Paris 1989

Cats opened at the Théâtre de Paris on February 23, 1989, and ran until April 29, 1990. This production won the 1989 Molière Award for Best Musical.

Production Specifics
Like the Amsterdam production, the Paris production was staged by John Yost who was the Resident Director of the Vienna production. The production was completely based on the Vienna show, including all the specifics from Vienna like the shortened "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" number and the mute Mistoffelees. Also the costumes and stage design were similar to the ones from Amsterdam and Vienna.

Many performers who were in the Vienna and Amsterdam versions before or after, were also in the Paris cast, including Matthew Jessner, Guy Paul Roult and Herbert Neutgens.

A great deal of photographic material from this production is hosted at Bibliothèque nationale de France.

There is a full video recording of this production from the final week before it closed posted on Guy-Paul de St Germain (Mistoffelees)'s youtube channel. Note the details of covers and casting changes that he gives in the comments section: notably, Gilles Vajou (first cast Tumblebrutus) is covering Rum Tum Tugger, with Stéphane Drouard covering Tumblebrutus; and Philippe Ermelier (Deuteronomy) was playing both his own role and Gus/Growltiger, as Tim Robin 'wasn't there anymore'.

Creative Team
Associate Director and Choreographer: John Yost

Original Choreographer: Gillian Lynne

Translator: Jacques Marchais