US Tour 1

The first US Tour of Cats ran from December 17, 1983, to November 7, 1987. The production was a "Slow Tour", designed to only play large cities for relatively long runs.

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

Unlike the fore-running Broadway production, Rumpus Cat was played by Alonzo, not Plato, bringing the tour in line with most worldwide productions. Published photos of this production are rare: the Souvenir Program sold for the opening months of this production featured the original Broadway Cast photography.

Creative 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 Designer - John Napier
 * Musical Directors - Stanley Lebowsky and Thomas Helm
 * Orchestrations - David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * Lighting Designer - David Hersey
 * Sound Designer - Martin Levan
 * Make-up Design - Candace Carrell
 * Production Manager - David Taylor

1986

 * Unknown Roles - June Cast: Andrea Karas, Eric Scott Kincaid, Joe Locarro, Frank Mastrone Ron Meier Jessica Molaskey Richard Stafford Rebecca Timms Suzanne Viverito
 * September Cast: Victoria Clark, Bob Amore, Fred Anderson, Joanne Baum, Bill Carmichael, Gordon Cragg, Scott Dainton, R F Daley, Mark Esposito, Patricia Forestier, Anna Marie Gutierrez, Tony Jaeger, Brian Jay, Tamara Jenkins, Andrea Karas, Diana Kavilis, Eric Scott Kincaid, Kelby Kirk, Cindi Klinger, Todd Lester, Joe Locarro, Janene Lovullo, Paul Mack, Kelli Ann McNally, Frank Mastrone, Ron Meier, Jessica Molaskey, Kim Noor, Calvin E Remsberg, Danny Rounds, Richard Stafford, Sally Ann Swarm, Rebecca Timms, Suzanne Viverito and Susan Zaguirre

1987
 May 1987 Cast 
 * Cats Chorus - Raissa Catona,
 * Gus - Frank Mastrone
 * Alonzo - Ken Nagy (7/87)
 * Coricopat - Eric Kaufman
 * Pouncival - Daniel Jamison

Media Coverage

 * June 1984 - Washington Post
 * March 186 - "The Year of the Cats" - Chicago Tribune
 * May 1986 - "Entering on Copy 'Cat' Feet" - Chicago Tribune
 * May 1987 - The Morning Call, Philadelphia