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Cats

1981 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Instance of: dramatico-musical work
Website: catsthemusical.com

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Cats is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice" by deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life. As of 2024, Cats remains the fifth-longest-running Broadway show and the eighth-longest-running West End show.

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Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Awards: Laurence Olivier Awards
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
Characters: Grizabella
Jennyanydots
Bombalurina
Jellylorum
Griddlebone
Bustopher Jones
Old Deuteronomy
Munkustrap
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Macavity
Mr. Mistoffelees
Rum Tum Tugger
Rumpleteazer
Mungojerrie
Skimbleshanks
Carbucketty
Demeter
Victoria the White Cat
Based on: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Location: Winter Garden Theatre(1982–2000)
Gillian Lynne Theatre(1981–2002)
Language: English
Genre: show tune
Performer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Derivative work: Cats
Cats
Lyrics by: T. S. Eliot
Trevor Nunn
Title: Cats
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Date of first performance: 1981
Location of first performance: Gillian Lynne Theatre
Social media followers: 139,000(May 18, 2025) youtube channel id: UC4uhxfDlhySxeEQldGsn4TQ
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-05-18
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135,000(April 29, 2024) youtube channel id: UC4uhxfDlhySxeEQldGsn4TQ
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-04-29
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129,000(February 17, 2023) youtube channel id: UC4uhxfDlhySxeEQldGsn4TQ
30,536(January 8, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 73353163
117,000(July 2, 2021) youtube channel id: UC4uhxfDlhySxeEQldGsn4TQ
30,187(January 5, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 73353163
28,316(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 73353163
Form of creative work: musical play

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