David Hibbard

Cats History
US Tour 4 - 09/1992 - Rum Tum Tugger

US Tour 4 - 03/1993 - Rum Tum Tugger

Broadway - 20/09/1993 - 09/1996 - Rum Tum Tugger

Broadway - 06/1997 - 04/1999 - Rum Tum Tugger

Biography
David Hibbard is an American performer who had a long involvement playing the Rum Tum Tugger in US productions of Cats.

He has appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including Once Upon a Mattress, A Class Act, Spamalot, Billy Elliot the Musical, and Forbidden Broadway.

He was famously involved in a lawsuit over the January 30, 1996 performance of the Broadway production of Cats when he was accused of "assaulting" a female audience member while interacting with her as Tugger. Hibbard won the lawsuit.

He now teaches vocal performance and audition technique at Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21).