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All new production photos have been released for the UK and Ireland tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS. Learn more about the production and check out the photos here!

BroadwayWorld looks back on the 1981 Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls,' which ran for more than 1,500 performances, and what members of its cast are up to now.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning musical 'Cats' is making a highly anticipated return to Singapore.

The cast for CATS at Milton Keynes Theatre has been announced ahead of the production's engagement at the venue. Learn more about the upcoming show and the cast here.

Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding will share the role of Grizabella in the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of CATS touring the UK and Ireland.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?” 

Much has been written and expressed about how few new Broadway musicals—six—hit the boards last season. The Broadway landscape is experiencing several challenges at the moment, largely tied to the American economy as a whole. In addition, the number of new musicals per season always fluctuates. In particular, the post-pandemic seasons stuffed with productions that were waiting in the docket were bound to cause a few course-correcting smaller slates in subsequent years.

There's no better way to introduce your family to the wonders of live theatre than with the magic, the mystery, the memory of Cats. What began as a musical about cats after Andrew Lloyd Webber picked up a book of poems in an airport bookshop has become one of the longest running shows in Broadway's history. Winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Cats features 20 of Andrew Lloyd Webber's timeless melodies, including the hit song 'Memory.' What did the critics think of Drew McOnie's new production?

Cats makes a highly-anticipated return in a brand-new production for the Open Air Theatre stage. If you love dance, felines, or the score this should leave you purring.

Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals announced first casting for a new touring production of CATS, set to open at Theatre Royal Plymouth following its Regent's Park Open Air Theatre run.

Tony Danza returns to 54 Below with his Sinatra tribute show this July, joined by Linda Eder and a packed lineup of Broadway and cabaret stars.

2026 is halfway over, which means that the 2026/27 Broadway season has just begun! All eyes are already on the lineup for the new Broadway season and many Broadway productions have already revealed full details of their upcoming engagements.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday, June 7, 2026. It's the biggest awards show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize?

The nominations are here for the 2026 Tony Awards. This year, a high number of titles have onscreen counterparts, and we have rounded up how to watch these versions at home, from The Lost Boys to Schmigadoon!

CATS: The Jellicle Ball has officially brought its runway to Broadway! The musical revival opens tonight Broadhurst Theatre. Did the critics have a ball at this innovative new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical classic? Find out in our review roundup!

A new UK tour of CATS will launch in October 2026 at Theatre Royal Plymouth before continuing through June 2027. Directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie, the production originates at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's global sensation, CATS, will embark on a major UK tour soon, and full dates for the forthcoming tour have now been revealed.

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre will present CATS, the beloved musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, now through April 4, 2026, featuring classic songs and innovative staging.

The 40th Anniversary Australian tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats opened to thunderous applause and a standing ovation at its final destination, the Lyric Theatre, QPAC for a short season until February 22.

This October, one of musical theater’s most iconic spectacles makes its long-awaited return to the Red Dot. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking, genre-defining musical CATS will leap back onto the stage at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands, for a strictly limited season.

Renowned director Sir Trevor Nunn returns to Arts Theatre Cambridge to direct EASY VIRTUE, featuring Alice Orr-Ewing, Michael Praed, and Greta Scacchi.

Final tickets have been released for the Brisbane season of the 40th Anniversary Australian tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical CATS which will play at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC.

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

The cast has been announced for the highly anticipated return of CATS - one of the most iconic and beloved musicals in theatre history. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

In Summer 2026 a brand-new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's global sensation, CATS, is headed to the outdoor setting of Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie.