I’ll Take Manhattan is W42ST’s column from legendary NYC writer Michael Musto — a monthly dispatch from the city’s stages, sidewalks and secret corners.
Nik Dodani and Michael Musto were the celebrity judges at the July 5 matinee performance of Cats: The Jellicle Ball. Photo: Eric Emauni
Cats always seem to be sitting there and evaluating us, ever so knowingly, so it was finally time for me to judge them right back. The opportunity came when the three-Tony winning “revisal” Cats: The Jellicle Ball — which breathtakingly re-envisions the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical as a voguing ball competition — asked me to be one of the two celebrity judges at the July 5th matinee. I was honored to do the job, along with actor Nik Dodani from CBS’s upcoming legal drama Cupertino.
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Manhattan-born entertainment journalist Michael Musto cemented his role as a nightlife fixture with his irreverent Village Voice gossip column La Dolce Musto, launched in 1984. For decades he chronicled celebrity scandals and club culture with sharp wit, later authoring books and freelancing widely. Follow him on W42ST as he launches his new column, “I’ll Take Manhattan.”