Advantages: Excellent mix of music, very easy listening and full performance. Disadvantages: Repitition
...a catalyst for future musicals. Cats became London's longest-running musical in 1989 when it played its 3358th performance at the New London Theatre. In 1996 it became the longest running musical ever to play in the West End or on Broadway. It is probably Lord Lloyd Webber's best known work.
Thankfully we managed to see the production London Company on it's farewell tour at the Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre about 2 years ago and we will always treasure ... ...when the tribe of Jellicle Cats reunites to celebrate who they are. The cats emerge one by one, singing of their unique abilities and special traits in a fusion of poetry and dance. But the cats are not alone - humans (the audience) are present in the cats' private world. The cats are at first reluctant and suspicious to include others in their domain. They are proud, however, and they explain to their human visitors who they are and reveal that ...
MagicMoments 12.09.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Cats - Original London Cast
Advantages: Some great songs, good cast, a classic musical Disadvantages: Some weaker songs
...by listening to the musical Cats and letting you know what I think of it. I actually own two versions of this on CD – the Highlights From Cats (one CD - 15 tracks) and the two-disc set with 22 tracks on it. I’ll b e reviewing the latter here.
For those that don’t know, Cats is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on T S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Most of the songs are the poems from the book set to music, but some use Eliot’s other ... ...also asking me what Jellicle cats were! I guess I’ll have to buy T S Eliot’s book at some point, so I can show her where the ideas come from. Apparently, Jellicle cats are pretty amazing things as the lyrics tell us how they can do pretty much anything.
Eliot’s poems are very observant of cats and their characteristics. Add the stirring musical score (and the costumes and dance routines from a visual point of view) and each type of cat really shines, ...
KarenUK 02.09.2004
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