| # | Author | Message |
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| DAR
Thu 4/3/2008 12:51p | Last week on vacation each of the resorts would do a different show every night, Michael Jackson one night, a best of Broadway type show, Prince and Madonna impersonators. Not the greatest but still entertaining in their own way. One of the resorts did CATS albeit an abbreviated version of the show. I have one thing to ask what the heck is that about? |
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| LPFan22
Thu 4/3/2008 1:10p | This is my all time favorite musical. I've only seen it a few times but love the music. Maybe you have to be a cat owner to get it... not sure. Here's some info though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C
ats_(musical) |
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| christiemarsh88
Thu 4/3/2008 2:57p | I got a VHS recording of this show from the library to see what everyone was talking about. I laughed all the way through it, thought that it was the stupidest thing I'd ever seen...and yet the soundtrack is now on my iPod and I find myself humming "Rum Tum Tugger" every so often. There's something about this show that just gets inside of your brain and stays there. |
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| irishfan
Thu 4/3/2008 7:35p | I saw it in NYC back in 99, my seat was actually in the stage which was pretty cool. There are a few beautiful songs, but for the majority of the show I was saying to myself: "What the????" |
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| lesmisfan
Thu 4/3/2008 9:04p | yeah i saw this in long beach,ca a few years back and at the pantages not to long ago. I thought at first i was gonna hate it but it has really awesome music! |
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| SunshineOR
Thu 4/3/2008 10:17p | Haven't seen it in years, but my parents took us twice when we were kids and we loved it! I remember listening to the soundtrack, reading the book of poems, and being totally into it. Thinking about it now, I can see why it would appeal to kids, but maybe not so much to adults. |
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| BeautysBeast
Fri 4/4/2008 7:16p | This show has more lives then precious Fluffy |
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| kennect
Sat 4/5/2008 10:51p | A weird show indeed but apparently the public bought into to it and made it a huge sucess...I took my mom to see it and she got it...Now that means something...I personally thought it was brilliant...I can't explain why but it was to me... |
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| threeundertwo
Sun 4/6/2008 8:30a | My youngest daughter was addicted to this video when she was about 4. I bet I've seen it a hundred times. The music really does grow on you. The song "Memory" is really a gorgeous ballad. |
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| TheRedhead
Sun 4/6/2008 7:00p | I saw the show in '95, I guess.
I remember being ready to claw my eyes out during the opening number, and I turned to my friend and told him that I might kill myself if this number lasted much longer.
I believe it went on for another 7 minutes or so. Felt like years. How many times can you be subjected to the same jellical-cats phrase over and over? And they call It's a Small World torture?
My wife often accuses me of "over-hating" a popular musical, meaning that I will go overboard bashing a show if it's an undeserving commercial hit. And she's right.
But as far as CATS is concerned, it's the worst show I have ever seen. Period. I stopped going to shows for a while after that, just because I couldn't muster the strength to sit through a musical again. It's that bad.
And you know, I might give the show a little slack - Betty Buckley sounded amazing and it did introduce a lot of kids to Broadway musicals. But the moment I saw them inviting kids from the audience up on stage during intermission to pose for pictures on the old cat's lap...you know I still can't believe that was happening.
Absolute garbage. |
