No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival?
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival?
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #1
Posted: 7/5/16 at 6:06pm
According to swing Callan Bergmann, he said that there would be "no rapping cat" in this revival. If you are familiar with CATS then you know you for the 2014 London revival, the Rum Tum Tugger was created into this rapping cat. This seems like he is referring to the Rum Tum Tugger. Here is a link to his Instagram account where he said this: https://www.instagram.com/p/BHffKw6hSlG/?taken-by=callanjb&hl=en
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #2
Posted: 7/5/16 at 6:11pm
Gee, I can't imagine why they wouldn't implement that change here.
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No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #3
Posted: 7/5/16 at 6:12pm
Whoa. That picture is incredible. And important.
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #4
Posted: 7/5/16 at 6:31pm
WOW. I just love the idea of the production meeting where someone finally said, "...um, maybe that's not a good idea." Glad it's going back.
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #5
Posted: 7/5/16 at 7:01pm
Part of me was looking forward to the train wreck that would have been the rapping Rum Tum Tugger.
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No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #6
Posted: 7/5/16 at 7:02pm
Now it will just be bad instead of mind numbingly bad.
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #7
Posted: 7/5/16 at 7:18pm
Kad said: "Gee, I can't imagine why they wouldn't implement that change here."
I'm usually more of a dog person, but I'd change my mind for that one...
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #8
Posted: 7/5/16 at 8:26pm
This isn't true. This will be some rapping, though it won't be the same as the London revival.
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #9
Posted: 7/5/16 at 8:31pm
FiddleMeThis said: "This isn't true. This will be some rapping, though it won't be the same as the London revival.
What is your source?
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #10
Posted: 7/5/16 at 11:20pm
Numerous production sources including casting and cast members
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #11
Posted: 7/6/16 at 12:26am
As awful as that costume is I listened to the "Rum Tug Tugger" number recently and didn't think a rap would be that far off from how it was originally done...
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No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #13
Posted: 7/7/16 at 3:25am
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGSBi63wL00
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #14
Posted: 7/7/16 at 8:36am
They had rapping Rum Tum Tugger in Australia (that's actually Daniel Assetta from the Aussie production in that picture) and I actually really liked it. I certainly wasn't a fan of Cats going in (my sister tormented me so often with that VHS when we were kids!) but I ended up loving it and felt the changes made for a much better, more cohesive show.
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No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #15
Posted: 7/7/16 at 5:24pm
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHksUnEB82c/
The band sounds good. Looks like they've cut the brass, which is a shame.
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #16
Posted: 7/7/16 at 10:49pm
Official report- there is no more rapping. Confirmed.
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #17
Posted: 7/7/16 at 10:54pm
Hey maybe there's hope for this revival after all.
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #19
Posted: 7/7/16 at 11:03pm
If they're keeping the revised Growltiger number though I'm still not interested.
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No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #20
Posted: 7/7/16 at 11:41pm
CATSNYrevival said: "If they're keeping the revised Growltiger number though I'm still not interested.
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What is it like?
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #21
Posted: 7/8/16 at 10:37am
can anyone confirm Growltiger will be part of the revival?.. based on the casting call the role was for Gus and Bustopher Jones.. but did not mention Growltiger. Nor do I see any mention of Growltiger in any of the cast lists.
No rapping Rum Tum Tugger in CATS revival? #23
Posted: 7/8/16 at 12:23pm
D91 said: "can anyone confirm Growltiger will be part of the revival?.. based on the casting call the role was for Gus and Bustopher Jones.. but did not mention Growltiger. Nor do I see any mention of Growltiger in any of the cast lists.
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I hope not. I always thought Growltiger was one of the weaker parts of the show. Like I get the whole fake operetta thing but you can do that in less than 10 minutes.
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