Cats Tour

[Sinfonia2001]

Posted: 4/11/11 at 6:49pm

How many US Tours of Cats are there? Is there more than one company doing it at a time? I know there is the non-equity tour produced by Cats Eye LLC. Is there any other? Thanks!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/11/11 at 6:56pm

Nope. There's only the Troika tour that's been going on since the dawn of time.

[Sinfonia2001]

Posted: 4/11/11 at 6:57pm

So thats the same one being cast by Dave Clemmons Casting?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/11/11 at 7:03pm

From my googling, yes it's the same one. Troika refreshes its casting of the tour yearly in most cases.

[Sinfonia2001]

Posted: 4/11/11 at 7:04pm

Thanks so much for your help I was just trying to see if the tour coming to my home town is the same one.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 4/30/11 at 9:01pm

When did this one start going?

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 4/30/11 at 10:28pm

I don't know, but it was the worst show I've ever seen.

[morosco]

Posted: 4/30/11 at 11:30pm

Is this the tour with the inflatable set?


Cats inflatable

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 4/30/11 at 11:41pm

Do they also host birthday parties on that set...?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/1/11 at 12:23am

^
I still think it looks fairy decent from a distance.

Also, I think I read somewhere that they have two sets now and the inflatable one is only used for the shorter engagements, but I'm not sure if that's true.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 5/1/11 at 12:24am

When did this one start going?

2004

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/1/11 at 12:36am

I saw it about a year or so ago and I couldn't wait to get out of the theater.

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 5/1/11 at 1:30am

I'm not gonna like...the inflatable set idea is a good idea for a tour that is doing REALLY short engagements. I think it looks great from a distance...and if they make it better looking (less cartoony) I think its a great idea for low budget tours. However, I would NOT want this to become the norm for most shows haha

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/1/11 at 1:51am

That explains why I kept wondering why the things on the set didn't look real. I was sitting 10th row on the left and it looked really cheap. I didn't know at the time it was inflatable.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 5/1/11 at 2:50am

TheatreFan-
Actually, upon further digging, this one began in 2001. It's the Fifth National.

[ggersten]

Posted: 5/1/11 at 12:26pm

Inflatable? That explains why we were not allowed to visit Old Deuteronomy at intermission. The show was in champaign for one night - and I took my 9 year old down to the stage only to be told "No" that we couldn't go up on stage"no" and I kept my cool....mostly.
But what a way to dampen one of the "high points" of the show.

FWIW, at intermission my 9 year old said she was enjoying the show but didn't understand what was going on. The 16 year old - who saw Cats at the WinterGarden shortly before it closed - was in heaven with memories of attending the show and watching the video. Me...I was back to be bored by the whole thing.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 5/1/11 at 12:34pm

Now that you mention it, I do remember the set being inflatable. I thought I'd blocked all of that out.