Cats Musical London Memory
The original London production ran for 21 years and is one of the most successful and well loved shows in West End history featuring hits such as Macavity.
Cats musical london memory. Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Gillian Lynne Cats first opened in Londons West End. Suddenly an explosion of music and lights reveals a larger-than-life junkyard. She once led a more glamorous life and.
This iconic musical features a revamped design by John Napier updated choreography by Gillian Lynne and is directed by Sir Trevor Nunn. It is one of the most famous musicals in the world and one of the greatest hits of all time for longevity spectators and total takings. On 29 January 1996 Cats in London became the longest running musical ever to play in the West End or on Broadway when the show at the New London Theatre overtook the record of 6137 performances held by the Broadway production of A Chorus Line.
Memory is a show tune from the 1981 musical Cats. The musical includes the well-known song Memory as. It is sung by the character Grizabella a one-time glamour cat who is now only a shell of her former self.
I was driving home one night listening to the radio. Cats finally closed on Saturday 11 May 2002 after its 8949th performance. Probing car lights tear across the darkened landscape of bottles and boxes briefly catching the darting image of a running cat.
This shot is from 1998 at the Adelphi Theatre in London. In amphibolical order Gumbie Cat The Rum Tum Tugger Bustopher Jones Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer Old Deuteronomy Pekes and Pollicles Jellicle Ball Gus the Theatre Cat Growltigers Last Stand Skimbleshanks Macavity Mister Mistoffelees Memory. This version contains Elaine Paiges UK.
I heard a fragment of Memory and the DJ said Ill play the whole of Andrew Lloyd Webbers theme from his new. The song is a nostalgic remembrance of her glorious past and a declaration of her wish to start a new life. Directed by Trevor Nunn with choreography by Gillian Lynne Cats won the Best New Musical accolade at the Olivier Awards in 1981 and went on to enjoy a 21 year run in the capital.