More long lost footage of mine. The opening number from Cats and then Betty. The opening showcases a who's who of 80's B'Way..Terrance Mann, Ken Page, Steve Hanan...
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@djmove211 жыл бұрын
Betty Buckley is extraordinary. There is no version of "Memory" by no matter what other beautiful voice that tops Betty's performance. So moving!
@DBAat2C14 жыл бұрын
I saw Betty in CATS in 1982 on Broadway and it is a highlight of my life. Every time I watch this clip I get the same goosebumps I got that night. My partner and I also got the chance to meet her after she did a concert at the Plush Room in SF. We talked for a couple of hours. She is down to earth and sweet and loves her cutting horses more than singing, I think. I LOVE Betty Buckley!
@nimocash35356 жыл бұрын
You were very lucky
@dianesullivan55214 жыл бұрын
Wow! Envy!
@clamman2714 жыл бұрын
Betty is nearly impossible to beat with this one. She's IN the moment when she sings. THAT'S why she gives you goosebumps. She's an artist. Great singer. Amazing performance.
@OneoftheImmortals15 жыл бұрын
Barbra Streisand, eat your heart out. When Betty sang this one New year's Eve on Johnny Carson . . . she ripped my heart out. What a SUPER TALENT!!!
@rellenoz12 жыл бұрын
Betty Buckley struts out there in those heels and slays them all!
@ohioweatherguy15 жыл бұрын
Can't believe everyone sat on their asses at the conclusion of that performance. Betty Buckley and Memory... very little in the history of Broadway is comparable to that combination.
@oofahman13 жыл бұрын
When she hits that "TOUCH ME!" oh my!!! Goose bumps!!! Betty rocks..I have all of her albums! Got to see her in Sunset too...AMAZING!!!
@sb38113 жыл бұрын
when I saw this on Broadway, I had gone with my father. Soon after the show started, he slipped out of the theater to have a clandestine meeting with his mistress. On the subway home, he asked me what the music was like, presumably to have some answers ready in case my mom asked him how the show was. I explained the story and sang a few lines from the songs, and my dad looked at me and said "sounds like I missed a good show. I will have to see it one day."
@sebasrm12 жыл бұрын
:O
@peter21211 жыл бұрын
NO ONE does it better than Betty ! NO ONE !
@willwalker246015 жыл бұрын
Betty Buckley's voice is absolutely fanomanal, she was born to sing this song.
@ValtronW11 жыл бұрын
What's amazing to me is how calm and in character she is. I know she's a professional, but I don't know if I could be that calm during my big Tony performance.
@HughCorbyCruick13 жыл бұрын
If there's any doubt that Betty owns this song....
@gmaureen15 жыл бұрын
Magical, just magical the way Betty sings Memory.
@janhoke7796 Жыл бұрын
God bless Betty Buckley! Xxxooo
@FISTRIG13 жыл бұрын
ONE DOES NOT HERE PERFORMANCES LIKE THIS OFTEN. IT IS A REMARKABLE READING OF AN FABULOUS PIECE OF MUSIC !
@billycruise89915 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely amazing. No wonder it was the second longest running musicals in history (recently beaten by Les Miserables).
@MsTexas7315 жыл бұрын
Thank you SOOO much for posting this...I've never seen the entire play before...but I 've seen excerpts of the different versions...and I am a Betty fan...and I've always liked her rendition of Memory...and I wish they would put this original version of the play on dvd.
@jodona7613 жыл бұрын
Growing up in NYC..I'm so glad my mom took me in the 80's to see CATS...never been to Broadway show so lively...they would dance in the aisles of audience...very lively. Love this.
@dianesullivan55214 жыл бұрын
I lovvvvvve Betty Buckley! Just saw her for the first time in Hello Dolly and she’s still got it!
@lilclarinets14 жыл бұрын
OMG.... has the best story line ever. You can't help but love a story about an old cat that everyone loves that gets to go to heaven. BEST STORY EVER!!!!!
@MoMoMyPup1010 жыл бұрын
Gosh, doing the makeup for this play EVERY day must've been a nightmare!
@highbelter15 жыл бұрын
Ahh... Betty Buckley is unbelievable here. Thanks for posting this!
@Nellis432115 жыл бұрын
I love this musical. I've seen it once on broadway and twice at theaters that I can't remember.
@juliafan31014 жыл бұрын
Betty is the BEST!!!! Saw this with her in it..Absolutley incredible!!!!
