Broadway 2016/Score

Many changes were made to Cats for the Broadway Revival, mainly modified/new choreography and slight lyric changes to songs. These changes were kept in the subsequent US Tour 6.

Notable features of the score include:


 * Grizabella does not take part in the opening, hence there is no Babygriz (reverted in the US Tour 6)


 * The Beetles' Tattoo section in "The Old Gumbie Cat" has been removed, replaced by the cats tap dancing wearing costumes of hubcaps and 'cleaning' the stage under her direction, while a giant clock counts down the time before the family wakes up.

Jenny: "Just need employment     To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment" Trio: So she's formed, from that lot of disorderly louts, A troop of well-disciplined helpful boy scouts, Jenny: With a purpose in life and a good deed to do - Trio: And she's even created a beetles tattoo!
 * Original lyric in "The Old Gumbie Cat":

Jenny: "Just need employment     To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment" Trio: Provided they each know the job they must do - she also allows them their fun and games too!
 * Was shortened and changed to:


 * Jellylorum and Jemima's lines are cut in the Grizabella reprise.


 * "Growltiger's Last Stand" is completely removed, with Gus performing "The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" (moved to Act 2) as a re-imagined Rumpus Cat. This sequence is performed to suggest an acted out performance involving the tribe rather than a dream sequence like Growltiger.


 * The "heathen Chinese" line in the Pekes and the Pollicles was retained.


 * Some changes made previously for the London Palladium production, such as "Street Cat Tugger" and extended moments for Grizabella, were not carried over into this production.