‘Cats’ Returns, Ditching the Junkyard for Queer Ballroom
WEBJun 18, 2024 · For over four decades, “Cats” has been something of a cultural punching bag. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of poetry by T.S. Eliot, unfolding as a dance …
'Cats' revival sets cast, including André De Shields | New York Theatre …
WEBMar 28, 2024 · The upcoming summer revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, playing at the Perelman Performing Arts Center from June 13 to July 14, has set initial casting. Hadestown Tony Award winner André De Shields will play the role of Old Deuteronomy.
'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' gets 10s across the board - NPR
WEBJul 23, 2024 · In the latest revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, there are no singing cats. The actors have ditched the furry ears and velvet tails and reimagined the characters as competitors in the...
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” Lands on Its Feet - The New Yorker
WEBJun 27, 2024 · Helen Shaw reviews Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch’s “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s juggernaut musical, and “Can I Be Frank?,”
How a Ballroom ‘Cats,’ a Gay Kiss and a Black Marine Reclaimed …
WEBJul 22, 2024 · How a Black lieutenant, a gay kiss and a catless ballroom are helping reclaim Broadway classics. “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” offers a shiny new key to a rusty old lock, our critic writes ...
Everything You Need to Know About CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL - Broadway …
WEBJun 29, 2024 · The iconic choreography of Cats, made famous by Gillian Lynne in 1981 and recreated in the 2016 Broadway revival, is not included in Cats: The Jellicle Ball. Instead, movement made famous by the...
Ken Page, who starred in ‘Cats’ on Broadway and voiced Oogie …
WEB1 day ago · By MARK KENNEDY. NEW YORK — Ken Page, a stage and screen actor who starred alongside Beyoncé in “Dreamgirls,” introduced Broadway audiences to Old Deuteronomy in “Cats” and scared ...
Theater review: 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' is absolutely fabulous
WEBJun 20, 2024 · The fur flies in a revelatory new staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, reimagined as a queer ballroom competition.
'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' review - New York Theatre Guide
WEBJun 21, 2024 · Read our review of *Cats: The Jellicle Ball* off Broadway, a reimagined revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical at the Perelman Performing Arts Center.
Ken Page, Who Starred in ‘Cats’ and Voiced Oogie Boogie, Dies
WEB22 hours ago · He was in the original Broadway productions of “Cats,” as the dignified Old Deuteronomy, and “Ain’t Misbehavin,’” among many other theater credits.