CATS - West End Closing Night | Highlights

CATS - West End Closing Night | Highlights | Cats The Musical

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Watch Cats (1999) here: www.uphe.com/movies/cats-1999
As CATS celebrates its 40th Anniversary, we reminisce about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic show with some highlights from the West End closing night in May 2002. The iconic final performance was broadcast live from London's New London Theatre on a large screen in Covent Garden for fans who could not acquire a ticket.
CHAPTERS
Announcer - 00:00
Overture - 00:19
Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats - 00:54
The White Cat Solo Dance - 01:26
The Rum Tum Tugger - 01:40
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer - 02:40
The Jellicle Ball - 03:01
Growltiger's Last Stand - 05:08
Macavity: The Mystery Cat - 06:55
Mr. Mistoffelees - 09:04
Memory (Reprise) - 09:51
The Journey to the Heaviside Layer - 11:09
The Ad-Dressing of Cats - 12:47
Andrew Lloyd Webber Speech - 13:19
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@flerkencat 3 жыл бұрын

This brings so many tears to my eyes. Please make this full production watchable. It's been nearly 20 years, and we should all be able to experience this now. I'm sure I speak for many when I say I'd have no problem paying $25-30 for it.

@mistoxictutorials6448 3 жыл бұрын

not gonna lie, I'd pay even more for this legendary show

@delldelta1979 3 жыл бұрын

Even if I had to give up a full amount of my monthly salary to see this I would, without hesitation

@erafaR 3 жыл бұрын

Would pay way more than $25-30 to see the whole thing of that performance if that would make them release it.

@BongoBon360 3 жыл бұрын

You can rent it on yt or buy it on DVD, and it wouldn’t cost $30

@erafaR 3 жыл бұрын

@@BongoBon360 Thats the 1998 movie version you are thinking about. We want the West End 2002 finale performance, where this highlight is from.

@eekaboo8012 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell John Partridge really had that closing night energy.

@williamfairchild7439 3 жыл бұрын

He was in the 1998 video film as well

@PaolaGonzalez-gk8nc 3 жыл бұрын

And is he the rum tum tugger from this show?!?! 😍😭🤤🥰

@williamfairchild7439 3 жыл бұрын

@@PaolaGonzalez-gk8nc Yeah

@nudgificator 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking it was him but wasn't 100% sure, so thanks for confirming!

@PaolaGonzalez-gk8nc 3 жыл бұрын

@@williamfairchild7439 OMG I love that maaaaaaan!!!!! 😍🤩🥰🤤❤ I think he is the best Tugger EVER ! for me 🥰

@nicolemiller7760 3 жыл бұрын

The shot this professionally and we’re just NOW finding out about it!? (Okay, they probably did it on purpose for the 40th anniversary, but still).

@chrissi2810 3 жыл бұрын

They screened this live at Covent Garden on 11 May 2002 so it was known to many fans this existed. I'm so happy they finally share these clips.

@austinpearce5442 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrissi2810 I’d love for them to put up the whole thing.

@alex-ei1ny 3 ай бұрын

I'm dying to see the whole thing!

@chrissi2810 3 жыл бұрын

So nice to see footage from this historical show. What a treasure. And so great to see Bonnie Langford, the original Rumpleteazer, dancing with Tugger. Sarah Jane Honeywell is amazing as Etcetera, too. ❤️ The only shame is it's 15 minutes only.

@williamfairchild7439 3 жыл бұрын

Bonnie Langford was also in 42nd Street and 9 to 5 in London

@mistoxictutorials6448 3 жыл бұрын

THIS is what we want to see!!! Please release the full show, we have been waiting for 20 years! 🙏🏻 All those legends in this perfect London show

@DVR01 3 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@b.d6642 3 жыл бұрын

I'm disappointed there was never a dvd realese

@percy445 3 жыл бұрын

cats revolutionized the way we see people move onstage. this is a perfect way to close it.

@lomion79 3 жыл бұрын

Now *this* recording should be released in its completeness on DVD/Bluray for the show's anniversary! It's a record of a uniquely staged and designed production that was never bettered - not on Broadway, not on video.

@krazyrhcpfan22 3 жыл бұрын

As always John partridge as rum tum tugger STOLE THE WHOLE FREAKEN SHOW..

@Coffee_is_ready 3 жыл бұрын

I think I watched him live in the late 80s or early 90s. And I remember that I fell seriously in LOVE with rum tum tugger (I was young, lol). My absolute favorite.

@whitmerule2753 2 ай бұрын

You say Johnny P's Tugger I say Jack Rebaldi's Munkustrap!

