"Scheffler (2009). The contents of ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"", along with the names of the featured cats where appropriate, are: In 1954, English composer Alan Rawsthorne set six of the poems in a work for speaker and orchestra entitled ""Practical Cats"", which was recorded soon afterwards, with the actor Robert Donat as the speaker. At about the same time another English composer, Humphrey Searle, composed another narrated piece based on the poems, using flute, piccolo, cello and guitar. This work, ""Two Practical Cats"", consists of settings of the poems about Macavity and Growltiger. The best-known musical adaptation of"
"the Opera"" was originally a novel by Gaston Leroux written as a serialisation from 1909 to 1910. It is the longest running show in Broadway history. There are numerous examples of novel adaptations in the field, including ""Cats"", which was based on ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" by T.S. Eliot and ""Les Misérables"", which was originally a historical novel by Victor Hugo. ""The Lion King"" was originally a Disney animated film and its theatrical adaptation has become the most successful musical in history. ""Chicago"" was adapted from a 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, who was a reporter and"
"and later Jo Gibb in both London and in the filmed video version. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer are fictional characters in T. S. Eliot's book, ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"", which was adapted into the musical ""Cats"". Mungojerrie and his partner in crime, Rumpleteazer, specialize in petty theft and mischief. In Eliot's original poem ""Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer"", they are depicted knocking over Ming vases and stealing items from their human family. Mungojerrie is also mentioned in the poem ""Macavity, the Mystery Cat"", where he is rumoured to be one of Macavity's agents. They live at Victoria Grove"
"Rumpus Cat The Great Rumpus Cat is a fictional character from T.S. Eliot's book ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" and in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, ""Cats"". The Great Rumpus Cat appears in the poem ""Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles."" The poem describes a contentious encounter between a Peke and a Pollicle dog which eventually leads to the participation of other dogs and a great deal of barking, heard throughout the park. The Great Rumpuscat nonchalantly intervenes and scatters the dogs merely by his threatening appearance and a single great leap. The Great Rumpuscat is"
"Broadway cast, and by Luke Baxter in the original London production. Pouncival is essentially the same character as Carbucketty. Over the years the name Carbucketty was used in London, and Pouncival on Broadway and subsequent productions. Robert Burke (Currently in the closing cast of the North American Tour 2012) Steve Konopelski, Jacob Brent, Trevor Downey, Michael J. Rios, Karl Morgan, Josh Andrews and Caleb Bartolo in the Australian 2010 Tour. Pouncival is played by Sharrod Williams in the 2016 Broadway Revival. Pouncival Pouncival is a character in the musical ""Cats"" and in T. S. Eliot's ""Old Possum's Book of Practical"
"Pouncival Pouncival is a character in the musical ""Cats"" and in T. S. Eliot's ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" (on which the musical was based). He is brown, white, gray, and black and has a lot of freckles. He is portrayed as a tom between kittenhood and adulthood in most productions of the musical. He is usually played by an actor trained in gymnastics, for he pounces, does leaps and handsprings throughout the production, as well as using the flying trapeze. He has been played by Karl Morgan in the 1998 filmed version, Herman W. Sebek in the original"
"to the poetry of T. S. Eliot. ""Cats"" (1981) was to become the longest running musical in London, where it ran for 21 years before closing. On Broadway, ""Cats"" ran for 18 years, a record which would ultimately be broken by another Lloyd Webber musical, ""The Phantom of the Opera"". ""Starlight Express"" (1984) was a commercial hit, but received negative reviews from the critics. It enjoyed a record run in the West End, but ran for less than two years on Broadway. The show has also seen two tours of the US, as well as an Australian/Japanese production, a three-year"
"Etcetera (cat) Etcetera is a fictional character in ""Cats"", the musical play based primarily on T.S. Eliot's ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"". Primarily a dancer, she is one of the chorus line kittens in the tribe of the Jellicle cats. Etcetera was originally an unnamed chorus kitten in the original Andrew Lloyd Webber production of ""Cats"". However, the role was soon given a name and a definite character. Her defining moment is at the end of Rum Tum Tugger's song, she is so overexcited by his charisma that she can not stop squealing until he physically quiets her, often"
"Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer are fictional characters in T. S. Eliot's book, ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"", which was adapted into the musical ""Cats"". Mungojerrie and his partner in crime, Rumpleteazer, specialize in petty theft and mischief. In Eliot's original poem ""Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer"", they are depicted knocking over Ming vases and stealing items from their human family. Mungojerrie is also mentioned in the poem ""Macavity, the Mystery Cat"", where he is rumoured to be one of Macavity's agents. They live at Victoria Grove in Kensington, England. In Eliot's original poem, Rumpelteazer is suggested to be a"
"George de la Peña. In the 1998 DVD production of the show, Mistoffelees is portrayed by Jacob Brent, reprising his Broadway role. In the 2016 Broadway revival the part is played by Ricky Ubeda. When Neil Patrick Harris hosted ""Saturday Night Live"" in 2009, Bobby Moynihan played Mr. Mistoffelees in a ""Save Broadway"" sketch. Mr. Mistoffelees Mr. Mistoffelees is a character in T. S. Eliot's poetry book ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" and its stage adaptation, Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical ""Cats"". He is an important primary character, and one of the most popular of the show. He is"
"Grizabella Grizabella is the ""Glamour Cat"" in the musical production ""Cats"". She does not appear in T. S. Eliot's work ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"", but she is a prominent character in the stage play. It appears that she is the feline version of the woman mentioned in T.S. Eliot's poem ""Rhapsody on a Windy Night."" ""Remark the woman<br> Who hesitates toward you in the light of the door<br> Which opens on her like a grin. <br> You see the border of her coat<br> Is torn and stained with sand,<br> And you see the corner of her eye<br> Twists"
"the Jellicle Ball scene by performing acrobatics throughout the auditorium. Honeywell was injured during the run up to the closing night, however returned to the stage for the final show, and performed her acrobatics while injured. During the interim period the role of Etcetera was often played by Summer Strallen, wearing her own swing cat costume. Etcetera (cat) Etcetera is a fictional character in ""Cats"", the musical play based primarily on T.S. Eliot's ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"". Primarily a dancer, she is one of the chorus line kittens in the tribe of the Jellicle cats. Etcetera was originally"
"of the show's history. In the original London production, the ""last duet"" for Growltiger and Griddlebone was a setting of an unpublished T. S. Eliot poem, """"The Ballad of Billy M'Caw"""". For the original Broadway production, the Ballad was replaced with a pastiche of Italian opera (reminiscent of Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly""). This new version was subsequently incorporated into most productions of ""Cats"" worldwide. The Ballad remained in the London production until some time in the early 1990s when it was replaced with the Italian aria pastiche. ""Billy M'Caw"" was re-instated for the UK tours following the show's closure in London."
"Show Boat Show Boat is a musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on Edna Ferber's best-selling novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the ""Cotton Blossom"", a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love. The musical contributed such classic songs as ""Ol' Man River"", ""Make Believe"", and ""Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"". The musical was first produced in 1927 by Florenz Ziegfeld. The premiere"
"in 1939. In its derivative musical, ""Cats"", the tuxedo cat is exemplified by the character of the magical Mr. Mistoffelees, who is portrayed as a stage magician wearing a lacy ruff and bow tie, as well as the character Bustopher Jones whose outfit consists of a tuxedo and spats. The musical differed from the book in that the characters included cats with many different coat colors, rather than just bicolor cats, but it retains the repeated assertion that ""Jellicle cats are black and white."" Cats with these markings also played a starring role in the drawings illustrating ""The Unadulterated Cat"","
"Drat! The Cat! Drat! The Cat! is a musical with a book and lyrics by Ira Levin and music by Milton Schafer. Originally called ""Cat and Mouse"", this spoof of late-Victorian melodrama has at its core Alice Van Guilder, who wants to be a career girl at a time when nice young ladies marry well instead of having careers. Frustrated by the obstacles standing in her way, she becomes a cat burglar and plunders the homes of Manhattan's high society in the 1890s. After 11 previews, the Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Joe Layton, opened on October 10, 1965"
"UK tour also has a completely new piece of music used for the Beetles Tattoo segment of ""The Old Gumbie Cat"", a reworked jazz version of ""Growltiger's Last Stand"", and the reinstating of ""Una Tepida Notte"", replacing ""The Ballad of Billy M'Caw"". In the 2016 Broadway revival, the ""Growltiger's Last Stand"" number was replaced by ""The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles"". With Gus remembering that he had played the part of the Great Rumpus Cat instead of Growltiger. Cats (musical) Cats is a sung-through musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on ""Old Possum's Book of Practical"
