CONFIRMED: CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL to close on August 8th

Bosner and Harrison are reportedly preparing to pull the trigger soon (and apparently ALW is about to get word of it), this would make sense. An August 8 closing means an expected total of 21 previews and 143 regular performances.

I had a nice time at this one, though I didn't love it quite as much as the critics did.

It's a shame it's closing so soon because this felt ripe for some major drag queen stunt casts. Promoting guest judges was never going to do the trick on its own.

Updated On: 7/10/26 at 05:21 PM

What a shame. Any word on an album?

ACL2006 said: "that sucks. it should have won Best Revival."

Which means that Rocky Horror is going to be the last revival standing from the season come the end of the summer - which is crazy considering how it was only supposed to run for 10-12 weeks

Maybe Beyoncé is guest judging on the 8th. ;)

quizking101 said: "ACL2006 said: "that sucks. it should have won Best Revival."

Which means that Rocky Horror is going to be the last revival standing from the season come the end of the summer - which is crazy considering how it was only supposed to run for 10-12 weeks"

but, your insider information has a terrible record. I hope your rumor that you made up is wrong.

ACL2006 said: "quizking101 said: "ACL2006 said: "that sucks. it should have won Best Revival."

Which means that Rocky Horror is going to be the last revival standing from the season come the end of the summer - which is crazy considering how it was only supposed to run for 10-12 weeks"

but, your insider information has a terrible record. I hope your rumor that you made upis wrong."

Why, pray tell, the f#%k would I put this out into the universe if I didn’t there was some veracity to what I’ve been paying attention to? I’ve been a huge champion of this show and hope to god I’m wrong, but these little pieces line up almost too well for me not to go with my gut.

The magic was def downtown they lost the hype once it closed.



its such an amazing show and it should of won revival

judging by next weeks sales yeah its time and lost boys is still running …

Updated On: 7/10/26 at 06:15 PM

This is very upsetting to me, but I can't say I haven't seen the signs in their social media. The exceasive lauding of the guest judges. The pivot back to using the original Cats logo in a lot of marketing.

quizking101 said: "I’ve been watching Telecharge and looking for tickets for others and noticed something odd.

Although they haven’t cancelled datesyet, it appearsthe last ball will be on 8/8.

They’ve already gently pulled away any working discount codes (mine no longer worked) and the evening performance on 8/8 has jacked their prices up to a level incongruent to the rest of the Saturday night shows.

Call it a hunch, and the last thing I want is this show to close, but I got a bad feeling we have an announcement coming soon."





Yea, that seems to be the buzz. Tourists aren't biting and not interested. RAGTIME jacked up prices for their closing weekend $571!

TotallyEffed said: "I’ve actually found that it’s the original Cats “branding” that has hurt this show the most. Some people just can’t seem to get past it beingCats.I try to pitch how fantastic and different this is and more than once I’ve been met with, “eh…”"

Cats Haters in General are a lesser being to me anyway. Also people who act like Jellicle Ball was the ONLY way to make it work I hate even more and feels more dishonest. Especially when sitting next to a middle aged straight white woman (back when it was Downtown) telling me "Ohhhh it makes so much sense now!" Like Diva... you have no idea what's going on. You have no clue what a ball even is. You're just projecting because they're not actual Cats anymore, it's the same hokey show Cats has always been. You either like it, or you don't. I do not want to hear a word about how Jellicle Ball makes Cats make "Sense". Because it doesn't.

Shame Leiomy probably won't get to finish out the run.

Updated On: 7/10/26 at 11:51 PM

I would think they could plug in so many Drag Rave girls and get some kind of momentum. I think the renaming probably hurt them in that most of the public don’t know what a “ball” is.

Balls and ballroom culture are not exactly underground anymore, thanks to projects and people like Pose, Drag Race, Beyoncé’s Renaissance world tour, HBO’s Legendary, etc that have exposed and popularized ballroom culture in the mainstream around the world. Saying ‘most people don’t know what a ball is” are just talking about themselves and their bubble. If you have any ties to or knowledge about queer culture, you likely have an understanding of what a ball is, and if you don’t, it’s not some strange unknown thing that is difficult to grasp.

It’s also been covered quite well in the coverage this production has received so acting as though it isn’t easy to pickup is a bit silly.