Advantages: Recorded for posterity, great performances, access to the show at all times. Disadvantages: No atmosphere, might stop people going to see live theatre.
...of introductions to many different cats that all have their own characters and history, the question is, “ Which old cat will be chosen?” Chosen for what we don’t exactly know, but once you are chosen you go to the ‘heavyside layer’ and presumable you are re-born so that you can become that cat you used to be (if anyone has a clearer understanding of this please let me know!)
All the actors in the cast play a cat, they ... ...just watching them! Cats is THE show to aim for, for most dancers. It demands very strong stamina and dance technique from them and is extremely hard work.
‘Cats’ is the longest running musical in the history of West End and Broadway theatre. So when Andrew Lloyd Webbers company (The Really Useful Group) decided to film his musicals, it was inevitable they would choose this one as the first.
Filmed in 1998 – ‘Cats the video’ ...
redridinghood 05.05.2001 (09.05.2001)
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Advantages: Lots of energy. Brilliant lyrics (except the new ones). Disadvantages: The score and the concept are both dire. The worst musical I've ever had the misfortune to see.
I'll be honest: Cats is my very least favourite musical ever. I am a big fan of musical theatre, and even of much of Andrew Lloyd Webber's output, but Cats is dire. And now they've gone and filmed it.
This is a scaled-down version of the show (which at least means that some of the score is missing - hurrah!) featuring a collection of performers who've been in it on stage. Unless you've already fallen in love with Cats, or simply must own everything ... ...What happens? Lots of cats tell us their names, one of them gets kidnapped for about two minutes and then for no apparent reason one of them walks up into some strange cat heaven. None of it makes much sense - it would be OK if they didn't try to have any plot at all and just created a revue, but that wasn't the intention and so we have a plot-show with no plot.
To be fair, I can see why people might like this (which is why I've been very generous ...
DavidBedford 15.05.2001
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Music / Performing Arts, Comedy - Director: Trevor Nunn, Geoffrey Posner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, Parental Guidance - Starring: Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, Jim Broadbent
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