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.

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

Original 1982 Cast
Further Broadway Casts

Creative Team

 * Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * Lyricist: T S Eliot, Trevor Nunn, and Richard Stilgoe
 * Director: Trevor Nunn
 * Choreographer & Associate Director: Gillian Lynne
 * Musical Director: Stanley Lebowski
 * Orchestrations: David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * Scenic and Costume Design: John Napier
 * Assistant Scenic Designer: Raymond Huessy
 * Assistant Costume Designer: Sally Ann Parsons
 * Lighting Design: David Hersey
 * Make-up Design: Candace Carell

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