CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot Choreographed by Omari Wiles & Arturo Lyons Directed by Zhailow Levingston & Bill Rauch …

Get your dancing shoes on! Nominations have been announced for the 2026 Chita Rivera Awards, honoring the best in dance during the 2025-2026 theater and film seasons. The Chita Rivera Awards will be presented o…

The celebration of choreographic excellence, named for the late Broadway icon, will be held in May.

A remarkable, and in some ways remarkably strange Broadway season is winding down. The number of musicals — new musicals in particular — has been remarkably light. I’ll bet that the producers of last seas…

Live from Mount Olympus, the award-winning podcast for kids and families, has announced that its 7th seaon will be a musical, telling the dramatic stories of divine twins Apollo, god of music, and Artemis, godd…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has met to confirm the eligibility status of 13 Broadway productions for the 2025-2026 season. This was the fourth and final time this season that the Tony Awards Admini…

A new season of Stagebound, the Webby-nominated series from PBS’ Great Performances, will premiere this May, offering a behind-the-scenes look at three Broadway musicals and the artists bringing them to the s…

The final batch of Broadway’s spring 2026 arrivals opened last week, and while press previews and opening night comps took their toll on some of the week’s grosses, a clearer picture of the season’s stron…

Hello, kitty! Hamilton alum Sydney James Harcourt has been bringing the heat as Rum Tum Tugger in Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway. The Ballroom-inspired reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musica…

By Christopher Caggiano Two productions set out to reinvent Lloyd Webber’s back catalog. Only one of them succeeds. A confession: I’ve never been a big fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber. I will concede that there�…

The artists say that the Broadway mounting of “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” is the deeper expression of their goal to merge forms.

The cast of Cats: The Jellicle Ball took center stage on Good Morning America this week with a taste of the reimagined musical. The new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical swaps out the traditiona…

Betty Buckley will return for her yearly residency at Joe’s Pub for six intimate performances, April 24–26, 2026. Buckley offers audiences the chance to experience one of Broadway’s most celebrated voices…

Broadway mainstays and rising stars lit up the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 20, 2026, for Broadway Dream Roles. The lineup shared the songs from roles they’ve never gotten to play on a Broadway stage - u…

Cats: The Jellicle Ball took over Good Morning America on Tuesday, with a dance performance from the cast of the ballroom-inspired Broadway revival. Check out photos below from their morning show appearance, wh…

What's a jellicle cat? The cast of Cats: The Jellicle Ball gave their answer Tuesday morning with a flashy performance from the new revival. The performance opened with a few lines from "Jellicle Songs for Jell…

Betty Buckley will return for her yearly residency at Joe’s Pub for six intimate performances, April 24–26, 2026. Buckley offers audiences the chance to experience one of Broadway’s most celebrated voices…

Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Titanique (Broadway), Theater 2020 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way the the Forum, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Masque…

Art as Activism on Broadway is a recurring series exploring how theater can move beyond entertainment to serve as a catalyst for social change, advocacy, and cultural dialogue. At a time when stories are being …

Broadway " Broadhurst Theater: 235 West 44 Street. April 7-Sept. 6, 2026. Musical. Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber. Text: T.S. Eliot. Directors: Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch. 2 hrs, 15 min. Critic: David Shewar…

By Alex Eichholz . . . If you haven't heard by now, Cats, now dazzlingly rebranded as Cats: The Jellicle Ball, has opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre after a critically acclaimed and sold-out run in 2…

The cast of Cats: The Jellicle Ball is set to perform next week on Good Morning America. It has not been confirmed which members of the company will appear on the program, but viewers can tune in to watch the p…

"Cats:The Jellicle Ball" at the Broadhurst Theatre is not your mother's "Cats," the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. In the original musical, the poems…

On a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live, Cats: The Jellicle Ball choreographers Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons made an appearance and invited host Andy Cohen to be a guest judge at the show. Cohen expre…

The sun is shining and Broadway's spring openings are turning up the heat. Here's what's on the agenda for this week's episode of The Broadway Show. Break out those fans, because Cats: The Jellicle Ball is off…

