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 Catillac Cats The Catillac Cats The Catillac Cats (also called "Cats & Company") is the name of an animated series made in 1984 by DiC. The Catillac Cats formed the second half of each episode of the animated series "Heathcliff". Most episodes revolved around Riff-Raff's get-rich-quick schemes or searches for food. The segment starred a group of cats who lived in a junkyard. The group was headed by Riff-Raff, an orange, short, tough, streetwise alley cat whose main residence was one-half of an old transport plane which stood precariously at the top of a pile of junk overlooking the yard. Riff-Raff was