André de Shields Says Cats: The Jellicle Ball Is the Revolution That Theatre and the World Needs by Playbill

"Who makes the home for changes in culture if not artists, actors, people on Broadway?" The legendary André De Shields is up for a Tony Award for his performance as Old Deuteronomy in Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revamped reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats that brings the Jellicles to the runway, inspired by Ballroom culture that rose to prominence in Black and brown queer communities through the '80s. Watch …

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