It's The Broadway Show, the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program spotlights exclusive A-list celebrities, the unsung heroes of Broadway and behind-the-scenes stories on Broad…

Broadway held strong last week as a bevy of spring arrivals caught ticket-buyers' attention, with Becky Shaw, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Death of a Salesman and Titaníque opening to strong reviews and full or …

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/12/2026 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative …

By David Sheward April 14, 2026: "This is where the story gets kooky crazy," announces Marla Mindelle as a kooky crazy version of Canadian songstress and power-ballad queen Celine Dion halfway through Titaniqu…

The jellicle moon is shining bright! Tonight, CATS: The Jellicle Ball opens on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. Directed by OBIE Award winners Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch and choreographed by Chita Ri…

Was there ever a composer so clever as musical Mr. Andrew Lloyd Webber? Fresh off of a purrrfect opening night for Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the musical theatre living legend sat with BroadwayWorld's very own Ri…

Jellicle cats came out Tuesday night to celebrate the arrival of Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway. This revival is not your grandmother's Cats. This reimagined version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical…

The Broadway Theatre Review: Two downtown sensations take Broadway by storm By Ross "Hello, kittens," is the greeting that started my two-show Saturday, and I knew from that first moment I was in for something …

By Isa Goldberg April 13, 2026: A spectacle of and about our time, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, sets an exciting new bar in theatrical artistry. Its subject -- people who fashion themselves, creating their own bei…

An inspired refresh swaps leotards and cat ears for queer glam. Loren Noveck goes to a Jellicle Ball. The post Review: Cats: The Jellicle Ball at the Broadhurst Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.

Campier than the campy Cats: The Jellicle Ball but no less generous in its embrace of queer heritage's seismic impact on American culture, Titaníque on Broadway is bigger than a mere hoot. It's a riotous, hi…

The company of PAC NYC production of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" at the Broadhurst Theatre (Photo credit: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade) In recent years we have been offered reinventions of cla…

Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Carey Purcell talk about Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Becky Shaw, Titanique, 1776 @ Papermill, Death of a Salesman, Giant, and Dog Day Afternoon. "This Week on…

The reimagined version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's '80s musical is leaving critics and audiences cheering.

What becomes a legend most? The answer may lie in the extraordinary careers of André De Shields, Ken Ard and Junior LaBeija, who star in Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway as Old Deuteronomy, DJ Griddlebon…

By: Ellis Nassour  April 9, 2021: Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the rip-roaring reimagination of Andrew Lloyd Webber and T.S. Eliot's classic score, inspired by the latter's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cat…

Hear from the legendary trio of André De Shields, Junior LaBeija and Ken Ard, who bring decades of stage and Ballroom history to CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL. Get tickets to CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL: https://www.b…

Was there ever a composer so clever as musical Mr. Andrew Lloyd Webber? Fresh off of a purrrfect opening night for Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the musical theatre living legend sat with BroadwayWorld's very own Ri…

When we saw "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" at PAC NYC last summer, the production didn't work. The audience overpowered the performers " whooping, hollering, stomping on wooden risers until the vocals were buried an…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 10, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalized Story Picks, Click…

 Sydney James Harcourt Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats has returned to Broadway"but forget everything you think you know. Now at the Broadhurst Theatre, C…

Jellicle cats came out Tuesday night to celebrate the arrival of Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway. This revival is not your grandmother's Cats. This reimagined version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical…

Cats: The Jellicle Ball is a fresh take on Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic moggy musical, set not in a junkyard but at the heart of the Ballroom scene. Directed by Zhailon Livingston and Bill Rauch, the pro…

Two legendary composers joined CATS: The Jellicle Ball last night. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Lloyd Webber were the guest judges at Wednesday night's performance of the hit revival. Following the performance…

The category is Jellicle! The kittens over at Cats: The Jellicle Ball strut on the opening night carpet of the revival's Broadway debut, earning 10s across the board. Directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rau…

