CATS Launches National Tour in Savannah

Produced by CATS-Eye, LLC, CATS launches a national tour this month in Savannah, Georgia. With original direction by Trevor Nunn and choreography by Gillian Lynne, this is the CATS credited with the British invasion of Broadway. CATS celebrated its 30th anniversary on May 11, 2011, holding its place as the longest continuously touring Broadway musical in history.  

On May 11, 1981, CATS opened at the New London Theatre in the West End. Eight years later, it celebrated its first important milestone: after 3,358 performances CATS became the longest running musical in the history of British theatre. CATS played its final performance on its 21st birthday, May 11, 2002.

CATS opened on Broadway on October 7, 1982 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and continued to live up to its motto "Now and Forever."  On June 19, 1997, it became the longest running musical on Broadway. CATS ended its 18 year run on September 10, 2000 with 7,485 performances.

Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, CATS won seven 1983 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Lighting, and Best Costumes.

In October of 1991, CATS became the longest continuously touring show in American theatre history. Five continents, 26 countries, and over eight and a half million audience members later, CATS is still America’s most loved family musical. Celebrating not only its Broadway touring legacy but the birth of the musical spectacular, CATS is still revolutionary and awe inspiring.

The full tour schedule is as follows:

Savannah, GA
December 8, 2011
Johnny Mercer Theatre

Knoxville, TN
December 9 – 11, 2011
Tennessee Theatre

San Jose, CA
December 27 – January 1, 2012
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts

San Diego, CA
January 10 -15, 2012
Civic Theater

Costa Mesa, CA
January 17 – 22, 2012
Segestrom Center for the Arts

San Antonio, TX
January 31 – February 5, 2012
Majestic Theatre

Lafayette, LA
February 13, 2012
Heymann Performing Arts Center

Hutchinson, KS
February 15, 2012
Historic Fox Theatre

Omaha, NE
February 17 – 19, 2012
Orpheum Theatre

Edmonton, AB
February 22 – 26, 2012
Northern Alberta Jubilee

Salisbury, MD
March 5, 2012
Wicomico Center

Keene, NH
March 6, 2012
Colonial Theatre

Johnstown, PA
March 8, 2012
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center

Lancaster, PA
March 9 – 10, 2012
American Musical Theatre

Binghamton, NY
March 11, 2012
Forum Theatre

Mississauga, ON
March 13 – 14, 2012
Living Arts Centre

Madison, WI
March 16 – 18, 2012
Overture Center

Joliet, IL
March 19, 2012
Rialto Square Theatre

State College, PA
March 21, 2012
Eisenhower Theatre

Saskatoon, SK
March 24 – 25, 2012
TCU Place

Regina, SK
March 27 – 29, 2012
Conexus Arts Centre

Winnipeg, MB
March 30 – 31, 2012
Centennial Centre

Vancouver, BC
April 10 – 15, 2012
Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Seattle, WA
April 17 – 22, 2012
Paramount Theatre

Chicago, IL
May 1 – 6, 2012
Cadillac Palace Theatre

Hamilton, ON
May 9 – 10, 2012
Hamilton Place Theatre

Bowling Green, KY
May 13, 2012
Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center

Grand Rapids, MI
June 15 – 17, 2012
DeVos Hall

For additional information, visit: http://catsontour.com/

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