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 Amazing Acro-Cats program, and was the main cat in the television program "Mama Said". Tuna has also worked in advertising since she was a six-week-old kitten. Buggles, a female mainly black tabby domestic short-haired cat born in 2007, has appeared in the independent film "South Dakota" and an international film, "God's Smile". The Amazing Acro-Cats The Amazing Acro-cats is a circus troupe of domestic cats and a few other small animals, founded by animal trainer Samantha Martin. One of the featured performers is the musical band, the Rock-Cats. The troupe is based in Chicago, and tours the United States for nine months