Cats (musical) Cats (musical) Cats is a sung-through musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T. S. Eliot. The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as "the Jellicle choice" and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life. Directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Gillian Lynne, "Cats" first opened in the West End in 1981 and then with the same creative team on Broadway in 1982. It won numerous awards, including
The Battle Cats return after 900 years (likely because of time travel) to presumably save return humanity from the dominance of the aliens. The Battle Cats, now calling themselves the "Cat Army", defeat the much more formidable alien empire. However, it is revealed at the end that the cats once again didn't change much at all, with the only change being that cats star more in TV dramas with aliens getting fewer parts and that playing with THAT is a "new comedy boom". Later the narrator (who is an alien) decides to talk with the cats. The cats were pestering the narrator about