Buenos Aires 1993

Cats was performed at the Lola Membrives Theater (Teatro Lola Membrives) in Buenos Aires in 1993. This production was produced by Televisa, the same company that produced the 1991 Mexico Tour, and this version uses the same Spanish translation by Marco Villafán but slightly altered for the Argentine dialect.

Production Specifics
This production is based on the original Broadway production, including pairing Tumblebrutus and Victoria during the Jellicle Ball, and having Alonzo play a big role in the Macavity Fight. However, it cut "The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" in its entirety.


 * Director: Jeff Lee
 * Choreographer: Richard Stafford
 * Musical Director: Néstor Zadoff
 * Production Company: Televisa
 * Producers: Cali Dominguez, in collaboration with Pablo Sodor and Carlos Furnaro
 * Executive Producer: Fernando Morett
 * Associate Producer: Eduardo Meza
 * Costume Maker: Elsie Moiño, Freddie Delgado
 * Set Design: Ariel Bianco
 * Lighting Design: Rick Belzer
 * Audio Design: Juan Sierra

Alonzo, Plato, Jemima, and Etcetera (notes)
Like the preceding Mexico tour, this production has Quaxo and Etcetera as distinct characters. Unlike Mexico, Admetus is not present, and Jemima has been added.
 * At first glance Plato may be mistaken for a black and white Alonzo, due to the high contrast between light and dark in his wig and the patches on his body. In most surviving footage and photos he appears black and white with some grey hatching on his body.
 * Alonzo, on the other hand, has the black and bronze and white patches of the Broadway tradition, plus some unusual elements like a strongly marked V shape between his shoulders when seen from behind.

Links

 * Production & Cast Details
 * Cast List