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the-cat-at-the-theatre-door · 2 years

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Bill Bailey Sr. is also part of the oldie squad absolutely, thanks to Zach Bravo, but since he's passed on pre show it makes it difficult to involve him in shenanigans but not impossible.

#i think he was in that sweet spot between the oldie squad and old d and gus - around where Griz is currently #around early 60s ish before he passed #i like to think he was a tap teacher #so he was probably a teenager when - say - jenny and the gang were kittens #like grizabella #idk man i just realized i forgot to put him in the age chart #but in my defense he is not currently alive so #anyway brief two number of appearance character my beloved #i don't think he went heavyside #which is sad but i dont think a lot of cats go heavyside #it's an honour for a reason #anyway i'm just rambling #extemporize back chat

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blondephenobarbitol · 3 months

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The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and Cats are structurally the same musical in that they both open with an establishing number, followed by a long barrage of "I am" songs, culminating in one massive "I want" song for our main hero. This is immediately followed by the death of our main hero and a closing number without any real resolution. This is my hot take.

#and i'm right #hatchetfield #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #cats #cats the musical #andrew lloyd webber #jeff blim #hatchetverse #starkid #team starkid #paul matthews #jon matteson #grizabella #elaine paige #spadattimy

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emimii · 1 month

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family things idk what to call this

#never been too big on grizabella being an exwife of deuteronomy #but then i realized i could give tugger mommy issues and i was like ‘oh yeah no this is fun actuall’#i lov u grizabella #cats the musical #cats musical #the rum tum tugger #rum tum tugger #grizabella #young grizabella #?#idk man shes young in this post #munkustrap

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murdleandmarot · 10 days

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Hey guys, Memory is, like, a really good song

#its Grizabella!#Der Katzenstar!!!#why oh why didn’t I do this one watercolor paper 😭😭#I have many regrets #in my defense this is for an art assignment due tomorrow (it was due last Thursday)#for reference: this Grizzabella design is very very based on Mexico’s 1991 production #bc she looks literally stunning there and I am nothing if not a lover of women #I’m actually super proud of the top left sketch #grizabella I adore you #speaking of the 1991 Mexican production #Grizabella has some fucking INSANE belting technique for Memory that kinda jumpscared me a bit lol #I have literally never heard someone else sing the climax like that before #it sounds great I think she sounds amazing #I wish I sounded like that #anyhow uh grizabella ily <3333 you’re doing amazing sweetie and Memory makes me cry like a baby <3333 #grizabella #grizabella the glamour cat #cats the musical #cats musical

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millenari · 10 months

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the duality of (cat) man

#rum tum tugger #grizabella #old deuteronomy #cats the musical #i noticed this like. months ago and ive been a crazy person abt it ever since #cats fan on main

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godnattakatta · 4 days

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sevencatcalls week 1: Grizabella

[Betty Buckley, Laurie Beechman, Elaine Paige]

#sevencatcalls2024 #grizabella #my gif #this feels stupidly long but worth it #i like what it ended up as. and that's all that matters lol #also bonus mention to gunilla backman's grizabella #she was wonderful. but as far as i know there's no good footage #might upload the audio i have of her tho

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ratgirlcopia · 4 months

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draw middle aged catgirls now.

#copiaposting #art tag #caption spoken in divine's voice. draw middle aged catgirls now. condone grizabella copia fanart. etc.#also that's not the babygirl pose that's just like. elaine paige just does that.

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jennanydots · 2 months

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CATS at the Paramount Theatre in Illinois, 2014

here's a link to the production trailer (warning for the inclusion of growltiger)

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#there's more pictures at the source link AND more videos on the channel of the linked video <3 #cats the musical #cats musical #cats paramount theatre #op pics #LOVE this concept for the costumes with all the glitter and sewn on textures really lovely #like grizabella????? insanely good. and I love mistos tail tip :3 and matching calico m+r!!! always great #jennys curly wig!!! the babygriz costume!#it's cute #also am I seeing things or does demeter have a single clip of red in her hair? bc that's fucking great like is that a scar? !!

