[238][239] Hannah reprised her role for another production that toured Australia and Asia in 2009 and 2010. [96][393] This new version was eventually incorporated into all other productions of Cats. Eliot. Il musical si basa sul libro di Thomas Stearns Eliot Il libro dei gatti tuttofare (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, 1939; tradotto in italiano nel 1963), raccolta di poesie aventi gatti come protagonisti. The cats (who break the fourth wall throughout the show) then notice that they are being watched by a human audience, and proceed to explain how the different cats of the tribe are named ("The Naming of Cats"). [16] Lynne considered the 13-minute "Jellicle Ball" dance to be the crux of the show, noting that in order to work as a dance-driven musical, Cats "had to succeed there or die". This is the gallery for the character of Grizabella.
[6] Musicologist John Snelson wrote of the poems: [They] provided excellent material for musicalization, as Eliot's style in this collection is reminiscent of a popular lyricist.
Cats The Musical - Grizabella: The Glamour Cat Lyrics.
[28] The remaining capital was eventually raised by small investments procured from 220 individuals through newspaper advertisements. This is the gallery for the character of Grizabella. [237][246], The musical played in Auckland from 1989 to 1990,[247] and for a limited run in 2015. [323], Cats introduced a marketing strategy that set the template for subsequent megamusicals.
[60] One actress, Marlene Danielle, performed in the Broadway production for its entire 18-year run. [154] The production ran through 2014 before transferring to the West End. [8] He approached producer Cameron Mackintosh to explore possible avenues for the songs.[9]. ", "Beverley Knight Will Take on the Role of Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats Revival", "Geffen Sizzles While Biz Drizzles: Broadway is Next Stage for Pop's Top Composers", "The Top 10 Highest-Grossing Broadway Shows of All Time", "Cats the musical to go global again as theatre extends run to 100,000 new tickets", "Now, Forever...and Again! [348], Stage parodies of the musical have also been mounted in the West End and Off-Broadway.
[290] On 24 March 2013, the largest-ever staging of Cats was performed by 3,000 students from Stagecoach Theatre Arts schools at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK. [114][115] Cats National II, a separate sit-down production at the Los Angeles Shubert Theatre, ran from January 1985 to November 1986, and starred Kim Criswell and George de la Peña in the roles of Grizabella and Mistoffelees respectively. La produzione chiuse esattamente 21 anni dopo, l'11 maggio 2002, e lo spettacolo finale fu trasmesso su uno schermo gigante a Covent Garden. He is accompanied by Jellylorum, his caretaker, who tells of his exploits. [317] Cats also ushered in a "golden age of British musicals" which saw West End exports dominate the industry for nearly two decades. https://catsmusical.fandom.com/wiki/Grizabella/Gallery2000s?oldid=136797. [310] The London and Broadway cast recordings were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, which the latter won. Isherwood concluded that the revival was "fundamentally the Cats you knew and loved when you were first bit by the musical-theater bug. [3] The plot centres on a tribe of cats called the Jellicles, as they come together at the annual Jellicle Ball to decide which one of them will ascend to the Heaviside Layer (their version of heaven) and be reborn into a new life. Rum Tum Tugger was reworked from a ladies-man rockstar to a breakdancing street cat. Lonely and decrepit, Grizabella seeks acceptance from the other Jellicle cats but is initially ostracised. [324] The cat's-eyes logo was the first globally marketed logo in musical theatre history,[89] and was paired with a tagline ("now and forever") to create what The Daily Telegraph called "one of musical theatre's greatest posters". A tyre rises from the piles of junk, carrying Grizabella and Old Deuteronomy partway toward the sky; Grizabella then completes the journey on her own. [76] For instance, melodic fragments of "Memory" are sung by Grizabella and Jemima at several points in the show before the song is sung in full,[39] serving to characterize Grizabella and foreshadow her final number.
Cats on the other hand features four Jellicle-defining songs: "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats", "The Naming of Cats", "The Jellicle Ball" and "The Ad-Dressing of Cats". [299] The show received similarly glowing reviews from The Sunday Times' Derek Jewell and The Stage's Peter Hepple. Mistoffelees". The musical returned to the West End in 2014 for a planned 12-week limited run at the London Palladium. In 1988, the show transferred to the newly renovated Ronacher Theatre where it ran for another two years before closing on its seventh anniversary in September 1990. È uno dei più famosi musical nel mondo ed uno tra i più grandi successi di tutti i tempi per longevità, spettatori e incassi totali.
