Cats Musical Original Cast London

The original london production of cats opened in the west end on 11 may 1981 after previews which began on 22 april 1981.

Cats musical original cast london. Love s labour s lost makes music in central park. Among the cast were elaine paige and susan jane tanner who originated the roles of grizabella and jellylorum in the west end respectively and ken page who originated the role of old deuteronomy on broadway. Eliot it tells the story of a tribe of cats called the jellicles and the night they make the jellicle choice deciding which cat will ascend to the heaviside layer and come back to a new life. Andrew lloyd webber s legendary musical cats returns to the west end for a limited run at the london palladium thanks to popular demand.

Brian blessed charlotte d amboise harry groener ken page terrence mann lyrics. Cats west end cats original cast list original cast current cast. The show is based on an unusual poem by t s eliot which features a group of felines called the jellicle cats. I do not own anything.

The musical will star beverley knight as grizabella the glamour cat. The musical includes the well known song memory as. It won numerous awards including the laurence olivier award for best new musical. The exception was john mills who was brought on to play gus for the first time.

Jellicle songs for jellicle cats ft. Additional clapper loader as michael beresford jones fleming boyd. The production went on to run for exactly 21 years closing on 11 may 2002 after playing 8 949 performances. Programme cast slip from november 1982 at this performance geoff davids plays quaxo nigel spencer mr mistoffelees and julie horner jemima this suggests that at this point in the show s development quaxo and mistoffelees were two separate characters.

The original london cast album of cats attained a platinum certification by the bpi the british recorded music industry for sales in the uk this award marks sales of 300 000 units of an individual album title to uk retailers. Cats is a sung through musical composed by andrew lloyd webber based on the 1939 poetry collection old possum s book of practical cats by t.