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hysterical-cats · 8 months

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griz??

this was SUPER fun because i. never draw grizabella. oops

#my art #cats the musical #grizabella #grizabella cats #grizabella the glamour cat #my griz is more of a dusty brown than the stage griz's gray #because a i like it and b in my hc she was once a brown cat but now shes old and dusty

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realreulbbrband · 5 months

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The place where the lost things go. (Click images for better quality)

#cats the musical #grizzabella the glamour cat #victoria the white cat #demeter (cats)#I’m having thoughts again #familial headcanons #I went into this thinking of Demeter and Vic as sisters and how Victoria is able to have a more innocent outlook on her mother which #Later enables her to forgive Grizabella #but #Demeter wants to but can’t fully bring herself to follow through #because is it really worth risking her safety with the jellicles and how they regard her for someone who’s left her behind?#So Demeter in a way is almost controlled by her fear while Victoria is controlled by her want to forgive.#But this also works almost as a generational trauma thing. With Demeter being abandoned by her mother and wanting to forgive her but can’t #And her daughter (in this case victoria) having that unbroken trust and open empathy too #Not saying dem is some scaredy cat but she understands the consequences of forgiving or touching Grizabella in the eyes of the jellicles #Too soon #More then Victoria would #Like just look at how Munkustrap calls bomba over when Demeter is presenting more and more of Grizabella’s story to everyone #My hcs

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gaylittlewizardcat · 9 months

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I think the reason “Ride the Cyclone and Cats are kind of the same musical” bothers me so much is because that argument almost always uses the “the Jellicle Ball is a competition and everyone who sings a song wants to be the Choice” interpretation of Cats which, while I 100% accept it as one of many valid interpretations, is a reading of the show I dislike with a passion

#cats the musical #it makes me feel Bad Religion Feelings #usually thinking about the Everlasting Cat and the Jellicles as a religious group makes me happy #but this interpretation of what the Jellicle Choice *is* and *means* just makes me uncomfortable #I kind of think it has a hint of suicidal ideation #like ‘I’m willing to throw away the rest of my life for a new life that I will then also be throwing away just to be The Choice’#it’s like they want to be the choice simply *to be the choice*#they don’t need any motivation they just want to be picked as The Best Cat #no matter what they might lose in the process #but that is also based on *my* interpretation that most cats don’t keep any memories #gay little ramblings #the man over there #this warrants that tag cause I basically only see people outside the fandom make this comparison #the Jellicle Choice in my mind is a guarantee that you’ll be reborn *specifically* as a Jellicle - but all cats are reborn 9 times #they just might not be a member of the Jellicle Clowder in their next life #it’s a reassurance that there will be people who are there for you on the other side #that why I only see Griz and Gus as ‘competing’ (though I really don’t see it as a competition at all)#Grizabella doesn’t have anyone now and Gus might not have anyone much longer #for everyone else it feels like they want to be the choice Just Because #and that feels a bit cult-y #‘we want the religious reward because we’re supposed to want it’#and as much as I love the ‘the Jellicles are a death cult’ jokes (I don’t)#I really feels like it has uncomfortable implications for the Jellicle as a family #as a community

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the-cat-at-the-theatre-door · 10 months

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Slindile Nodangala & Marcus Desando

#because i think they deserve their full quality uncropped pictures no?#CATS Musical #CATS on Tour #(World Tour 2001 - 2005)#Grizabella #Old Deuteronomy #my posts #also those silver stockings = iconic - they don't make them like that anymore #with the matching gloves and black nails??? icon

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dididems · 1 year

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‘Memory

All alone in the the moonlight

I can smile at the old days

I was beautiful then’ …

Cats-pril day 2! I like to think Bombalurina is a Glamour Cat, just like Grizabella. Seeing her would definitely make her think of herself when she was younger…

#cats-pril2023 #cats-prilday2 #cats the musical fanart #grizabella the glamour cat #bombalurina #jellicle cats #curly bomba #griz seeing bomba would be like seeing her younger self - so I think it works for the 'memory' prompt :)#dididems-art

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emimii · 2 months

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her name was lola! grizabella!

#this is just a lazy thing 4 fun #id love some sort of content of the older cat’s youth #like old deut…bustopher..grizabella….gus…jennyanydots…. so on….#like i wanna hear about the old peoples lives too #cats the musical #cats musical #grizabella #grizabella the glamour cat

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white-cat-of-doom · 1 month

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Odd question, but do you think the cats wear clothes?

Apologies for the delay, Anon!

This is not a weird question at all! Throughout the show we see many Cats wearing song costumes or changing between their chorus character and song character designs and some of them can definitely be assumed to be wearing clothing, even if never explicitly stated. This is, of course, not mentioning collars as I do not consider that clothing.

