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''[[Cats]]'' is a musical by Andrew Lloyd-Webber (1948-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber]. 

== Original text ==

Based based on the 1939 poetry collection ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot], which Lloyd Webber had begun setting to music in 1977. First performed as a song cycle in 1980, but then producer Cameron Mackintosh (1946-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Mackintosh] had it turned into a complete musical with the help of the director Trevor Nunn (1940-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Nunn] and the choreographer Gillian Lynne (1926-2018)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Lynne]. It opened to at the New London Theatre in the West End in 1981 and then at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in 1982.

== South African productions ==

2001: First South African production, produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[ArtsCape]] opening in December, directed and choreography recreated [[Jo-Anne Robinson]]. The cast: [[Anton Luitingh]], [[Gareth Williams]], [[Robin van Wyk]], [[Marcus Desando]], [[Jo Galloway]], [[Fem Belling]], [[Marize Nel]], with [[Slindile Nodangala]] as Grizabella the Glamour Cat.

2002: The production moved to the [[State Theatre]] in Pretoria in February for a 16-week run.

== Sources ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_(musical)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Mackintosh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Lynne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Nunn

''''Business Day'''', 11 December 2001.

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