Broadway Production

The Original Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Cats, premiered at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 7th, 1982. It had a total of 7485 performances. It was the second production of Cats to open worldwide, following the Original London production. In transferring to Broadway, the show was given a significant overhaul with a bigger budget. Many of the subsequent productions worldwide copied the Broadway version.

It was produced by Cameron Mackintosh, The Really Useful Company Limited, David Geffen and The Shubert Organization.

In 2016 Cats was revived on Broadway, in a notably different production.

Production Team
Composer - Andrew Lloyd Webber

Executive Producers - R. Tyler Gatchell, Jr. and Peter Neufeld

Director - Trevor Nunn

Associate Director and Choreographer - Gillian Lynne

Costume and Set Design - John Napier

Assistant Costume Designer: Sally Ann Parsons

Assistant Scenic Designer: Raymond Huessy

Lighting Design - David Hersey

Sound Design - Martin Levan

Wig Design - Paul Huntley Productions, Inc.

Makeup Design - Candace Carell

Orchestrations - David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Musical Director - Stanley Lebowsky (1982 - 1990), David Caddick (1986 - 1993)

Cast
Further Broadway Casts

1983 Tony Award Nominations

 * Best Musical (Win)
 * Best Book of a Musical (Win)
 * Best Original Score (Win)
 * Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Betty Buckley (Win)
 * Best Costume Design (Win)
 * Best Lighting Design (Win)
 * Best Direction of a Musical (Win)
 * Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Harry Groener (Nomination)
 * Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Stephen Hanan (Nomination)
 * Best Scenic Design (Nomination)
 * Best Choreography (Nomination)

1983 Drama Desk Award Nominations

 * Outstanding Music (Win)
 * Outstanding Costume Design (Win)
 * Outstanding Lighting Design (Win)
 * Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Betty Buckley (Nomination)
 * Outstanding Lyrics (Nomination)

Media

 * New York Times - The 15 Lives of 'Cats' By DANIEL B. SCHNEIDER Published: October 6, 1996
 * Playbill - Cats Trivia Encyclopedia By Ellis Nassour Published: 17 Jun 1997