As with basically everything in the show, it is up for interpretation whether the Cats wear clothes as we see them in the show, or would wear clothing at any point outside of the context of the musical. Depending on how fantastical you want to be also plays a role in this thought. If you want them to be more like an actual cats, it becomes a very narrow field of characters, but adding more of the magic of the Jellicle world can increase that number.

For me at least, I think only a small portion of the characters actually wear clothing at any point. Most of the context in the musical related to clothing seems more to accentuate the theme of the song or appearance of a character more than the fact that they are dressed a certain way. You can see this most prominently in how the Cats dress up as Pollicles or Beetles, where the costumes are more thrown together and silly than actual articles of clothing.

From a canon standpoint, Skimbleshanks is the only Cat that I think routinely wears clothing, more specifically a fun train conductor uniform that was made for him as an 'employee' of the Midnight Mail. This is further shown in his 2019 design, where he is always shown wearing clothes.

From here, it becomes a bit more unclear of who might be wearing clothing, but I will focus one those who change costumes during the show.

We see Jennyanydots go through two costume changes in her song, but I do not think she wears clothing often, more donning the Gumbie Cat and Tap costumes for special occasions, if viewed from a Jellicle standpoint. From an actual cat standpoint, she has never actually worn any costume and those song costumes are only meant as fun additions to how she is viewed as a lazy cat during the day, but then zooms around the house at night.

Gus has the appearance of wearing clothing to an extent, but I view it more as an older cat wrapped in a nice blanket that he has owned for many years and is embedded with his familiar scent, and which acts as a point of comfort as he begins to be effected by a decline in physical and cognitive health. This works in either a realistic or fantasy point of view.

For Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, I do not think they actually wear clothing, outside of the pearls that Rumpleteazer has and wears infrequently, either given to her by her owners or obtained another way. Their respective song costumes are strictly to poke fun at the fact they look very similar, and, like Jennyanydots, only for a few minutes of fun in the Jellicle world.

I do not think Rum Tum Tugger actually wears a belt or has bandanas, and that this is meant more as a design choice to show him off as a 'rockstar'. In a Jellicle view, he would be more inclined to dress like that all the time, as opposed to those mentioned above who only wear things on occasion.

Bustopher Jones is a chubby tuxedo cat, and does not wear any clothing as a normal cat. Even in the Jellicle world, I do not think he actually wears a special suit with spats, and it is only his rich coat that is emphasized in context of the costume. Saying that, he does have a monocle because he is a fancy cat with some poor eyesight.

Mistoffelees is a normal black cat in my opinion that is just cheeky. He does not really light up or sparkle extraordinarily as a normal, and even in a Jellicle setting I do not think he would have a separate jacket like they show. He can do the above more as an illusion rather than magic to alter his appearance. (Depending on your interpretation, he may be able to shape shift, and it is implied that he is magical in some way, but that requires more explanation than here).

Grizabella is tricky in the sense that she is very obviously dressed up in a form of clothing, but I do not think she actually wears anything, again coming down to it more showing her as a past Glamour Cat in a design context rather than her in costume. The revised design make this point harder to separate, but viewing the older design, or what is currently used in Japan, and you can understand more what I am getting at. She is/was a glamorous cat that in my view was a show winner, being well groomed and taken care of until something happened and (depending on what you think) she was abandoned/left the Tribe/was exiled or whatever reason for her to fall into disarray. The tattered clothing in her design is meant to empathize that transition into despondency from fame rather than her actually wearing a dress.

I view Growltiger and Griddlebone as a seperate characters who look like their costumes, so Gus or Jellylorum dressing up is not actually meant to be themselves in costume from a certain standpoint, but they are portraying the two is the context of the musical, as a homage to past theatrical performances. Outside of that (perhaps confusing) circumstance, I already mentioned Gus above and Jellylorum would not wear anything.

For everyone else, I cannot see them wearing clothing at really any time other than maybe a one time thing for fun, but not as actual cats.

I view everyone more as actual cats that gather together and see themselves in these more grandiose situations as seen in the musical itself, rather than say having special cat sized clothing that they can or will wear.

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jelliclekay · 7 months

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hey trevor nunn full offense this headcanon Sucks

#i usually consider trevor nunns words about the show to be more or lese canon since hes the director of the damn thing #but this? this sucks and i hate it #there doesnt need to be a cycle of cats who end up like grizabella in the tribe

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