Welcome to the true story of the world hit CATS, mirroring political IRA terror backgrounds and artistic ground breaking wonders by Gillian Lynne and designer John Napier !
Originally taken , but edited and now enhanced due to technical feed problems from the LIVE BROADCAST live at 7pm London on EasyRadio London for
popmundial.co.uk on May 11th, 2021:
It´s the longest ever running musical stage production in the world !
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on synthesizer and Gary Moore on guitar did the first ever (yes really) version of the future world hit "Memory, recorded as early as January 1981.
Elaine Paige recalls, just finished a "Evita" run jumped in for Dame Julie Dench, who was breaking an ankle as "Grizabella" not singing "Memory" !
It was risky – it was artistly and economically groundbreaking – and it nearly happened at all !
11th of May 1981
New London Theatre, a former television studio with revolving stage
The London production ran for 21 years and 8,949 performance
A Chorus Line
for decades the longest-running musical – in the world and on Broadway....
ran only for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history until surpassed by Cats in 1997:
CATS/Broadway production ran for 18 years and 7,485 performances
including interviews with
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer)
Cameron Mackintosh (producer)
Elaine Paige - replacing Dame Judy Dench as "Grizabella, singing "Memory"
Bonnie Langford
Gillian Lynne (choreography)
Peter Weck (Vienna)
John Napier (Designer)
Jeff Shankly (Old Deuteronomy)
amm actors of the London original cast
Music:
Original 1981 London Cast Recording, Really Useful Company
Original 1983 Vienna Cast Recording, Theater at the Wien, Peter Weck
Original Paris Cast
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber & Gary Moore, January 1981, MCA
and footage from the opening night on MAy 11th,1981
copyright @OfficialALW (Andrew Lloyd Webber on Twitter) - unreleased
A celebration of
Yours Truly, Joe
PS: due to to tec problems in the life broadcast I went back to he original interviews and sound feeds to re-assemble this show to the present state. The final post-production took place Friday, May 14th, 2021
Never broadcasted in this final version !
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