The Broadway production of “Cats” is hoping for as much success with its online lottery as “Hamilton” received. The Andrew Lloyd Webber revival, opening at the Neil Simon Theatre July 31, will be offering a daily chance, beginning at 10 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. for matinees), to win a limited number of same-day tickets for $40.
The seven-time Tony-winning play is based on the novel by T.S. Eliot, “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.” This revival, currently in previews, is directed by Trevor Nunn with choreography from one Broadway’s hottest Tony winners, Andy Blankenbuehler (“Hamilton”).
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Singer Leona Lewis will be making her Broadway debut as Grizabella alongside Eloise Kropp (“Dames at Sea”), Giuseppe Bausilio (“Aladdin”), Ricky Ubeda (“On the Town”), Quentin Earl Darrington (“Ragtime”), and Tyler Hanes (“A Bed and a Chair”).
“Cats” ran in over 30 countries and was translated into 15 languages after its raucous opening on the West End in 1981. The Best Musical winner was the longest-running musical in Broadway history until another Lloyd Webber creation, “The Phantom of the Opera,” surpassed it in 2006. The original production closed in September of 2000.
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