BroadwayWorld has learned that WICKED Broadway alumni Donna Vivino will go past the Russel Hotel to the Heaviside Layer as Grizabella on the CATS tour beginning February 2020.
"On Dec. 20, as Cats opened in theaters domestically, Universal made an unprecedented decision to send exhibitors a new version of the film with 'some improved visual effects.' By then, howe…
"One tweet claimed Cats was so bad it must have been made by the dog lobby. As a lifelong cat lover, I don't regard this film as an insult to cats. Yes, the production is over-CGI'd, but the…
Film reviewers sank their claws into Cats, but is it really so awful? Our stage reviewers steeled themselves for the caterwauling ... but ended up quite enjoying it
It can be very pleasurab…
Jena Tesse Fox, Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the CATS film, the end of New York Musical Festival, Harold Prince Birthday Party, Sing Along Show and Tell, …
If we're being honest, we can probably count on one hand the number of viewers who went to see Tom Hooper's ill-advised movie version of Cats for the music. Andrew Lloyd Webber's music has n…
Tom Hooper's big-screen adaptation has clawed its way to $38 million globally after two weeks in theaters, a dismal figure that could result in $100 million in theatrical losses, according t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 2:18pm on December 31, 2019☆⚑
According to Variety, the new Cats film is expected to suffer a $100 million loss, after making just $38 million globally in its first two weeks in theaters.
Look. I love CATS. It was my first Broadway musical. It changed my life. Yaddayadda (which is also my Jellicle* name). This all comes out of respect of a show I know and love. Random mew-sin…
"Like all stories, it's just about cats, but none of these stories work without the big issues underneath. Eliot was writing as much about humans as cats; he was writing about humans through…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 5:48pm on December 27, 2019☆⚑
Universal has pulled Cats from its 'For Your Consideration' page, officially deeming the film ineligible for Oscar nominations. The page lists Universal's films that are qualified for Oscars…
Reviews for the film adaptation of the long-running West End and Broadway
musical Cats have been brutal, even blistering. From the creepiness of the
CGI effects to the ridiculously…
Let's talk more about what Andrew Lloyd Weber did with this music, and what's been done to it since it premiered. Erm, the LAT's pop music critic isn't a fan: "To hear the song's dreary open…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 4:33pm on December 23, 2019☆⚑
The film adaptation of the musical Cats brought in less than anticipated at the box office for the film's opening weekend. According to Box Office Mojo, Cats landed at number four overall at…
