Jellicle cats hold music is the song "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats". Jellicle cats "Jellicle cats", or simply the "Jellicles", are a type of feline mentioned in T. S. Eliot's book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", and in "Cats", a stage musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on the book. Introduced in Eliot's poem "The Song of the Jellicles", they were originally depicted as commonly nocturnal gray, scruffy cats. Specifically, Eliot mentions that they like to gather at an event called the "Jellicle Ball". In the musical, a sub-plot surrounds the disappearance of the Jellicle patriarch Old Deuteronomy. The
Cats (musical) It has been performed around the world many times and has been translated into more than 20 languages. In 1998, "Cats" was turned into a direct-to-video film. The musical has grossed approximately $342.2 million. After the overture, the Cats gather on stage and explain the Jellicle tribe and its purpose ("Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats"). The Cats (who break the fourth wall throughout the production) then notice that they are being watched by a human audience, and proceed to explain how the different Cats of the tribe are named ("The Naming of Cats"). This is followed by a dance from