@mamabear020415 жыл бұрын
I agree. I saw Cats in London in 1985 and it is the most memorable musical I have ever seen. Although I recently saw The Lion King and I have to say that it was the most creative, visually stunning and moving musical production since Cats. The Lion King is a must-see. I would ask people to please not be put-off by the fact that it was originally an animated film for children. You will not be disappointed.
@mamabear020415 жыл бұрын
If this looks like community theatre to you, then I want to live in YOUR community!
@kamwrites13 жыл бұрын
OH. MY. GOD. What a find!!!
@UndercoverCracker15 жыл бұрын
OMFG I always that that too. Two of the best notes ever!
@diana_ccb16 жыл бұрын
i also prefer elaine page but i felt it, that 'touch me, it's so easy to leave me...' that was... wow!
@MoMoMyPup1010 жыл бұрын
I'm still stuck on Barbra, as hers was the version you always heard on the radio, and I've never seen the play. Streisand just has the best voice for the song. But man oh man, Betty Buckley is CRAZZZZY good singing it! And watching her sing it in dress just makes it that much more personal and amazing.
@wilderpress9 жыл бұрын
MoMoMyPup10 You should've seen Betty live. Blessed opportunity
@BonJoviFan9612 жыл бұрын
Wow they're all so talented
@veronikawallentin12 жыл бұрын
Dat belting!
@NewNickTahoe13 жыл бұрын
@BWoppy123 first part was taped in cat's theater, the wintergarden, and only from betty's entrance on was actually live. same thing was done for starlight express a few years later...part taped in other theater, part performed live
@NewNickTahoe16 жыл бұрын
oh i agree...betty is unmatched. and by long lost footage, i meant of the stuff i had. forgot i ever recorded it.
@hermitcrabbot13 жыл бұрын
I looked up the definition of 'Grande Dame' on the web, and up came a picture of Betty.....
@queenofrandomthings49203 жыл бұрын
5:16 *OH* *SHIT*
@broadwayfan6614 жыл бұрын
is this Old Dueteronomy Ken page? He's very nice. I sent him a letter and he wrote back with a hand written personal letter and an autograph. It was very cool
@007candytrojan14 жыл бұрын
bravo bravo
@shirlychor14 жыл бұрын
WOW!
@EvanOz8514 жыл бұрын
Amen..
@baranyaigyorgy19526 жыл бұрын
Betty, Betty.....
@sylviamasri45324 жыл бұрын
Taaaaaaaaaaaachhhhh meeeeeeee
@Chocsii15 жыл бұрын
Of course there is a story to cats!
@ValtronW13 жыл бұрын
I really like the man who played Skimbleshanks!
@NewNickTahoe14 жыл бұрын
@highgranite none that i know of :( saw him do it live and he was AMAZING! he also was samuel in the orig pirates of penzance...on the cast recording with kevin klein, but when the movie version was filmed, while it is still his voice, it's not him in the film. maybe recorded the soundtrack then had scheduling conflict when they actually filmed? not sure...
@karrezza14 жыл бұрын
Thumbed up you to cancel the thumbs down someone gave you! I like Elaine (its my daughter's name after all) but Betty, I dunno I connect with her better.
@BroadwaysMyBeat15 жыл бұрын
"Broadway's Lost Treasures: Part 1" has this number (and many others) in great DVD quality. By the way, Scott Wise isn't in this video. Though he replaced Ken Ard (as Macavity), it's Ken who is seen in this clip from the Tony Awards.
@chrissi281014 жыл бұрын
It was Betty Buckles who sang it and it was in 2000 ;)
@sweetmistakexx14 жыл бұрын
how many awards did the Cats got from there?
@lonellfletcher5 жыл бұрын
Aika Ramos seven
@highgranite14 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if there exists a video of Stephen Hannan's performance as GrowlTiger available anywhere? His vocals were spectacular, and I would love to see his physical performance.... Thanks for any info
@invaderzim141415 жыл бұрын
hahaha i almost screamed
@silentapprentice15 жыл бұрын
Was her song rushed because they were at the Tony awards? or was it really like this with the show?
@taikoshep15 жыл бұрын
I've never been a huge fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber's work, but I feel Cats is stunning.
@MewPassionAngel13 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have any footage of Timothy Scott as Mistoffelees (besides what's here)? I've been searching for ages and can't find anything, only a couple of pictures. I'm dying to see his version of Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer (and his own song if that were possible).
