Cats: The Jellicle Ball to Broadway — Page 2

I love that Baby Byrne is such a theatre girlie. She’s apparently been auditioning for Broadway for quite some time, and she’s even a Giry/Carlotta cover in Masquerade according to her Cats bio. She was a major standout in the ensemble at PAC.

Lot666 said: "malcs98 said: "PS. whoever made this trailer definitely deserves a major raise!!!"

That's what I said!

I mean seriously that trailer is one of a few times this season where the marketing was done right…the other two being surprisingly Ragtime and Chess, this really is the season of revivals and you know what? I’m here for it

I enjoyed the show downtown.  But Broadway?

Does anyone really see this being a hit with a mainstream audience 8 shows a week?

 

RUkiddingme said: "I enjoyed the show downtown. But Broadway?

Does anyone really see this being a hit with a mainstream audience 8 shows a week?

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Why not? 

Best advertising in years. Loved. 

Cream Puff said: "Who cares about ballroom? This will bomb on broadway"

Go back to trying to sell tickets in the DMs. But not to me, please stop that. 

Not sure if this was mentioned already, but the promo was done by Polymath Production, for those interested.

Kad said: "I really hope ALW has loosened up and is allowing new orchestrations for the transfer."

Completely reorchestrating a show can add a couple of hundred thousand dollars to your production budget. I think everyone involved with this production was wise to use the PAC run to determine if the concept worked first before doing that. It also generally doesn’t work to just add a few beats to existing orchestrations and have them read as conceptually anything other than an afterthought. The promo for Broadway indicates the show is going to have an upgrade in production values and hints at new orchestrations. 

Cream Puff said: "Who cares about ballroom? This will bomb on broadway"

Without any snark as I haven't really followed any of your comments as some others have, I found the production the most successful reimagining of a classic musical, one that I never really liked. One can never predict the success of a show. If someone told me about a musical exploring the love life of robots in South Korea......................yet here we are.

 

 

KrupYou said: "Does this mean no EVITA in 2026?"

Cats is opening this season. If Evita comes in, it would be next season. I don’t see why Cats opening would negate that.

QueenAlice said: "Kad said: "I really hope ALW has loosened up and is allowing new orchestrations for the transfer."

Completely reorchestrating a show can add a couple of hundred thousand dollars to your production budget.”

Interesting - that’s a lot more than I would have imagined. I’d love to hear more about where all that money goes. (Orchestrator’s fees? Music copying? Additional orchestra calls?)

No code yet, but I just got an email from Regents Park in London that a new production of “Cats” will have a 7 week long run there in July, followed by a new UK tour.