| Currently running at Los Angeles' historic Pantages | | | | Cats initially found success as a West End production |
| Theater, Cats will close in late March 2010 after a | | | | and eventually turned into an international hit, carrying |
| month of performances only to open again in Boise, | | | | the tune as the first British play to invade Broadway. Its |
| Idaho and Boston, Mass. by April. Recently celebrating | | | | actors, who play cats dressed in full feline motif, must |
| its 27th anniversary, this award-winning play is doing | | | | truly be triple threats, offering up the best dancing, |
| more than just entertaining audiences all over the globe | | | | acting and singing skills. Typically robed in full spandex |
| – it's helping to make a difference, too, in the world | | | | costumes, the show's characters gather yearly to |
| of felines. | | | | decide which cat will be reborn, and the final decision is |
| With a name like "Cats," it seems fitting that this Tony | | | | made by Old Deuteronomy. |
| Award-winning musical would adopt a philanthropic | | | | The play is most likely recognized for the Webber hit |
| program that has to deal with the critter its story | | | | "Memory," which is sung by the lead female Grizabella |
| follows. In Seattle, the first 50 people who adopt a cat | | | | the Glamour Cat. "[Webber's music] has that certain |
| this March will get two free tickets to the March 31 | | | | sound to it that's undeniable and very recognizable," |
| performance of the show when it performs at the | | | | Arizona Broadway Theater's Adam Berger said to |
| Comcast Arena in Everett. If you already have cats of | | | | Your West Valley. Berger, who has been a fan of the |
| your own but still want to celebrate one of | | | | Webber production since he first saw it at age 12, |
| Broadway's longest-running shows, pick up <a | | | | brought the show to Arizona in February 2010, acting |
| rel="nofollow" | | | | as the show's musical director. The success, even in |
| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | its 27th year of national tours, is unprecedented – |
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| Apart from hitting Boise this year, for just one week | | | | The national tour, which will continue to run through the |
| this internationally respected and revolutionary show | | | | summer and beyond, is produced by CATS-Eye, LLC. |
| will visit Boston's Colonial Theater from April 13-18. The | | | | The original direction was done by Trevor Nunn with |
| T.S. Eliot play, adapted for the stage with music by | | | | choreography by Gillian Lynne, and is based loosely on |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber, picked up the 1983 Best | | | | Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." The |
| Musical Award at the Tony Awards, as well as Best | | | | show first opened at the New London Theater in the |
| Book of a Musical, Best Lighting and Best Costumes. | | | | West End in May 1981, moving to Broadway in |
| The current national production is the only North | | | | October 1982 after closing in Britain and earning the |
| American run performance sanctioned by Andrew | | | | title of longest running show in British theater with over |
| Lloyd Webber, the famous English composer who has | | | | 3,000 performances. Currently celebrating 27 years of |
| had his hand in everything from Sunset Boulevard to | | | | touring, the show has visited five continents and 26 |
| Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera | | | | countries and has been viewed by more than eight |
| and Evita. | | | | and a half million fans. |