CATS coming back to Broadway?
CATS coming back to Broadway?
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#2CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 11:30amUGH
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sctrojan65
Featured Actor Joined: 10/24/14
#3CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 11:56am
Would be interesting to see how it does. It was quite the phenom for its time.
Of course, that was the early 80s, and there was something intriguing, unique, big and brash about it.
But now it seems to garner responses such as "ugh" and "no." Responses with which I have to admit I would agree.
I remember finding it "really cool" (as a teenager).
But now that my theater experiences have developed/changed a bit, all I can say is, well, "ugh" and "no," myself.
Then again, this is the theater, and interests vary.
Personally, I'm no longer interested in this musical.
I'd put my $100+ in another seat, at another musical at this point.
Updated On: 1/5/15 at 11:56 AM
ThatMezzoGirl
Chorus Member Joined: 12/6/13
#5CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 12:05pmThe logical part of me wants to say "it's good that all those actors/dancers/crew members will find employment in this production" and "I don't have to see it, so why should I be upset about it?" And yet I still feel like gagging at the very thought that this piece of crap musical is disgracing the Great White Way AGAIN.
#6CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 1:16pmOnce ALW himself said that he wasn't proud of the show and he did it because it would have given him the money he needed to wirte the musicals he wanted. Now, apparently, he wants to put it again in the centre of attention... there is nothing like coherence, isn't it?
#8CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 1:50pm
Not sure why this would bother anyone. If you don't want to see it, don't go. If nobody wants to see it, it will close quickly. Otherwise, it will run so those who want to see it will have the opportunity. So what? Obviously, the prospect of a revival provides ample opportunity for bitchery, so I would think the Cats haters would be thrilled at the thought of whining in present tense again.
"Crap"? "Waste"? "Disgrace"? Please. It was unique, creative and innovative for its time. I loved it in London and have no desire to see it again, but I see no reason why it should never be revived.
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#9CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 2:15pmThough I would absolutely be more interested if Cameron Mackintosh was re-imaging it like he did with Les Miserables and from what I've heard in Miss Saigon.
#10CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 3:26pmIf they are going to do it in a completely different way than before, go for it. But I doubt they are. It's just going to be a rehash of what made it so popular in the first place and people don't want to see that. We've already seen that. We all have the DVD.. Why even bother? CATS is probably my favorite show and it deserves better than an uninspired revival.
Graymerchant
Chorus Member Joined: 6/18/12
#12CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 3:32pmGod: Because.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
laneyjd00
Swing Joined: 9/11/14
#14CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 3:47pmthere are so many other shows that should be in it's spot. ugh.
#15CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 3:58pm412. That's how many musicals I could think of that should be revived before Cats. Oh, wait...I only counted Gypsy once, and that would be revived at least three times before Cats, so it's 414.
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BIG BALONEY
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#16CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 3:58pm
PBS recently aired a version of Cats from the mid 90's. I could hardly sit through it.
It was a London production that seemed so passe.
#17CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 4:03pm
Once ALW himself said that he wasn't proud of the show and he did it because it would have given him the money he needed to wirte the musicals he wanted. Now, apparently, he wants to put it again in the centre of attention... there is nothing like coherence, isn't it?
Source, please?
#18CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 4:08pmMan, this show is such a guilty pleasure for me. I'm totally okay with it coming back to Broadway.
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#19CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 4:28pm
People will flock to this and yet Sideshow dies.
Barnum was right.
Poster Emeritus
#20CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 5:06pmBut....why?! Why do people like this show?! UGH
#21CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 5:37pm
"But....why?! Why do people like this show?!"
1. Nostalgia from watching the VHS as a kid.
2. The music is catchy and fun for me to listen to.
3. Some of the dancing is pretty neat to watch; those people are pretty damn flexible.
4. It's just mindless fun. I saw the show live once on tour a few years back and enjoyed every minute of it.
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
#22CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 5:55pm
Why all the CATS hate?
If it comes back to Broadway nobody is forcing you to see it.
#23CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 6:01pm
Didn't ALW do some work on it to make it a little more updated?
The reviews from the Uk seemed to like it the updated version.
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#24CATS coming back to Broadway?
Posted: 1/5/15 at 6:09pm
I'm as snooty as the next guy. I like Sondheim and Stoppard and the only time I saw a musical by Frank Wildhorn I found myself waiting impatiently for it to end about six minutes in. On the other hand, I thought Cats was an entertaining show. And actually a grand show to use as an introduction to theater to kids who might be bored by something a little more book driven.
Updated On: 1/5/15 at 06:09 PM