Watch the cast of the ballroom-themed Cats revival rehearse “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats”
Take a look inside the rehearsal room for the New York production of Cats: “The jelly ball”.
The show is a reimagining of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. The show runs from June 13th to July 14th.
Inspired by the Ballroom culture of New York City over 50 years ago, which still predominates on catwalks around the world, Cats: “The jelly ball” will feature a company of artists from Broadway and New York’s ballroom floors.
The cast includes Baby (two-time winner of Ballroom Women’s Performance of the Year, Southeast Region) as Victoria, Jonathan Burke (The inheritance) as Mungojerrie; Emma Sofia Caymares (Finding Neverland) as Skimbleshanks, Tony winner André De Shields (Hadestown) as Old Deuteronomy, Sydney James Harcourt (Hamilton) such as Rum Tum Tugger, Antwayn Hopper (A strange bond) as Macavity, performance artist Dava Huesca as Rumpleteazer, Dudney Joseph Jr as Munkustrap, Ballroom DJ Capital Kaos as DJ, Junior LaBeija (Paris is on fire) as Gus, Robert “Silk” Mason (founding mother of the new Kiki Royal Haus of Silk) as Mistoffelees, “Tempress” Chasity Moore (founder and queen mother of the house of Maison Margiela) as Grizabella, Shereen Pimentel (West Side History) as Jellylorum, Primo as Tumblebrutus, Xavier Reyes (Clyde) as Jennyanydots, Nora Schell (Small lumpy pill) as Bustopher Jones, Bebe Nicole Simpson (The refuge pieces) as Demeter, Garnet Williams as Bombalurina and Teddy Wilson Jr as Sillabub.
The ensemble includes Tara Lashan Clinkscales and Frank Viveros. Substitutes include Dava Huesca, Kendall G Stroud, Shelby Grisworld and Dominique Lee.
The show will be staged as an immersive competition by director Zhailon Levingston (Chicken and Biscuits) and PAC NYC artistic director Bill Rauch. The creative team also includes choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles, set designer Rachel Hauck, costume designer Qween Jean, lighting designer Adam Honoré, sound designer Kai Harada, projection designer Brittany Bland, hair/wig designer Nikiya Mathis, music supervisor and musical director William Waldrop, music coordinator David Lai, beat arranger Trevor Holder, ballroom consultant Capital Kaos, and playwright and genre consultant Josephine Kearns. The cast is by X Casting/ Victor Vazquez and Sujotta R Pace.
