Cats Musical Original Cast West End

Directed by trevor nunn and choreographed by gillian lynne cats first opened in the west end in 1981 and then with the same creative team on broadway in 1982.

Cats musical original cast west end. Cats west end cats original cast list original cast current cast. The musical includes the well known song memory as. With elaine paige john mills ken page rosemarie ford. Directed by david mallet.

Cats has a long list of celebrity fans and stars who have appeared in its production including nicole scherzinger in the west end revival and leona lewis in the broadway revival. The cats introduce themselves. Cats is a 1998 direct to video musical film based on the 1981 stage musical cats by andrew lloyd webber itself based on old possums book of practical cats 1939 by t. Jellicle cats join for a jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader old deuteronomy.

Eliotlloyd webber oversaw orchestration for the film and called on gillian lynne the shows original choreographer to train the cast for the film. Eliotit tells the story of a tribe of cats called the jellicles and the night they make the jellicle choice deciding which cat will ascend to the heaviside layer and come back to a new life. Cats one of the longest running shows in west end and broadway history received its world premiere at the new london theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record breaking years and almost 9000 performances. Cats is a musical composed by andrew lloyd webber and produced by cameron mackintosh based on old possums book of practical cats by t.

David mallet served as the director of this production. Andrew lloyd webbers record breaking award winning family favourite west end and broadway musical cats book your tickets today.