CATS

The second longest-running musical in Broadway history kicks off the ninth season at Cohoes Music Hall.

The Jellicle cats are celebrating at the Jellicle Ball, awaiting Old Deuteronomy's choice of which cat will be reborn into a new life. One by one, the cats step forward to introduce themselves, auditioning for the chance to take the journey to the Heaviside layer.

CATS, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is a musical based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. It first opened in the West End at the New London Theater in May of 1981 and then on Broadway in 1982, each time directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Gillian Lynne. It won numerous awards, including both the Laurence Olivier Award and the Tony Award for Best Musical. The London production ran for twenty one years and the Broadway production ran for eighteen years, both setting long-run records. It has been performed around the world many times and has been translated into more than 20 languages. In 1998 Cats was turned into a made-for-television film.

Director/Choreographer - Jacob Brent

Scenic Design - Jennifer Price Fick
Lighting Design - Matthew Fick
Costume Design - Jimm Halliday