The show that revolutionized musical theatre is coming back to Centre In The Square.
Performances will run take Feb. 23 and 24, 2009 at 7:30pm. Tickets went on sale recently.
Produced by Cats-Eye, LLC, the national tour of Cats is the only production in North America sanctioned by Andrew Lloyd Webber. With original direction by Trevor Nunn and choreography by Gillian Lynne this is the Cats credited with the British invasion of Broadway. The national tour of the show recently celebrated its 26th anniversary season, holding its place as the longest continuously touring Broadway musical in history.
On May 11, 1981, CATS opened at the New London Theatre in the West End. Eight years later it celebrated its first important milestone: after 3,358 performances it became the longest running musical in the history of British theatre. It played its final performance on its 21st birthday, May 11, 2002.
CATS opened on Broadway October 7, 1982 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. On June 19, 1997, it became the longest running musical on Broadway. It ended its 18 year run on Sept. 10, 2000.
Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats won seven 1983 Tony awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Lighting and Best Costumes.
In October of 1991 CATS became the longest continuously touring show in American theatre history. Five continents, 26 countries, over eight and a half million audience members and 26 years later, CATS is still America’s most loved family musical.
Tickets are available at the ticket centre (578-1570), toll-free (1-800-265-8977) or online at centre-square.com.