"Uncle Remus-inspired dialect, referring to themselves as ""Brer Rabbit"" and ""Old Possum,"" respectively. Eventually the dialect and the personae became a sign of their collaboration against the London literary establishment. Eliot titled one of his books ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"". Ralph Bakshi wrote and directed a 1975 American live action/animated crime film titled ""Coonskin"" based on Harris' Brothers rabbit, fox, and bear who rise to the top of the organized crime racket in Harlem, encountering corrupt law enforcement, con artists, and the Mafia. In 1946, the Walt Disney Company produced a film based on the Uncle Remus tales"
"at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway July 25, 1975, directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett. An unprecedented box office and critical hit, the musical received twelve Tony Award nominations and won nine, in addition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The original Broadway production ran for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history until surpassed by ""Cats"" in 1997, and the longest-running Broadway musical originally produced in the US, until surpassed in 2011 by ""Chicago"". It remains the seventh longest-running Broadway show ever. ""A Chorus Line""s success has spawned many successful productions worldwide. It began a lengthy"
"ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances, later enjoying award-winning revivals, national tours, foreign productions and an Academy Award-winning 1955 film adaptation. It has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. Rodgers and Hammerstein won a special Pulitzer Prize for ""Oklahoma!"" in 1944. This musical, building on the innovations of the earlier ""Show Boat"", epitomized the development of the ""book musical"", a musical play where the songs and dances are fully integrated into a well-made story with serious dramatic goals that are able to evoke genuine emotions other than laughter. In addition, ""Oklahoma!"" features musical themes, or motifs,"
"Alonzo (cat) Alonzo is a character in T. S. Eliot's ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ""Cats"". His name is mentioned first in the ""Naming of Cats"". His actor sometimes doubles as the Great Rumpus Cat, depending on the production. Alonzo is a black and white tom. He pulls Demeter away from Macavity, and is the first to attack him after he defeats Munkustrap. In the US and the first German Productions, he is depicted as being black and gold. Alonzo is the most flirtatious of the cats; seen flirting with many of the kittens"
"revue with audience participation, which played for 1,404 performances, setting a new Broadway record that was finally beaten by ""Oklahoma!"" five years later. However, a few creative teams began to build on ""Show Boat""'s innovations, experimenting with musical satire, topical books and operatic scope. ""Of Thee I Sing"" (1931), a political satire with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Morrie Ryskind, was the first musical awarded the Pulitzer Prize. ""As Thousands Cheer"" (1933), a revue by Irving Berlin and Moss Hart in which each song or sketch was based on a newspaper headline, marked the first"
"a series of successful Broadway shows, including ""On Your Toes"" (1936, with Ray Bolger, the first Broadway musical to make dramatic use of classical dance), ""Babes in Arms"" (1937) and ""The Boys from Syracuse"" (1938). Porter added ""DuBarry Was a Lady"" (1939). The longest-running piece of musical theatre of the 1930s was ""Hellzapoppin"" (1938), a revue with audience participation, which played for 1,404 performances, setting a new Broadway record. Still, a few creative teams began to build on ""Show Boat""s innovations. ""Of Thee I Sing"" (1931), a political satire by the Gershwins, was the first musical awarded the Pulitzer Prize."
"Tootsie (musical) Tootsie is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Robert Horn. The musical is based on the 1982 American comedy film of the same name written by Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson (uncredited), Elaine May (uncredited) and Murray Schisgal from the story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. The musical made its world premiere try-out at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago in September 2018. Like the film, the musical tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a"
"fans who could not acquire a ticket for the final performance. It held the record as London's longest-running musical until 8 October 2006, when it was surpassed by ""Les Misérables"". The show made its debut on Broadway on 7 October 1982, at the Winter Garden Theater with the same production team. On 19 June 1997, ""Cats"" became the longest-running musical in Broadway history with 6,138 performances. It closed on 10 September 2000, after a total of 7,485 performances. Its Broadway record was surpassed on 9 January 2006 by ""The Phantom of the Opera"". It remains Broadway's fourth-longest-running show in history."
