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

1984
November 1984 - Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia.

1985
 June 1985 Cast 
 * Grizabella - Diane Fratantoni
 * Sillabub - Tina Decker
 * Mungojerrie - Todd Lester
 * Mistoffelees - Mark Esposito
 * Rum Tum Tugger - Paul Mack
 * Rumpleteazer - Kelli Ann McNally
 * Munkustrap - Scott Dainton


 * Swing - Douglas Graham
 * Swing - Anna Marie Gutierrez (cover Grizabella)


 * Cindy Benson
 * Clent Bowers
 * Jennifer Butt
 * Bill Carmichael
 * Cathy Carson
 * John Crutchman
 * John Dewar
 * Marvin Engran
 * Nancy Hess
 * Allen Hidalgo
 * Brian Jay
 * Tamara Jenkins
 * Cindi Klinger
 * Joseph Konicki
 * Stephanie McConlough
 * Robert Meadows
 * Jessica Northrop
 * Jamie Patterson
 * Calvin E Remsberg
 * Willie Rosario
 * Danny Rounds
 * Claudia Shell
 * Dorothy Tancredi
 * Russell Warfield
 * Susanna Wells
 * Susan Zaguirre
 * Alonzo - Fred Anderson (11/85)

1986
 September 1986 Cast 


 * Alonzo - Fred Anderson
 * Asparagus / Bustopher - Bill Carmichael (6/86)
 * Cassandra - Kim Noor
 * Coricopat - Bob Amore
 * Mistoffelees - Mark Esposito
 * Munkustrap - Joe Locarro


 * Victoria Clark
 * Joanne Baum
 * Gordon Cragg
 * Scott Dainton
 * R F Daley
 * Patricia Forestier
 * Anna Marie Gutierrez
 * Tony Jaeger
 * Brian Jay
 * Tamara Jenkins
 * Andrea Karas
 * Diana Kavilis
 * Eric Scott Kincaid
 * Kelby Kirk
 * Cindi Klinger
 * Todd Lester
 * Janene Lovullo
 * Paul Mack
 * Kelli Ann McNally
 * Frank Mastrone
 * Ron Meier
 * Jessica Molaskey
 * Calvin E Remsberg
 * Danny Rounds
 * Richard Stafford
 * Sally Ann Swarm
 * Rebecca Timms
 * Suzanne Viverito
 * 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


 * May 1986 - Chicago Tribune
 * May 1987 - The Morning Call, Philadelphia