@andyvictory950 3 жыл бұрын

Please don't makes me wait another 10 years to watch this production...please..

@grr2009 3 жыл бұрын

I was there crying so hard that everything was blur by my tears.... please please please release the entire show!!!! This night matters so many fans who loved this production

@GGinaX 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even know this existed?! 14 minutes of blurry cats cus I'm just sat here crying and grinning like an idiot, if there is a cat god, please let there be a full show version

@cherryblossom5239 3 жыл бұрын

The tour was postponed but I am so excited to be able to see it in 2022. I'm a 1998 baby and thus, grew up with the recording that was recorded the same year. In 2020, I had tickets to go and see it with my father, sister and best friend, in Montréal. We will be waiting for 2022 with much enthusiasm!

@ethanchild582 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy! I saw the North American tour three times in 2019-2020. It is an absolutely incredible production. I'm also a 1998 baby who grew up on that video; watched it so many times that I wore out the VHS!

@clary98 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a ‘98 baby also! But in my country musicals are suspended :( Also, they only do them in one city, Enjoy the show!

@LauraBwayMorris 3 жыл бұрын

Happy 40th anniversary, CATS!! I would give anything to see the show live again!

@bajanwhiteboy 3 жыл бұрын

I remember being there watching this in Covent Garden and crying my eyes out at the end. I hope they will release it fully someday

@laramei3957 3 жыл бұрын

How incredible! Please make this production available to watch in full! People would pay good money for it

@ryanslade8073 3 жыл бұрын

The seating in this theatre looks chaotic but also amazing

@Broadwayriah 3 жыл бұрын

The seating has always been like that help-

@richardbarrett7236 3 ай бұрын

It was the puuurfect venue! Saw it on Broadway as well, and the experience was not nearly as special.

@munkumunks 8 ай бұрын

I would pay so much money to go back in time and see this live

@ChrisVirgilio 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to get a glimpse of Growltiger’s Last Stand as you certainly never see that anymore.

@FriedlichChiller 3 жыл бұрын

Another vote for a release of the whole show. At least a VOD would be nice.

@a.j.glitter_f 3 жыл бұрын

Y'all really decided to make me c r y with closing night, huh? 😩😭

@littlesongbird1 3 жыл бұрын

This is so cool! I had never seen the original stage in London and wasn't sure what they meant when the show was originally done in a round theater but now I can see. Cool.

@finleyforevermore 3 жыл бұрын

I never knew what "in the round" meant either, so seeing this is really cool! I personally prefer this to a regular stage! It allows more audience participation and interaction in my opinion.

@robertpehatcher968 3 жыл бұрын

Its certainly interesting to see how the productions have varied over the years. Such as Growl tiger number being dropped and included in certain tours

@charlesrabb5568 3 жыл бұрын

I saw this production July 1983. My first trip to London. Bought my ticket at a broker. When I got to my seat I was not happy to see the back of the set. Then the overture started and the set moved. I started crying right then and I don't think I stopped until we exited the theater.

@flavionussbaum9653 2 жыл бұрын

Why does this treasure not exist on dvd or bluray? Cats has only ONE recorded show, the 1998 vhs/dvd. other shows like Les Miserables or Phantom have different live versions, why not Cats? And now especially for the 40th anniversary. Please Lloyd Webber, RELEASE this treasure, its the original production. I, and def. many fans around the world, would pay for it!! PLEASE!!!

@giglet52 Жыл бұрын

I was there for that performance. Forever honoured to have been there. It was amazing. I really wish they would release the whole thing instead of this short clip. 👌

@Mooksz 2 жыл бұрын

this is such a pure version of cats i seriously love it so much… this is why it was successful because it’s magical. all the new choreo changes messed up the cat illusions for me… the only good new additions where the new props (like jennydots on the giant broom)

@Chris-lp5fv 3 жыл бұрын

Cats is my favorite musical😍

@juliavilla8088 3 жыл бұрын

mine too!!! cats has bring joy to my life since I was five!! I hope you and your loved one's are staying safe!!

@lalas181 3 жыл бұрын

Cats as how it's meant to be! Some shows can work as regular movies, but honestly the second you take the junkyard off a stage and onto a set you've kind of doomed yourself from the start. I can't wait for the tour to come back so I can go be home again

@TresTaylor 3 жыл бұрын

I am literally begging you, P L E A S E release this show!

@GothSwan2109 3 жыл бұрын

For the love of all things good and feline please release the full recording! The description suggest such exist's and I know many of us here would pay big money for a legal release!

