Cats
Winter Garden Theatre
Previews Began: September 23, 1982
Opening Night: October 7, 1982
Closing Night: Sep 10, 2000
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: T.S. Eliot
It is the night of the Jellicle Ball, during which Old Deuteronomy will select the cat to go to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn to a new Jellicle life. Over the course of the evening, the cats of the tribe step forward to introduce themselves and audition for the chance to be selected.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Overture………………………………………………..Orchestra
Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats……..Company
The Naming of Cats………………………………….Company
The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball…………………Victoria,
Munkustrap,
Quaxo,
Company
The Old Gumbie Cat…………………………Jennyanydots,
Munkustrap,
Bombalurina,
Jellylorum,
Demeter,
Company
The Rum Tum Tugger……..Rum Tum Tugger, Quaxo,
Bombalurina, Company
Grizabella: The Glamour Cat…………………..Grizabella,
Demeter,
Bombalurina,
Company
Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town…..Bustopher,
Jennyanydots,
Bombalurina,
Jellylorum,
Company
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer……………Mungojerrie,
Rumpleteazer,
Company
Old Deuteronomy……………………………….Munkustrap,
Rum Tum Tugger,
Old Deuteronomy,
Company,
The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the
Pollicles…………..Munkustrap, Rumpus Cat, Company
The Jellicle Ball………………………………………..Company
Grizabella: The Glamour Cat (Reprise)………..Jemima,
Jellylorum
Memory (Prelude)…………………………………..Grizabella
ACT TWO
The Moments of Happiness…………Old Deuteronomy,
Jemima, Company
Gus: The Theatre Cat…………….Asparagus, Jellylorum
Growltiger’s Last Stand.The Ballad of Billy
M’Caw………………..Growltiger, Griddlebone, Genghis,
the Crew, Company
Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat………Skimbleshanks,
Company
Macavity: The Mystery Cat…………………Bombalurina,
Demeter, Girls
Mr. Mistoffelees……………………………Mr. Mistoffelees,
Rum Tum Tugger,
Company
Memory…………………………………….Grizabella, Jemima
The Journey to the Heaviside Layer…………..Company
The Ad-Dressing of Cats…………….Old Deuteronomy,
Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Kenneth Ard Plato
Macavity
Rumpus Cat
Betty Buckley Grizabella
René Ceballos Cassandra
Walter Charles Cats Chorus
René Clemente Coricopat
Mungojerrie
Wendy Edmead Demeter
Steven Gelfer Carbucketty
Harry Groener Munkustrap
Stephen Hanan Bustopher Jones
Asparagus
Growltiger
Robert Hoshour Tumblebrutus
Janet L. Hubert Tantomile
Reed Jones Skimbleshanks
Whitney Kershaw Sillabub
Donna King Bombalurina
Christine Langner Etcetera
Rumpleteazer
Terrence V. Mann Rum Tum Tugger
Anna McNeely Jennyanydots
Héctor Jaime Mercado Alonzo
Cynthia Onrubia Victoria
Ken Page Old Deuteronomy
Susan Powers Cats Chorus
Carol Richards Cats Chorus
Joel Robertson Cats Chorus
Timothy Scott Mistoffelees
Herman W. Sebek Pouncival
Bonnie Simmons Jellylorum
Griddlebone
Understudies: Marlene Danielle (Cassandra, Demeter, Tantomile, Bombalurina), Diane Fratantoni (Cassandra, Sillabub, Etcetera, Rumpleteazer, Jellylorum, Griddlebone), Steven Hack (Coricopat, Mungojerrie, Carbucketty, Tumblebrutus, Pouncival), Bob Morrisey (Munkustrap, Skimbleshanks, Rum Tum Tugger, Alonzo)
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