapore and Hong Kong in 2009 (with Delia Hannah playing Grizabella);[240][261][262] and Manila in 2010 (with Lea Salonga as Grizabella). [80][92] In the original Broadway production, catwalks were built to connect the stage to the boxes and balcony so as to give the cast access to the entire auditorium during the show. In order to reproduce the "hand-drawn aesthetic" of Napier's original design sketches, costume painters in the original Broadway production used squeeze bottles to apply the paint. Finally, the Jellicle patriarch, Old Deuteronomy, appears ("Old Deuteronomy"). It paved the way for later megamusicals — including Les Misérables (1985), The Phantom of the Opera (1986) and Miss Saigon (1989) — that have dominated the industry since. It closed on 10 September 2000, after a total of 7,485 performances. The first US national tour, Cats National I, launched at the Shubert Theatre in Boston in December 1983 and closed in November 1987. [1] The musical is unusual in its construction; along with Eliot's poems, music and dance are the main focus of the show at the expense of a traditional narrative structure. It starred Elaine Paige as Grizabella, John Mills as Gus, Ken Page as Old Deuteronomy, and Michael Gruber as Munkustrap. The Ballad remained in the London production until some time in the early 1990s when it was replaced with the Italian aria pastiche. Such a rapid familiarity and identification of purpose can be achieved through pastiche. [101] Cats held the record as London's longest-running musical from 1989, when it surpassed Jesus Christ Superstar,[102] until 8 October 2006, when it was surpassed by Les Misérables. The musical … [122][123][124] Performers in the non-Equity tour included Julie Garnyé as Jennyanydots (2001)[125] and Dee Roscioli as Grizabella (2002). She "sits and sits and sits and sits" all day, while at night she teaches the mice and cockroaches various activities. Due to their wide genetic pool these types of cats don’t suffer from any genetic diseases. Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the production of Cats is based on T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939), which the composer recalled as having been a childhood favorite. Skimbleshanks is considered vital to the rail operations, as without him "the train can't start". After the Jellicle Ball, Old Deuteronomy sings of "what happiness is", referring to Grizabella. [7], Most of the lyrics in Cats were taken from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats with very minor alterations. He is a "master criminal" and is never found at the scene of the crime. Beginning on 6 December, the revival starred Nicole Scherzinger as Grizabella, and featured the original creative team, with direction from Nunn, choreography by Lynne and design by Napier. Or it's the Cats you knew and snickered at when you first encountered it. However, he panned Lynne's choreography and felt that the musical failed in its vague attempt to tell a story. [26] The licensed version of Cats includes both songs, giving individual companies a choice as to which to include. [283][284], Cats has been produced by various professional regional theatre companies. The musical was co-produced by the original London production team, along with David Geffen and The Shubert Organization. Hushed giggling signals the entrance of Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, a pair of near-identical Cats. After a moral from Old Deuteronomy about the destiny of Jellicle Cats and Pollicle Dogs, a second loud crash, presumably from Macavity, sends the alarmed Cats scurrying. [3], It was announced on 3 August 2012 that a UK tour of the show would open on 9 February 2013, at the Edinburgh Playhouse.[4]. Callum Mansfield directed and choreographed it, and its record-breaking cast included Marina Prior as Grizabella. 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He also composed the overture and "The Jellicle Ball", incorporating analog synthesizers into these orchestrations to try to create a unique electronic soundscape. [336], "Memory" is the standout hit song from Cats. It moved to Montreal two years later and then toured other parts of Canada. Cats has since been revived in the West End twice and on Broadway once. Cats the musical was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and first performed on London’s West End in 1981. By December, the full cast had been assembled. It seems that cats and other animals prefer “types … Victoria is the protagonist of the 2019 Cats movie. [204] Set in an abandoned film studio instead of a junkyard, the Polish version opened in January 2004 and closed in 2010. [268] Cats was China's highest-grossing musical in 2018, accounting for over 20% of the total grosses from all musicals staged in the country that year. 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