New Cats Makeup Design - Thoughts? — Page 2

Tugger's costume looks to simple- his mane should be bigger and wilder, he looks like a groomed Housecat not a stray wild one

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Thanks for the link. I am less thrilled with the Grizz makeup than before. She kinda looks more like the Witch from Into the Woods. And Deut looks more Sasquachy or Monkey-y than Catish.

Makes me appreciate all the details and complexity of the original designs.

After seeing the rest of these photos, it looks like they ran out of money.

And they're not re-imagined at all, or even simplified, so much as dumbed down.

An "Equity Waiver" Cats.

EDIT: I'm all for re-imagining a show like "Cats." But that means re-imagination, not the same exact thing with less money. Change the concept of the designs. THAT's re-imagination.

Maybe the cats all look like toys or figurines on a shelf or in playroom box. Maybe the cats all look like children's illustrations from books. Maybe they're all in black-and-white like impressionistic pencil drawings, with only minor touches of color for impact.

Maybe they are Grand Kabuki style, or like circus clowns, or maybe they have stage puppet counterparts to each of them.

Those are all "re-imagined" concepts.

Not less makeup lines and cheaper costumes, based on the originals.

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Updated On: 6/3/13 at 08:54 AM

all that jazz... I'll admit too that CATS is one of my favorite muscials as well. It could be as much or as little as you wanted it to be. It was a family favorite, a go to show for me with out of town visitors and even dates.

The makeup for this new version looks fine to me. I don't have to be a purist about it. What would probably be a bigger issue for me is the sound quality with three keyboards instead of real instruments. Second potential problem would be actor pronunciation since I've listened to this cast album for so many years.

^If Nestruck had reviewed for the G&M, as usual, it would not have got 3 stars.

This isn't really a reinvention, so much as a slight modification, to me.

The modification aspect is what is disheartening. I think if someone wants to re-invent the wheel and laud themselves for doing so they need to actually re-invent the wheel. Those photos looked like simply scaled back costuming and make-up.

If I had seen this production, I'm afraid the costuming and make-up would have left me sourly disappointed.