Cats - judges

hak5 said: "Is there somewhere one can see who the guest judges will be for certain performances?"

No because it depends on who is in the audience at the moment.

That may be, but none of the judges or their appearances are posted anywhere in advance. The production may know and I’m sure some judges appearance dates will leak online, but no list of upcoming guest judges is available.

quizking101 said: "TheatreFan4 said: "hak5 said: "Is there somewhere one can see who the guest judges will be for certain performances?"

No because it depends on who is in the audience at the moment."

…not exactly. Before the run started, they already started reaching out to people to see who was interested, who wanted to come, and when. They have a deep bench of theatre and ballroom connections that are scheduled ahead of time, and they have used members of the creative team (Qween Jean has done it multiple times since previews) if there is a gap.

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That's a lot of words to say the same thing. Every show is working on getting celebrities and notable people in the seats. And not always do the plans pan out on the day. So like I said, depends on the day and no they will not tell you in advance.

uncageg said: "What I got from quizking101's response is that they have reached out to schedule people in advance. So it isn't always dependingon who happens to be in the audience at the moment. They may not announce in advance but may know who will be there in advance. Quizking101, correct me if I am wrong on that.

Also, I was wondering who the Judges were on opening night."

That is correct. Arturo Lyons had actually put out a call to the ballroom community on FB a few weeks before previews started to drum up interested - specifically the ballroom royalty that would be considered “stars, statements, and legends”.

Opening night was John Legend and ballroom pioneer Duchess La Wong (who is referenced in “Moments of Happiness”).

https://www.instagram.com/p/DW9rqKlGZFe/?igsh=MWcyYWxwdzloZHdiZA==

They'll never post a schedule for two reasons: 1) to keep flexibility with celebrity schedules that can change on short notice, 2) to keep the focus on the show itself and not who is a judge on any particular night.