[2] Musicologists William Everett and Paul Laird described Cats as "combining elements of the revue and concept musical". His eponymous musical number was also turned into a rap. By the time the production closed in August 1989, it had become the most successful Canadian stage production of all time with a box office of $78 million from nearly 2 million tickets. 1980s1990s2000s2010 to present"Babygriz" - Ensemble Grizabella. [293] The following year, a direct-to-video film was released. Nel 1985 va in scena a Sydney con Anita Louise Combe. [283][284], Cats has been produced by various professional regional theatre companies. [301], The reviews for the 2014 and 2015 London revivals were positive as well, with critics giving both productions an average of 4 out of 5 stars. [149] Hammond reprised the role on tour again from 2007 to 2008. [21] However, "Memory", an 11 o'clock number for Grizabella that Nunn insisted the show needed as its "emotional centre",[22] still had no lyrics at this point.
[181] Besides Germany, this company also made stops in cities in Luxembourg, Switzerland and Austria.[190]. It starred Elaine Paige as Grizabella, John Mills as Gus, Ken Page as Old Deuteronomy, and Michael Gruber as Munkustrap. Cats è un musical in due atti del 1981 composto da Andrew Lloyd Webber su testi di Thomas Stearns Eliot (con aggiunte di Trevor Nunn e Richard Stilgoe). [176] The Vienna production also performed limited runs at the Komische Oper Berlin in East Germany in 1987,[177] and at the Moscow Operetta Theatre in the Soviet Union in 1988.
Shortly after the Sydmonton Festival, Lloyd Webber began setting the unpublished poems he had been given to music, a few of which were later added into the show.
[283] The production began playing in autumn 2014 and the cast is rotated every nine months. Cats premiered in the West End at the New London Theatre on 11 May 1981. [118], The fourth national company, Cats National IV, toured the United States for 13 years from March 1987 to December 1999. [168] Following further revisions in 2018,[169] the current incarnation features 27 named cats, including both Jemima and Sillabub (who have evolved into two separate characters), and an original character named Gilbert. [203] The first non-replica production of Cats was approved for a Polish production at the Teatr Muzyczny Roma in Warsaw.
They are mischievous petty burglars who enjoy causing trouble around their human neighbourhood ("Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer"). It also paved the way for the constant revolutionization of stage technology. [208] Other productions were also staged at the Divadlo Milenium in Prague from 2004 to 2005,[189] and a Norwegian revival at the Chat Noir in Oslo in 2009. [170], There have been numerous notable performers in the Japanese production, including Shintarō Sonooka as Munkustrap (original 1983 cast),[171] Kanji Ishimaru as Skimbleshanks (1992),[172] Masachika Ichimura, and Mayo Kawasaki. [351] All the song parodies of Cats were later removed after accusations of copyright infringement from Lloyd Webber's representatives, who claimed the songs were being used "to parody another subject matter entirely". Lyrics to 'Grizabella, The Glamour Cat' by Original Cast of 'Cats'.
As the "first true megamusical",[321] Cats pioneered a genre of musical theatre that is produced on a grand and global scale. [188][189] Mehr-Entertainment launched a separate tour of Cats that ran from December 2010 to June 2013, performing in a travelling purpose-built tent theatre.
The London production ran for 21 years and 8,949 performances, while the Broadway production ran for 18 years and 7,485 performances, making Cats the longest-running musical in both theatre districts for a number of years. The first contender Munkustrap introduces is Jennyanydots ("The Old Gumbie Cat"), a large tabby cat who lazes around all day, but come nighttime, she becomes active, teaching mice and cockroaches various activities to curb their naturally destructive habits. [243][244] The revival featured singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem as Grizabella,[245] before Delia Hannah took over the role during the Adelaide and Perth seasons. "[307], The 2016 Broadway revival received a similarly mixed review by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times. [1] The musical is unusual in its construction; along with Eliot's poems, music and dance are the main focus of the show at the expense of a traditional narrative structure. [89], After the show's closure on Broadway in 2000, Troika Entertainment obtained the touring rights for Cats and launched the show's first non-Equity national company. [16][96], Napier also designed the costumes, combining cat and human features based on "hints" given in Eliot's poems, while ensuring that they did not impede the dancers' movements. [210], The Dutch live entertainment company Stage Entertainment has been responsible for several European productions of Cats. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The lyrics for "Memory" were not completed by Nunn until well into the previews. Early advertisements for the musical did not feature traditional pull quotes (despite many positive reviews) or any of the cast, instead branding the show itself as the star.
[181][182] Germany has since grown to become the third largest musical market after the US and UK, with Hamburg as its "musical capital". Gli interpreti principali erano Wayne Sleep (Quaxo), Paul Nicholas (Rum Tum Tugger), Brian Blessed (Old Deuteronomy e Bustopher Jones) e Elaine Paige (Grizabella). Lo strato di Heaviside è uno degli strati della ionosfera.
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