@disneydanny212 жыл бұрын
@ohioweatherguy i'm pretty sure it was a taped and edited piece. i saw the show in New York and that set was HUGE & way to complicated to remove & relocate for one evening now if they had had an inflatable set like the current U.S. Tour does then they could have done that live
@UndercoverCracker15 жыл бұрын
Well the voice goes to Betty.
@karrezza14 жыл бұрын
@chrissi2810 uh wait what? Betty Buckley was not in Cats in 2000,
@ryan.engstrom15 жыл бұрын
What exactly makes "Cats" gay? Is there a make-out scene between two male cats? Because I've seen the show many times, and I'm sure there isn't. And please don't reply to this saying something along the lines of, "Oh, I meant gay as in stupid!"
@Bellajemima70815 жыл бұрын
2:16 AHHHHH!!! that was scary! lol
@outlanderfrog13 жыл бұрын
Which character does the guy at 0:30 with the epic mustache play?
@SHack74982 жыл бұрын
That's Stephen Hanan (who played Gus/Growltiger)
@NewNickTahoe14 жыл бұрын
@broadwayfan66 yes, that would be ken!
@KatThePuppyGirl12 жыл бұрын
just to be sure, is that reed jones as skimbleshanks?
@SHack74982 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is. Reed was first hired as an understudy for Skimbleshanks, but very shortly before previews began, Willie Rosario, who was originally cast as Skimbleshanks, terribly injured his knee during a rehearsal and couldn't continue with the show. Reed was put into the role instead. Luckily, Willie recovered and was the first Skimbleshanks in the show's national tour. (It's unfortunate he never got to be in the Broadway cast again.)
@MichaelCH200715 жыл бұрын
Probably rushed. They do this freguently at the Tony Awards so that they stay on time.
@mekestuboidoudoudidon588610 жыл бұрын
It seems that makeup is not the beautifulest that can be seen in all the tour, is it ?
@MacNair15 жыл бұрын
I prefer the taped version mainly because the make-up and costumes seem cleaner and more efficient. I am not a fan of what they have here. It looks like what you would get from a third-rate community theatre's production of the show. The dancing, acting, and singing are still great though.
@patriciaru3913 жыл бұрын
2:16 check out that feline's CRAZY EYES!
@Hrdcorellamas15 жыл бұрын
Jellicle Cats. Haha
@PiecesOfRainbow714 жыл бұрын
2:16!!!
@armandofarras15 жыл бұрын
no i didn't mean gay as stupid, i meant gay as "glittery", not like Chicago or A Chorus Line, those are more "straight" more sexy, also the music, Cats is very childish or sissy-like, Young Frankenstein is very darkish- funny like.
@weirdowaldo15 жыл бұрын
Was that Richard Burton looking like hell?
@armandofarras15 жыл бұрын
last time i checked billy flynn and amos hart were not nude or dressed like sissy cats, and i was talking about the women in chicago, not the men.
@Javaisreve14 жыл бұрын
this is so ridiculous you can't help but eat it up. You got to give it up to Lloyd Webber he sure can write some fun melodies, I'm going to go hum jellicle cats for an hour and a half...
@khm1968mo11 жыл бұрын
not my fave
@withonelook198515 жыл бұрын
Are you serious... Chicago is one of the most "glittery" musicals ever... Bob Fosse practically used every sequined in the entire world when he did that show... And young Frankenstein is very naive-stupish
@EvanOz8514 жыл бұрын
Booooo! Elaine doesn't stand a chance against our Betty.
@MrAmazingMarcus12 жыл бұрын
@MillerMo10 Elaine is a heartless performer, with no power. I'm always shocked she is given so much credit. Her voice PALES in comparison
@clamman2714 жыл бұрын
@smichelle65 Right? She's just not THAT good. She's always smiling. She's never IN her music. Singer yes, ARTIST? NO.
@smichelle6515 жыл бұрын
"Susan Boyle"? "greatest singers"? Sorry--I appreciate that her 'underdog' story has won the hearts of many, but she's not that great a singer. She can carry a tune, but no way can you put her in the same category as Streisand, Dion, Buckley, or Paige.
@UndercoverCracker15 жыл бұрын
Yes Paiges acting is better but that last part no one can compare to this woman!
@armandofarras15 жыл бұрын
i like musicals but for me it seems that Cats is a very gay musical.... off course, except for Memory
@gogetyourverb14 жыл бұрын
Elaine Paige is the BEST GRIZABELLA! I feel as though Betty Buckley sings way too much vibrato and doesn't have the emotion that elaine has.