At a recent Harry Styles concert, the popstar took a brief interlude between songs to sing a bit of 'Memory', from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. Webber himself saw the video and responded on T…
It was a meeting of the Grizabella's on The Jennifer Hudson Show as the Academy Award-winner welcomed Tayler Harris, star of the national tour of CATS, for a purrformance and a quick chat…
"What if Harrison Ford wanted to come in and be Gus?" This episode features Broadway star and CATS fan Will Roland. Hear Will talk about CATS being his first show, why he thinks they should …
by Alexandra Bowman. @scripta_bene. BROADWAY, New York - Based on an Instagram Reel of one slamming into a glass door it thought was an...
It's a big day of news with the United Kingdom tabbing its next Prime Minister in Rishi Sunak. And Steve Bannon is facing four months in prison for defying his January 6 congressional subpoe…
Farnham Maltings, Surrey The Portsmouth native is good company, cheerfully goofing around for our entertainment, but the set feels one draft short of its full potential New baby. Spiking anx…
A version of West Side Story featuring animated cats was almost created. Animated film writer and director Christopher Sanders revealed, "Jeffrey Katzenberg once flew me out to New York C…
Find out how a very different adaptation of the 1957 Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim musical was aiming for movie theatres.
Before Stephen Spielberg's much-lauded interpretation of West Side Story, there was another high-powered effort to bring the musical conceived by Jerome Robins with music by Leonard Bernstei…
The original production opened at the Winter Garden October 7, 1982.
On the 40th anniversary of the opening of the original production, we paged through our old Playbills and found this piece about the show that changed the canon.
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Jennifer Hudson sings a medley of songs she's performed throughout her career, with selections from Annie, Cats, Big River, and more.
Nerds of many stripes will feel at home entering the magical portal that is Otherworld Theatre, a Wrigleyville-based theater company that specializes in science fiction and fantasy. Fancy a …
by Sandi Durell . . . As a cat lover and owner of Minna (the Miracle Cat), I'm pleased to let you know about The Amazing Acro Cats, featured on Netflix's "Cat People" " a troupe of trained, …
"My partner describes it as a Ted Talk from hell." This episode features Linus Karp who is a comedian who has a hit show called "How To Live A Jellicle Life, Life Lessons From the 2019 Hit M…
Got room for a little more love in your life? Check out Famous Fido Rescue's adoption open house today. Famous Fido (3124 W. Irving Park), a no-kill shelter, finds homes for animals surrende…
The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center will hold a 'ballroom scene' inspired workshop of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS, which may lead to a full production in the future.
"It's shocking how much of the show's ethos matches my personality." This episode features Alexandra Bowman, a satirist and superfan of CATS who loved the 2019 movie! Hear Alexandra discuss …
LIVE from BroadwayCon 2022 in New York City, hear our CATS debate with Zach Bravo (US National Tour 6 Rum Tum Tugger), Zach Raffio (Founder of The Broadway Beat), Jesse McAnally (Musicals Wi…
Adam Gopnik of the New Yorker wrote that Donald Trump's need to be comforted by Broadway music "degrades both the office of the Presidency and a great American institution" (Rachel Hagan's a…
Playbill's complete round-up of the latest Broadway rush, lottery, standing-room-only (SRO), and student ticket policies.
Millennial Notes Andrew Lloyd Webber Creates a Thrilling & Distinct World by Ian Waters  The lights dim. The stage seems darker than before the show started. From the shadows, amb…
J.J. Pearce High School in Texas staged one of the country's first school productions of "Cats: Young Actors Edition," a new one-hour version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
Lauren Louis (Demeter, CATS) takes us through a fun tutorial on how she turns into Demeter before every show!