With its unbreakable box office record, Cat has become the most successful and longest-running musical in British history. 1982, cats began to perform on Broadway in New York, USA, which is the holy land of stage plays all over the world. By the summer of 2000, it had broken the record of the longest duration and the most consecutive performances on Broadway.
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The midnight dance in the first act drove the cat crazy.
On a special night, at the annual family celebration of Jellick cats, each cat explained who it was to the visiting human beings in turn, and pointed out that cats had three names: daily name, elegant name and secret name in the family.
Victoria, a young and innocent white cat, started with a solo dance "Please come to Jellick's Ball". They are waiting for their leader, the wise old Dutroni, to choose a Jellick cat tonight. This cat will be sent to the ninth heaven and be reborn. Every cat tells its own story with singing and dancing, hoping to be chosen as the reborn Jellick cat.
Jenny Diandian is an old Gambian cat. She either sleeps or loiters all day. Ruotengtag is a mischievous cat, full of charm for the opposite sex. The abandoned and charming Grisbera is a Jellick cat. She has been dead for many years, and this time she vowed to return to her family.
Strong Bustorf Jones is a 25-pound cat. He spends all his time eating. Suddenly there was a thunderous crash, sirens sounded, and McCavitt, the evil cat, swaggered in. Mongo Jerry and Lambertize are a pair of pranksters who always get their families into trouble.
When the kind and wise leader old Dutroni arrived, the whole family was in high spirits. They have prepared some programs: a group of cats performed a play called "The Terrible Battle between Jingba and Little Broken Dog under the Borik Dog March". Cats bark at each other in the clothes of hostile dogs. The performance was interrupted by the evil McAvity, and the cats all ran away! Old Dutroni quelled the riot. Jellick's ball started as scheduled, and all the cats danced to celebrate.
Act II Why are you late in summer? How did the time pass?
Gus the theatre cat is an old actor. He used to work with the greatest actors of his time. He suffers from gout. Skinborough, the railway cat, is the friendly uncle of all cats. The evil McAvity kidnapped old Dutroni. McAvity dressed as old Dutroni, and two cats recognized him: one was the frightened kitten, and the other was the sexiest and carefree cat, Vetrina.
McCavitt's evil behavior earned him a nickname-"criminal Napoleon". After McCavitt was exposed, he got into a fight with male cats such as hero cat and monk Tripp. He shorted the wires, all the lights went out, and Jellick's cat fell into darkness. Ruotengtag called Misto Frith, the magic cat, and asked him to use magic to find the leader.
Misto Frith succeeded, and the light came on again. It's time for old Dutroni to decide which Jellick cat will be reborn. At this time, Grice Bella sang the past with a song "Memories". Her family accepted her return. She was chosen as a cat to go to the ninth heaven and was reborn!
Jellick's party is coming to an end, old Dutroni told a human bystander dressed as a cat. As far as its unique personality and differences are concerned, "cats are very much like you".
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198 1 Cat is one of the most successful musicals in the world. Besides composer andrew lloyd webber, director Trevor Nunn also contributed.
Before directing Cats, Nunn had already made a name for himself in Britain and directed many exquisite modern Shakespeare plays. But he didn't stop serious drama, but faced the controversy and went to commercial drama.
1982 The musical Cat successfully entered Broadway and continued to create an immortal legend. He toured the United States for two months, 65438+2006, breaking the longest tour record in the United States. From 1997 to 2006, Cat was the longest-running musical in Broadway history.
The musical Cat is adapted from T·S· Eliot's collection of fairy tales "Cats in the world told by the old opossum". The cat in the world mentioned by the old opossum is a collection of children's poems written by T·S· Eliot in 1939. Compared with other works, the language of this collection of poems is simple, humorous and thought-provoking.
Andrew lloyd webber, who wrote musicals such as Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar, especially liked this collection of poems in his childhood. Out of childhood memories, Weber began to adapt this collection of poems in 1997. After four long years of creative process, the musical Cat came out.
For the creation of cats, director Tribo? Nan's contribution to this play is naturally indispensable. But little known is that the lyrics of the well-known Memory in the play were also written by this director.
About lyrics
The lyrics of Cat were adapted by Trevor Nunn. Its story comes from T·S· Eliot's Practical Cat, published in 1939. This collection of poems was actually written by Eliot to his godson. Most of the lyrics are taken out of the poetry collection intact.
However, in order to coordinate with the music he composed, Nunn made some minor changes in poetry, such as repeating eight lines of lyrics in Song of Jerichos.
Besides, The Wedge, The March of Polly Clay Dog and the story of Grisa Bella are all found in Eliot's unpublished novels. The most famous song "Memory" was adapted by Nunn from another "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" by Eliot.
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