"took over Jennyanydots. On Broadway she was created by Anna McNeely. Jennyanydots is portrayed by Susie McKenna in the ""CATS"" video. In the worldwide tour at moment she is played Jennifer Cohen. In the 2013 TIGS production, she is played by Nik. In the 2016 revival she is played by Eloise Kropp. Jennyanydots Jennyanydots is a fictional character in the poem ""The Old Gumbie Cat"" from T. S. Eliot's collection ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"", and the later musical play ""Cats"" based on it. She is described as being an old Gumbie cat. During the day, the family thinks"
"Best Musical at both the Laurence Olivier Awards and the Tony Awards. The London production ran for 21 years and the Broadway production ran for 18 years, both setting new records. Actresses Elaine Paige and Betty Buckley became particularly associated with the musical. One actress, Marlene Danielle, performed in the Broadway production for its entire run (from 1982 until 2000). As of 2018, ""Cats"" is the fourth-longest-running show in Broadway history, and was the longest-running Broadway show in history from 1997 until 2006 when it was surpassed by ""The Phantom of the Opera"". ""Cats"" is the sixth-longest-running West End show."
"have had several touring productions over the years. ""You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"" was originally a successful Off-Broadway musical that ran for four years (1967–1971) in New York City and on tour, with Gary Burghoff as the original Charlie Brown. An updated revival opened on Broadway in 1999, and by 2002 it had become the most frequently produced musical in American theatre history. It was also adapted for television twice, as a live-action NBC special and an animated CBS special. ""Snoopy!!! The Musical"" was a musical comedy based on the ""Peanuts"" comic strip, originally performed at Lamb's Theatre Off-Broadway"
"lyrics by Dennis Green. The musical opened at Off-Broadway's Entermedia Theatre on October 14, 1979 and ran for 49 performances. The cast included Frederick Coffin (Eliot Rosewater), Janie Sell (Sylvia Rosewater), and Jonathan Hadary (Norman Mushari). In July 2016, the New York City Centers Encores! Off-Center concert did a revival of the show. The cast album of this revival was released on July 28, 2017 by Ghostlight Records. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine, is a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut, published in 1965. It is the story of Eliot Rosewater, a"
"Camelot (musical) Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White novel ""The Once and Future King"". The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions, and the 1967 film ""Camelot"". The original cast album was America's top-selling LP for 60 weeks. The musical has become associated with the Kennedy Administration, which is sometimes"
"who are either part of the Drama Club (for Secondary level) or Performing Arts CCA (for Primary level), or have auditioned for the musical beforehand. Early productions done by the KJ primary campus includes the musicals Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid (musical), an adaptation of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and an original play titled ""Bits 'n Pieces of Broadway"". One of the notable productions done by KJ Primary was their own adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running Broadway musical Cats (musical), stylized as KATZ, which had a very large cast of primary school students. The"
"Growltiger's Last Stand Growltiger is a fictional character appearing in both T.S. Elliot's ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ""Cats"" which was based upon T.S Elliot's writing. He is described as a ""bravo cat who lived upon a barge"", one who scoured the Thames from Gravesend to Oxford, terrorizing the inhabitants along the river, including ""cottagers"", canaries, geese, hens, ""pampered Pekinese"", and the ""bristly Bandicoot that lurks on foreign ships"". Growltiger is usually envisioned as a pirate, although he is never explicitly described as such. He has lost one eye, and one of his ears"
"assignment for a show, """"The Apple Tree"""", a 3-part musical based on three famous short stories, with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Coopersmith wrote the first act, a playlet based on Mark Twain's stories """"The Diary of Adam and Eve"""" and """"Eve's Diary"""". Bock and Harnick wrote the other two playlets based on Frank R. Stockton's """"The Lady or the Tiger?"""" and Jules Feiffer's """"Passionella"""". The musical, produced by Stuart Ostrow, opened on Broadway in 1966 at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 463 performances. This production starred Barbara Harris, Alan Alda, and Larry Blyden,"