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The Broadway musical will be on Webber’s ‘The Shows Must Go On’. YouTube channel for 48 hours
Cats The Broadway musical will be available for broadcast on YouTube for a weekend. Photo from Cats Twitter page
MANILA, Philippines – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning Broadway production Cats the musical It will be available to stream on YouTube for 48 hours beginning Friday, May 15 at 7 p.m. (BST) or early morning on May 15 in the Philippines. For UK viewers, the video will only be available for 24 hours.
The broadcast features the 1998 live performance of Cats starring Elaine Paige and Sir John Mills, and will include a live commentary from Webber himself. The music was re-recorded with a 70-piece orchestra.
This Friday, #TheShowsMustGoOn shows the 1998 film from the theater production of Cats! As there are many things I would like to say about the program, I am making a live comment on my YouTube along with the presentation, in memory of my beloved cat, Mika. – ALW #HomeIsWhereTheMusicIs pic.twitter.com/L2idW92uSK
– Andrew Lloyd Webber (@OfficialALW) May 13, 2020
Based on T.S. Eliot’s 1939 book of poetry Old book of practical cat possums, cats It first premiered on the West End stage in 1981 and is among the top 5 longest running Broadway shows to date.
Cats is the last musical to be added to Webber The shows must go on! YouTube series, following Love never dies, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The English composer’s initiative began amid the coronavirus pandemic, with homes globally closed and theaters closed until further notice.
The musical was recently adapted into a movie, which was criticized by critics and viewers alike. – Rappler.com
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