#1
Posted: 4/7/26 at 5:16pm
Feldman says 9pm embargo lift.
“I am furious, but I am sailing.”
CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Reviews
#2
Posted: 4/7/26 at 5:21pm
I am looking forward to the opening night Red Carpet pics.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#3
Posted: 4/7/26 at 5:31pm
uncageg said: "I am looking forward to the opening night Red Carpet pics."
Oh everyone served c*nt
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW2AajuiLCn/?igsh=MXMyZHV5cnBtemhqcA==
#4
Posted: 4/7/26 at 6:04pm
I am more looking to see all of the guests.
Also, TheatreFan4, do you know if you just click the link button when posting (The pretzel looking icon in the center of the toolbar) and paste your link in the URL box, it will make the link clickable for everyone and we won't have to copy and paste it?
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#5
Posted: 4/7/26 at 6:26pm
uncageg said: "I am more looking to see all of the guests.
Also, TheatreFan4, do you know if you just click the link button when posting (The pretzel looking icon in the center of the toolbar) and paste your link in the URL box, it will make the link clickable for everyone and we won't have to copy and paste it?"
I'm not doing all that, BWW needs to catch up with modern web design that knows you're posting a link and turns it into a hyperlink without you having to do the leg work. This place is archaic. I just recently updated my email and password on file and I didn't even need to enter my password (which I don't even know because I set it so long and it's just saved in my phone's password bank from 10+ years ago and an email I no longer have access too) to do so.
A lot of this website's functionality issues (ghost pages, being unable to go back beyond the prior 25 private messages, etc.) would be remedied if it were running on modern software. Alas...
#6
Posted: 4/7/26 at 6:48pm
Well, ok. Just thought you didn't know as some don't know how to do it. "All that" only take like 2 seconds though! But, whatever.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#7
Posted: 4/7/26 at 8:57pm
TIME OUT - 5 STARS - Adam Feldman
Broadway review: Paris is purring in Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical gets a fabulous new life.
Cats: The Jellicle Ball delivers everything you want from Cats in a completely fresh way that also does justice to the history of the Broadway and ballroom worlds it represents.
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/broadway-review-paris-is-purring-in-cats-the-jellicle-ball-040826
Updated On: 4/7/26 at 08:57 PM
#8
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:02pm
#9
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:04pm
USA TODAY -
'Jellicle Ball' will convert even the biggest ‘Cats’ haters – Review
Andrew Lloyd Webber's polarizing hit musical has been spectacularly reimagined as a feline fantasia set in New York's queer ballroom scene.
REVIEW
#10
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:06pm
NY TIMES - Critic's Pick
‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Review: Fanciful and Fabulous - Helen Shaw
For their 10th life, the cats strut and duckwalk in a reappraisal of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical, which has shifted to the queer ballroom scene.
REVIEW (unlocked)
Updated On: 4/7/26 at 09:06 PM
#11
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:10pm
NY POST - 4 stars by: Johnny Ooleksinki
Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ review: A euphoric NYC reinvention of a Broadway classic
"Without fail, the best Broadway shows are the off-the-charts inventive ones that could not have possibly originated anywhere else but the five boroughs. This season, that’s “The Jellicle Ball.”
REVIEW
Updated On: 4/7/26 at 09:10 PM
#12
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:14pm
DEADLINE - Greg Evans
‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Broadway Review: A Queer, Radiant Reinvention Makes A Lasting Memory
REVIEW
#13
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:16pm
THEATERMANIA - Zachary Stewart
Review: Cats: The Jellicle Ball Is the Party of the Broadway Season
An unlikely revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s feline musical transfers uptown.
REVIEW
#14
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:19pm
VULTURE - Jackson McHenry
Cats: The Jellicle Ball Is the Real Thing
REVIEW
#15
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:20pm
"Ten! Ten! Ten!" from Musto.
https://w42st.com/post/michael-musto-cats-dog-days-giant-reviews/
#16
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:22pm
VARIETY - Critics Pick - Frank Rizzo
‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Broadway Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Musical Gets Fresh and Fierce Update as an Ode to Queer Ballroom Culture
REVIEW
#17
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:26pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photos-CATS-THE-JELLICLE-BALL-Opens-On-Broadway
BWW analysis: Average Rating: 90.0%
Updated On: 4/7/26 at 09:26 PM
#18
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:27pm
The best reviewed show of the season? Deservedly so, it's pure genius.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#19
Posted: 4/7/26 at 9:39pm
Based on the reviews, here is my current list of possible Tony Award nominations for the show
- Revival of a Musical
- Featured Actress in a Musical ("Tempress" Chastity Moore and possible others)
- Featured Actor in a Musical (Andre de Shields and possible others)
- Direction of a Musical
- Scenic Design of a Musical
- Costume Design of a Musical
- Lighting Design of a Musical
- Sound Design of a Musical
- Choreography
- Orchestrations (?)
#20
Posted: 4/7/26 at 10:01pm
blaxx said: "The best reviewed show of the season? Deservedly so, it's pure genius."
Think so ...
BWW review analysis percentages:
Cats: The Jellicle Ball (90.6), Little Bear Ridge Road (90.0), Liberation (89.3), Marjorie Prime (84.7), Becky Shaw (84.4), Oedipus (84.3), Ragtime (82.4), Bug (80.6), Every Brilliant Thing (79.1), Giant (77.2), Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) (73.5), Punch (71.9), Art (69.0), Mamma Mia! (68.0), Waiting For Godot (67.4), Call Me Izzy (65.0) Chess (62.8), The Queen of Versailles (40.0).
#22
Posted: 4/7/26 at 10:24pm
DTLI Consensus: Life to the everlasting Cats: The Jellicle Ball! This joyful, queer reappraisal of the Andrew Lloyd Webber megahit will forever sear in your "Memory."
15 positive (including the NYT), 1 mixed.
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/cats-the-jellicle-ball/
“I am furious, but I am sailing.”
Updated On: 4/7/26 at 10:24 PM
#23
Posted: 4/7/26 at 10:30pm
I could cry right now.
They said they could and they F*****G DID!
Watching CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL basically give a full chop to RAGTIME’s Best Musical Revival Tony aspirations is food for my gay soul.
Ain’t no wheels left on that dream. PERIOD
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Updated On: 4/7/26 at 10:30 PM
#24
Posted: 4/7/26 at 10:56pm
I remember first hearing about this workshop 4 god damn years ago and to see it now where it belongs, getting it's accolades, collecting it's money, spreading queer joy. This is all so ****ing amazing.
#25
Posted: 4/7/26 at 11:00pm
Genuinely curious...is anyone surprised it got raves? Wasn't this expected after the raves for the 2024 production?
For comparison, the PAC reviews (which BWW calculated to 85%)
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-CATS-THE-JELLICLE-BALL-Opens-Off-Broadway-20240620
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