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

Notes on extra characters
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.
 * Quaxo is not a Mistoffelees duplicate or a kitten: he is one of the 'big boys', who often moves with Alonzo and Plato, and his actor covers both of those tracks. His design is asymmetrical black and white patches, similar to that of UK Alonzo. (Alonzo 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.) He has a few featured chorus moments:
 * In Tugger's song, he (with Munkustrap and Skimbleshanks) calls Tugger a terrible bore, and he and Alonzo are the cats whom Tugger trips over.
 * During the ball, he takes one part often played by Tumblebrutus: cartwheeling in to interrupt Alonzo, Mistoffelees, and Pouncival during the fugue, before Bombalurina's honky tonk.
 * He dances with Bombalurina for the honky-tonk, and participates in both Munkustrap's and Tugger's sections later in the ball.
 * Jemima and Etcetera are named swings, with no featured moments. They both use the same basic design as established London/Broadway swings.
 * Etcetera uses the Greycat/NBQ design, with minimal fluff and a soft grey-brown airbrushed look over most of her body, with darker markings on her shoulders and down her sides. She has no leg or arm warmers, no fluff on her shoulders, and a braided tail like Cassandra's rather than a fluffy one.
 * Jemima uses the AJ design, in that she has costume like Sillabub's but with larger white patches, making her strikingly asymmetrical. Her right side and leg are almost completely white but her right arm is black, while her left side is almost as dark as Jemima's.

Links

 * Production & Cast Details
 * Cast List