Chorus Tugger

This is the gallery for the character of Rum Tum Tugger's basic, pre-solo look. Both the classic Rockstar Tugger and the short-lived Street Cat version wore this outfit in the first scenes; the Rockstar changes wig and adds items over the basic costume (typically collar, belt, gloves, a garter or sash tied around one leg, different shoes, and of course the mane); while the Street Cat and Broadway revival style costumes require a complete costume change for the performer. (Note that some backstage photos of Rockstar Tugger show the actor not wearing the mane, but otherwise wearing the wig, makeup, and other accessories of the full character: these photos should be counted as Rockstar Tugger, not Chorus Tugger.)

Chorus Tugger only appears in "Jellicle Songs" and "The Naming of Cats" before the performer changes into his full costume.

Whether this ensemble identity is meant to be Rum Tum Tugger or an entirely separate character depends on the production. In the Broadway revival for example, the character was given the name "Bill Bailey" and seemed to be unrelated to Tugger.

Original London Production
Paul Nicholas in the Original Cast, 1981

1998 Film
John Partridge as Tugger

UK/European Tour 2013-14

 * Oliver Savile
 * Filippo Strocchi

London / Blackpool Revival

 * Antoine Murray-Straughan
 * Marcquelle Ward

UK/International Tour
UK Tour 2016
 * Marcquelle Ward

Broadway Revival
The Broadway revival specifically names the chorus Tugger identity as "Bill Bailey", bearing no relation to the kitten Bill Bailey in other productions.

Equity Cast

 * McGee Maddox
 * Cameron Edris (cover)
 * Alex Dorf (cover)
 * Zachary Berger (cover)

Non-Equity Cast
2021-2022
 * Zach Bravo
 * Travis Anderson
 * José Raúl Mangual (cover)
 * Brian Craig Nelson (cover)
 * Devon McCleskey (cover)
 * Taylor James Rosenberger (cover)

Tokyo 1995

 * Kiyomichi Shiba
 * Tsutomu Arakawa
 * Hideo Kurihara
 * Takanori Shimomura

Nagoya 1999

 * Masaru Yamaki
 * Tsutomu Arakawa
 * Kiyomichi Shiba

Shizuoka 2013

 * Yoichiro Akutsu
 * Retsu Kanehisa

Fukuoka 2014

 * Yoichiro Akutsu
 * Kiyomichi Shiba
 * Retsu Kanehisa

Osaka 2016

 * Kenji Nishio
 * Takumi Omine
 * Kazuya Kamikawa
 * Shinya Tanabe

Tokyo 2018

 * Takumi Omine
 * Mizuki Omori
 * Jin Sakuma
 * Kazuya Kamikawa
 * Togo Kaminaga

Fukuoka 2021

 * Kazuya Kamikawa
 * Mizuki Omori
 * Jin Sakuma
 * Togo Kaminaga

Nagoya 2022

 * Mizuki Omori
 * Jin Sakuma
 * Jimu Yoshioka
 * Cezary Modzelewski

Asia Tour 2017

 * Will Richardson
 * Hayden Baum (cover)

Asia Tour 2020

 * Dan Partridge
 * Benjamin Colley (first cover)
 * Hayden Baum (second cover)

Asia Tour 2022-2023

 * Jack Danson

Toronto 1985/Canadian Tour

 * Greg Bond
 * Brad Cormier
 * Adam Fleck

Paris 1989

 * Frédéric Norbert

Brazil 2010

 * Cleto Bacic (03/2010)
 * Helcio Mattos (09/2010)
 * Leonardo Wagner (cover)
 * Rafael Machado (cover)

Oasis of the Seas 2014
Cast 1
 * Dominic Andersen

Paris 2015

 * Golan Yosef
 * Yanis Si Ahmed (cover)
 * Grégory Gonel (cover)
 * Max Carpentier (cover)

Vienna 2019

 * Dominik Hees
 * Riccardo Sinisi (cover)
 * Alex Snova (cover)
 * Andrea Luca Cotti (cover)