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  1. Jul 18, 2019 · Cats the musical was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and first performed on London’s West End in 1981. Lloyd Webber based the wide cast of characters on one of his childhood favorites, poet T.S....

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  3. Dec 19, 2019 · Cats opened in London in May of 1981, and by the time the New York show began previews at the Winter Garden Theatre in the fall of 1982, it had already become the Broadway event of the...

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  4. Dec 5, 2019 · In London, where it opened in 1981, it lifted the West End out of a crippling recession. In New York, where it opened a year later, it is the musical that shook Broadway out of its financial...

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  5. Cats is a 2019 musical fantasy film based on the 1981 Westend musical Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which in turn was based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. The film was directed by Tom Hooper, in his second feature musical following Les Misérables (2012), from a screenplay by Lee Hall and Hooper.

  6. Jul 18, 2019 · The Broadway musical Cats has once again been filmed for our entertainment. But the new Universal film starring Taylor Swift and Idris Elba will be much different than the VHS version I ...

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  7. Dec 19, 2019 · When did Cats the musical first premiere? Cats first premiered on London’s West End in 1981 before opening on Broadway in 1982. It went on to become one of the most successful musicals of...

  8. Oct 7, 2016 · On October 7, 1982 the original production of Cats opened on Broadway. After a successful London run, the subsequent smash transfer to New York marked a milestone for English-born musicals.

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