BEVERLY KNIGHT TO STAR AS GRIZABELLA
On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, makes the Jellicle choice and announces which of them will go up to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life. Cats is directed by Trevor Nunn, with Gillian Lynne as Associate Director and Choreographer and designs by John Napier. Book is by T. S. Eliot with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Chrissie Cartwright, long term Associate Director of Cats, will work for Trevor Nunn and Gillian Lynne in re-directing the production for the London Palladium. Cats, one of the longest-running shows in West End and on Broadway, received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances. The production was the winner of the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical. In 1983 the Broadway production became the recipient of seven Tony awards including Best Musical, and ran for eighteen years. Since its world premiere, Cats has been presented in over 26 countries, has been translated into 10 languages and has been seen by over 50 million people world-wide. Both the original London and Broadway cast recordings won Grammy Awards for Best Cast Album. The classic Lloyd Webber score includes Memory which has been recorded by over 150 artists from Barbra Streisand and Johnny Mathis to Liberace and Barry Manilow. Cats was originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group Limited.
Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
The Naming of Cats
The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball
The Old Gumbie Cat
The Rum Tum Tugger
Grizabella, the Glamour Cat
Bustopher Jones
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer
Old Deuteronomy
The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and Pollicles
The Marching Songs of the Pollicle Dogs
The Jellicle Ball
Memory
The Moments of Happiness
Gus: The Theatre Cat
Growltiger's Last Stand
The Ballad of Billy McCaw
Skimbleshanks
Macavity
Mr. Mistoffolees
The Journey to the Heavyside Layer
The Ad-dressing of Cats
In Quella Tepida Notte
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