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 Details[]
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.
Cast and Creatives[]
Creative Team[]
- 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
Cast[]
| Role | Translation | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Alonzo | Alonso | Reginaldo Pereira |
| Asparagus / Bustopher Jones / Growltiger | Esparragus / Macoco Cue / Tigruñon | Martín O'Connor |
| Bombalurina | Silvia Aruj | |
| Cassandra | Casandra | María Roji |
| Coricopat | Coricompás | Luis Del Valle |
| Demeter | Deméter | Inés Dubini |
| Etcetera | Etcétera | Nora Ivitz |
| Grizabella | Diana María / Olivia Bucio | |
| Jellylorum / Griddlebone | Agilorum / Golfatriz | Conie Marino Alejandra Radano (Alternative) |
| Jemima | Mariela Bonilla | |
| Jennyanydots | Patricia Clark | |
| Mr. Mistoffelees | Micifustófeles | Miguel Angel Elías |
| Mungojerrie | Pingurriento | Gustavo Wons |
| Munkustrap | Múnkustrap | Robertino Loras |
| Old Deuteronomy | Gatusalem | Alfredo Alessandro |
| Macavity / Plato | Nefástulo / Platón | Diego Jaraz |
| Pouncival | Púncival | Ariel Stollier |
| Quaxo | Diego Funes | |
| Rum Tum Tugger | Pon Roc Terco | Eduardo Alfonsín |
| Rumpleteazer | Rompetrizas | Anahí Allué |
| Sillabub | Sílabub | Ana Martínez |
| Skimbleshanks | Mirringo | Darío Petruzio |
| Tantomile | Tántomil | Bebe Labougle |
| Tumblebrutus | Tumbabrutus | Oscar Machado |
| Victoria | Patricia Belloni | |
| Cats Chorus | El Coro de Gatos | Gipsy Bonafina |
| Beatriz Raquel Chama | ||
| Juan Chenau | ||
| Maria Espona | ||
| Omar González | ||
| Alejandro Rovner | ||
| Understudies | |
| Ariel Assaneo | Asparagus / Bustopher Jones / Growltiger |
| Carlos Blanco | Old Deuteronomy |
| Cecilia Estévez | Cassandra |
| Charlie G. | Skimbleshanks |
| Claudia Bolla | Cassandra |
| Claudio Gazul | Pouncival |
| Cristina Girona | Bombalurina, Jellylorum / Griddlebone |
| Cynthia Meyer | Bombalurina, Demeter |
| Darío Petruzio | Munkustrap |
| Diego Funes | Alonzo, Plato / Macavity |
| Erico Villanueva | Mistoffelees |
| Gabriela Fernández Bisso | Jellylorum / Griddlebone |
| Javier Ferny | Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger |
| Leonel Montero | Mistoffelees |
| Liliana Dahab | Grizabella |
| Marisa De Risi | Rumpleteazer |
| Osvaldo Villegas | Alonzo, Coricopat |
| Sandra Brandauer | Demeter, Jennyanydots |
| Sebastián Códega | Mungojerrie |
| Silvina Barañao | Victoria |
| Verónica Colarte | Sillabub |
Gallery[]
Groups
Tumblebrutus, Mungojerrie, Cassandra
Front: Jelly, Bomba, young Griz, Mistoffelees, Victoria. Back: Gus, young Deut, Munkustrap, chorus Tuger, Skimble
Darío Petruzio as Skimbleshanks, Conie Marino as Jellylorum, and Bombalurina
Grizabella
Grizabella
Grizabella and Jennyanydots
Diana María as Grizabella
Diana María as Grizabella
Liliana Dahab as Grizabella
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Liliana Dahab as Grizabella
Skimbleshanks
Darío Petruzio as Skimbleshanks and Anahí Allué as Rumpleteazer
Darío Petruzio as Skimbleshanks; left to right, Gustavo Wons as Mungojerrie, Coricopat, Alonzo
Jennyanydots
Macavity
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer
Coricopat and Tantomile
Coricopat and Tantomile
Darío Petruzio as Skimbleshanks and Luis Del Valle as Coricopat
Bebe Labougle as Tantomile
Bombalurina and Demeter
Cristina Girona as Bombalurina
Cristina Girona as Bombalurina
Cristina Girona as Bombalurina
Inés Dubini as Demeter
Inés Dubini as Demeter
Sandra Brandauer as Demeter
Sandra Brandauer as Demeter
Sandra Brandauer as Demeter (cover)
Cassandra
Growltiger and Griddlebone
Cristina Girona as Griddlebone
Conie Marino as Griddlebone
Victoria
Silvina Barañao as Victoria
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Silvina Barañao as Victoria
Boys
Alonzo, Plato, and Quaxo
Like the preceding Mexico tour, this production has Quaxo as a named swing, with no featured moments. Mexico also had a named swing called Admetus, who is not present in Buenos Aires.
- At first glance Plato may be mistaken for a black and white Alonzo, due to the high contrast between light and dark in his wig and the patches on his body. In most surviving footage and photos he appears black and white with some grey hatching on his body.
- Alonzo, on the other hand, 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.
Alonzo (Reginaldo Pereira), Sillabub, and Victoria
Alonzo
Plato (Diego Jaraz)
Plato (Diego Jaraz)
Plato, with Bombalurina (Silvia Aruj)
Plato
Plato (Diego Funes)
Plato (Diego Funes)
Bustopher lineup. Left to right: Pouncival, Tumblebrutus, Alonzo, Quaxo, Plato, Coricopat, Mistoffelees, Munkustrap. Skimbleshanks pushes Bustopher.
Sillabub, Jemima, and Etcetera
As in the Mexico production, Etcetera is present as a named swing. Jemima has also been added. Neither has any featured moments. They each use the same basic design as an established London/Broadway swing character.
- Etcetera uses the Greycat/NBQ design, with a soft grey-brown airbrushed look over most of her body and 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.
Etcetera (at rear, behind Victoria); Demeter (Inés Dubini) and Bombalurina (Silvia Aruj) in front, Tantomile to left of shot, Rumpleteazer to the right.
Etcetera; Bombalurina passing in front, Tantomile to the left of shot
- Sillabub and Jemima can be confused from some angles, because Jemima uses the AJ design. This means that her costume is similar to 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 Sillabub's. Sillabub, on the other hand, is almost entirely symmetrical, with only a small white patch on her left hip (compare the gif of Sillabub with Alonzo and Victoria above.)
Sillabub and Skimbleshanks ('Moonlight' solo)
Mariela Bonilla as Jemima
Mariela Bonilla as Jemima
Mariela Bonilla as Jemima
Jemima approaching Etcetera during 'Moments of happiness'; Cassandra at rear, Coricopat (Luis Del Valle) on the right