{"id":189089,"date":"2026-04-08T01:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189089\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:47:10","slug":"the-jellicle-ball-opens-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189089\/","title":{"rendered":"THE JELLICLE BALL Opens On Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/a>\u00a0has officially brought its runway to Broadway! The musical revival opens tonight Broadhurst Theatre. Did the critics have a ball at this innovative new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical classic? Find out in our review roundup!<\/p>\n

CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/a>, is directed by OBIE Award winners\u00a0Zhailon Levingston<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bill Rauch<\/a>\u00a0and choreographed by\u00a0Chita Rivera<\/a>\u00a0Award winners and New York City Ballroom icons\u00a0Omari Wiles<\/a>\u00a0(House of NiNa Oricci) and\u00a0Arturo Lyons<\/a>\u00a0(House of Miyake-Mugler).\u00a0CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/a>\u00a0has music by\u00a0Andrew Lloyd Webber<\/a>\u00a0and is based on\u00a0Old Possum\u2019s Book of Practical Cats\u00a0by\u00a0T.S. Eliot<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Broadway cast includes Tony Award\u00ae\u00a0and Grammy Award\u00ae\u00a0winner\u00a0Andr\u00e9\u00a0De Shields<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Old Deuteronomy,\u2019\u00a0Ken Ard\u00a0as \u2018DJ Griddlebone,\u2019\u00a0Kya Azeen<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Etcetera,\u2019\u00a0Bryson Battle<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Jellylorum,\u2019\u00a0Sherrod T. Brown<\/a>,\u00a0Jonathan Burke<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Mungojerrie,\u2019\u00a0Baby Byrne<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Victoria,\u2019\u00a0Tara Lashan Clinkscales<\/a>,\u00a0Bryce Farris<\/a>,\u00a0Sydney\u00a0<\/a>James Harcourt<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Rum Tum Tugger,\u2019\u00a0Dava Huesca<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Rumpleteazer,\u2019\u00a0Dudney Joseph Jr<\/a>.\u00a0as \u2018Munkustrap,\u2019\u00a0Junior LaBeija<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Gus,\u2019\u00a0Leiomy\u00a0as \u2018Macavity,\u2019\u00a0Robert \u201cSilk\u201d Mason\u00a0as \u2018Magical Mister Mistoffelees,\u2019\u00a0\u201cTempress\u201d Chasity Moore\u00a0 as \u2018Grizabella,\u2019\u00a0Primo Thee Ballerino<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Tumblebrutus,\u2019\u00a0Xavier Reyes<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Jennyanydots,\u2019\u00a0Nora Schell<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Bustopher Jones,\u2019\u00a0Bebe Nicole Simpson<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Demeter,\u2019\u00a0Emma Sofia<\/a>\u00a0as Cassandra\u2019\/\u2019Skimbleshanks,\u2019\u00a0Phumzile Sojola<\/a>,\u00a0Kendall Grayson Stroud<\/a>,\u00a0B. Noel Thomas<\/a>,\u00a0Kalyn West<\/a>,\u00a0Dont\u00e9 Nadir Wilder,\u00a0Garnet Williams<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018Bombalurina, and\u00a0Teddy Wilson<\/a>\u00a0Jr.\u00a0as \u2018Sillabub.\u2019<\/p>\n

Andrew Lloyd Webber<\/a>\u2019s worldwide phenomenon\u00a0CATS\u00a0is reimagined in a production that smashed records, won awards, and left New York City purring. And now\u00a0CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/a>\u00a0ascends to Broadway in a kaleidoscope of glittering spectacle, iconic music, and electrifying ballroom choreography.<\/p>\n

\t\"Review
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\n Adam Feldman, Time Out New York:<\/a> It seemed as though the show had been condemned to obsolescence, humbled and disavowed like its own once-grand Grizabella the Glamour Cat. But now along comes a thrilling reconception that not only rescues Cats from the oversize junkyard but lifts it, like Grizabella herself, to unexpected heights. After an already-legendary Off Broadway debut at the Perelman Arts Center in 2024, this production\u2014under the chosen name Cats: The Jellicle Ball\u2013has now re-inhabited Broadway, where it remains a categorical triumph. <\/p>\n

\t\"Review<\/p>\n

Average Rating:
\n\t\t100.0%<\/p>\n

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