MeeeeOW! A cast of Cats walked the yellow carpet last night at the Broadhurst Theatre, where Cats: The Jellicle Ball officially opened on Broadway. Check out all of the fashions from the cast and creative team …

Join André De Shields, Junior LaBeija, Sydney James Harcourt, "Tempress" Chasity Moore and more as they celebrate CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL's opening night. Get tickets to CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL: https://www.…

This week on The Broadway Show promises a delightful mix of Tony winners, seasoned performers and Broadway debuts, highlighting both long-runners and newly opened shows. From Chess to Cats: The Jellicle Ball, y…

See the stunning looks from the cast and creators of the ballroom-inspired revival, along with starry partygoers John Legend, Olivia Lux, Nile Rodgers, and more.

It's The Broadway Show, the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program spotlights exclusive A-list celebrities, the unsung heroes of Broadway and behind-the-scenes stories on Broad…

Matt goes through the reviews for 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' on Broadway and the grosses for the week ending April 5, 2026 Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this epi…

No one has anything bad to say about the Tony-contending Broadway production of the 2024 off-Broadway smash.

Cats: The Jellicle Ball " 31 March 2026 I am the target audience for this reimagined Cats revival: young, transgender, musician, theatre enthusiast, queer historian… so it may shock some of my readers to know…

Come One, Come All, it's TheaterMania's review of CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL.

Paws up for the VIPS attending opening night of CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL on Broadway. 😸 The revival returns to Broadway as the Jellicle Cats hit the runway in this reimagined production. Tickets avail…

Jellicles Can and Jellicles Did! CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL serves runway realness in their Opening Night finale on Broadway The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical phenomenon returns to Broadway taking it to the ballro…

Celebrate the CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Opening Night runway on Broadway in 60 seconds with these talented cats! Broadway meets ballroom! Find your tickets to CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL by tapping over to Broadway.…

COME ONE, COME ALL " The Jellicle Cats are having a BALL. Based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber's worldwide phenomenon CATS is reimagined in a production that smashed re…

John Legend arrives at CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL opening night. He and Mike Jackson are among the producing team of the Broadway revival. For tickets to Broadway's CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL, tap over to Broadway.c…

It works. It works because the ballroom setting lends weight and specificity to a narrative world that previously felt airless, abstract to the point of nothingness. It works because Webber's songs translate ea…

What wasn't preordained is just how beautifully executed the entire venture turns out to be. You'd have to be a real stickler for tradition to begrudge Jellicle Ball its innovations, and one suspects even the s…

Broadway is burning " and that's something to celebrate. "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," a refreshed version of the downtown 2024 hit, blazes anew, having made the trek uptown with its extravagance, pride and sense …

The production makes a thrilling number of choices to update and revise and comment on the bizarre musical entity borne of a posh Brit's love of T.S. Eliot's poems for children, but it retains the basic load-be…

"Cats: The Jellicle Ball" is overflowing with so much unbridled joy that you may sometimes catch yourself shedding tears, for no other reason than you simply don't want it to end. It's a transcendent, glitter-d…

By FRANK RIZZO Broadway is burning " and that's something to celebrate. "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," a refreshed version of the downtown 2024 hit, blazes anew, having made the trek uptown with its extravagance, …

CATS: The Jellicle Ball has officially brought its runway to Broadway! The musical revival opens tonight Broadhurst Theatre. Did the critics have a ball at this innovative new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber'…

Review of the Saturday, March 28, 2026 matinee preview performance at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City. Starring Andre de Shields, Ken Ard, "Tempress" Chastity Moore, Sydney James Harcourt, Dudney Joseph…

For their 10th life, the cats strut and duckwalk in a reappraisal of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical, which has shifted to the queer ballroom scene.

The reimagined revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical transforms its Jellicle cats into drag ball contestants walking down the runway.

★★★★★ You'll be feline good after this ultra-glam Broadway-meets-ballroom production The post Cats: The Jellicle Ball: A Disco-Tastic Revival of Lloyd Webber's Musical appeared fir…