CATS
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
The ecology of Broadway demands megahits, the kind of supercharged shows that most ordinary playgoers have to wait months to see. Cats qualifies. To a great extent, this musical is a phenomenon, a process not substantially different from unveiling a new car model or marketing a more dazzling toothpaste.
The tom-toms of publicity began thrumming from the moment Cats registered as a smash hit in May 1981 in London, where it is still selling out. By last week's...
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