Who is better than Andrew Lloyd Webber at picking an out of the ordinary topic and making it into a hit production? After reading the poems in T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, he became inspired and wrote the music for Cats the Musical. The award winning musical has been seen by record audiences all across the globe and has been performed in over twenty different languages.
The show first debuted in 1981, in London's West End. Cats could be seen on the West End until 2002 when it finally closed. In New York City, the critically acclaimed Broadway production began its run in 1982 and played until 2000 when it had its final performance. Cats the Musical held the record as the worlds longest running musical show until 2006 when Les Miserables took those honors away from Cats. Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to produce a video version of the musical which he did in 1998. The Cats musical video features Elaine Paige, who had previously starred in the London's West End show of Cats. Also starring in the Cats musical video is veteran actor, Sir John Mills.
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