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Wednesday, January 28, 2004
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CATS
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Presented by MSC OPAS
Strobe lights, fog and pyrotechnics probably
weren’t on English poet T.S. Eliot's mind when
he wrote the lighthearted poems in “Old
Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” in 1939.
Almost 65 years later. “Cats,” Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s musical based on Eliot’s work, is just
as stunning in Rudder Auditorium as it must have
been at its first performance in London in 1981.
The setting is the first thing to catch the audi
ence’s eye. Piles of rubble litter the stage as fog
rolls in and the cast slithers in in cat-like motions.
It appears to be an alley at moonlight when all the
cats are creeping out for a “Jellicle Ball.”
The story of these cats is not what drives the
show. The names of the cats Eliot conceived are
entertaining in themselves: Jennyanydots, Rum
Turn Tugger, Bustopher Jones, Mungojerrie,
Rumpleteazer and Mr. Mistoffelees, to name a few.
The real action is the choreography, as the
actors contort and move their bodies in ways that
would make any yoga instructor proud. The
songs are mostly upbeat, with a few ballads
thrown in for good measure. “The Rum Turn
Tugger” (Brian Gallagher) number features a
cat with a wild streak and Elvis-like hip move
ments, fur made to look like an Elvis collar and
mojo with the female cats that would make even
The King jealous.
Another notable number has Mungojerrie
(Mario Martinez) and Rumpleteazer (Katy
Burns), a pair of cats, croon about their inces
sant mischief, with a little tumbling thrown in
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