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 someth…

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, …

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…

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 …

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 Griddlebone …

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 b…

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,…

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 produ…

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 R…

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 Bro…

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…

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 kn…

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 available…

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 sm…

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…

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 …

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 t…

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 an…

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 loa…

“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, g…

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 extrav…

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 first on New York S…

Those pesky Andrew Lloyd Weber/T.S. Eliot Cats seem to have a lot more than nine lives. This time the divisive musical, which ran on Broadway from 1982 to 2000 (toppling A Chorus Line as the longest running sho…

Broadhurst Theatre, New York After a disastrous 2019 movie, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s easily ridiculed 80s smash hit has now been transformed into something thrillingly new One criticism lobbied at the 2019 film …

An entirely convincing how-to guide in transforming (rescuing, even) well-trod, beloved material (and, yes, the musical that gave us “Memory” is beloved, every bit as much as it is mocked) into something br…

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 easily to …

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats,” that old jellicle juggernaut, is back on Broadway with a fabulous new glow-up.

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 an…

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 easily to …

If there’s any bygone hit musical that’s ripe for reinvention, it’s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s bombastic furball Cats – a 1981 musical megahit with mostly interchangeable characters crooning lite-rock-ish …

★★★★☆ A queer reimagining of a classic brings naughty but nice ballroom culture to Broadway The post Cats: The Jellicle Ball: Welcome to the Glitter Box appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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 …

category is… Jellicle Opening Night! CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL celebrates their opening night tonight and the red carpet is their runway. 10s Across The Board! Come one come all, find your tickets now to see …

“Cats” not only employs a ballroom lens on the Andrew Lloyd Webber-T.S. Eliot musical — there’s more at play.

Broadway’s busy season was packed with recent arrivals last week, most pulling in decent-sized audiences (more than decent in many cases), with shows like Dog Day Afternoon, Proof, Schmigadoon! and The Rocky …

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/5/2026 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative g…

Get a first look at the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats as the reimagined CATS: The Jellicle Ball, at the Broadhurst Theatre.

The new drag ball-inspired revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opens April 7.

Five of the show’s stars strutted and prowled amid the desks of T Magazine.

Cats, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's feline frenzy of a musical, rightfully earned its tagline "now and forever" after a combined 39 years in the West End and on Broadway. Twenty-five years later, Cats: The Jellic…

The Andrew Lloyd Webber revival transports the Jellicle cats into the ballroom scene.

CATS composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has visited the Jellicle Ball! The theatre icon went to see the new Broadway production at the Broadhurst Theatre over the weekend, just days before its opening. In a new v…

Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the Ballroom-inspired reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical has released new production photos ahead of its April 7 opening night at the Broadhurst Theatre. Zhailon Lev…

5 Female Performances to Look Forward to This Spring Just like last week's picks for male performances (HERE), the hardest part of today's Friday 5 was narrowing down to just 5 performances! There's quite a m…

See this revival's kittens take to the stage.

CATS: The Jellicle Ball has officially brought its runway to Broadway! The musical revival is now in previews at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it is set to have its official opening night on Wednesday, April 7.…

Memories in the making! 😻 CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL stars share what their most memory-making moment is in this musical revival opening Tuesday! Showstoppers, legends, hear what the stars have to say then tap…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Hadestown Hits the Multiplex Fans across the country will get the chance to see a live capture of Hadestown filmed in London's West End. Titled Hadesto…

A limited number of tickets for Broadway Dream Roles have just been released to the public, as the first slate of performers joins Broadway Cares newest annual event, returning Monday, April 20, 2026, to the Al…

To celebrate the reimagined Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical CATS: The Jellicle Ball, the cast, crew, and dancers recently joined CBS Sunday Morning for a segment dedicated to the show. …

Sydney James Harcourt made his Broadway debut in the 2001 revival of the 1956 Comden and Green musical Bells Are Ringing. Since then, he has appeared in American Idiot, the original Broadway company of Hamilto…

A new block of tickets is now on sale for the new Broadway production of CATS: The Jellicle Ball. The production, which opens on Tuesday April 7 at the Broadhurst Theatre, is now on sale through September 6, 20…

The cast of Cats: The Jellicle Ball, along with Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, discuss the re-imagined version of Webber's iconic show opening on Broadway next week with CBS Sunday Morning. Inspired by b…