@matthewturnbull8994 3 жыл бұрын

This whole show needs to be released

@sk011151 11 ай бұрын

Hope that they will publish this version! Such precious footages!

@davidefiore8805 3 жыл бұрын

please release the entire performance

@williamfairchild7439 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with that

@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army Жыл бұрын

Absolutley amazing...my favourite ever musical.

@eddybernstone 3 жыл бұрын

THIS is the best thing this channel has posted in its existence!! Thank yo so much! there is so little footage of the original production! id give so much to see the full thing.

@EntrancedG 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful production!! Thank you so much for sharing this special gem for all of us CATS fans around the world to see.

@jaywayway 3 жыл бұрын

Oh god is that john partridge i see??? I really need the entire version

@emmaswirkowski 3 жыл бұрын

not me hysterically crying, my absolue FAVE 😭😭😭

@OlaOla-ct4nu 3 жыл бұрын

Please release full proshot. We'll spend every money for this 🙏😱❤️

@ayzecknozniksid3126 3 жыл бұрын

Please do the whole thing! We'd all love to see it!

@EaglesROLB59 3 жыл бұрын

100% needs to be released! I know fans would have absolutely no problem paying for it! First saw the show in 1986 & top price tickets were £19.50! How times have changed.

@annagrant8488 3 жыл бұрын

Add a zero onto that price now pp for top price. Thank goddess the prices were so cheap or else I would never have experienced the magic of shoes like carts!

@marcuscarana9240 28 күн бұрын

I love the double person cartwheel munggojerrie and rumpleteazer made 2:54. Goes to show they really work together.

@clary98 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe they can remaster this and get a better quality and sell it as a dvd. I would buy it

@austinpearce5442 3 жыл бұрын

They could’ve put this in theaters instead of the Tom hooper film

@clary98 3 жыл бұрын

@@austinpearce5442 true

@breemarconnet8560 Жыл бұрын

Their makeup in this production hits so good

@estelafelipone9419 3 жыл бұрын

please release it for a few days like you did with the 98 pro shot, we would love it so much!!

@TraderRobin 2 жыл бұрын

I had always missed Growltiger's Land Stand and the Ballad of Billy McCaw in the 1998 video production!

@sebastian1980ful 3 жыл бұрын

This is really a diamond 💎 🐱🍀✨✨✨ please please the Full Show 🙏❤️

@sebastian1980ful 3 жыл бұрын

That’s not the closing night show u can buy !

@sebastian1980ful 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! But I would love to see the complette show of the closing night ..

@Seal0626 3 жыл бұрын

@@Blunts_and_cunts That's about 80% of the show, and it's a lot better than nothing, but it is not as good as the actual show. This video exists but will never be released to the public thanks to paperwork. It is superior to the 1998 video in every way except that the 1998 video has the LSO.

@sonatina3 3 жыл бұрын

Aaaah so wonderful to see this! I remember this time so well.... I'd only just gotten into CATS the previous year, went to see it in London for the last time in the January of 2001, didn't see this performance but had online friends talking about it... amazing to see this now. Happy 40th ❤️

@gabrielgrevelund8123 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly such a great and beautiful musical! I would Honestly pay to see the full version of this

@Frenchmisto 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this!!! One of the best memories of my life

@isabelbustos2293 Жыл бұрын

Happy 40th anniversary Cats! This is my favorite musical. I wish I could have seen in person.

@alexseyboyarinov6913 3 жыл бұрын

THIS is what we are waiting for! So, what else does R.U.G. hide in his chests?

@naly202 3 жыл бұрын

THere's one thing the Cats movie did right: it got me interested in this fabulous show!!!!!!!!

@SouthPaw1805 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't get a chance to see the last night live as I was stuck at work. Was hoping it had been captured for posterity. Thanks RUG! \o/

@hernanarielenriquezmorales755 3 жыл бұрын

I love it. Thanks for sharing this amazing presentation

@splonko9788 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy how the first run of this show started when my mom was 4 years old and ended just days before I was born

@helenskinner9699 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't know they ever did it in the round, learn something new every day.

@ThePyroSquirrel1 3 күн бұрын

Can we talk about how perfect that laugh is at 2:33 it’s so subtle but adds so much to the performance

@paleiosaur 2 жыл бұрын

y'all saying you'd pay $30 to see this whole show... well i'm autistic and cats is my special interest. i'd blow my entire college fund to see this.

@amyhopwood8646 3 жыл бұрын

Cats was my first show ever when I was 14, been in love with the soundtrack ever since !

@beltingtokra 3 жыл бұрын

Majestic, actual chills, wow. 🙌

@Broadwayriah 3 жыл бұрын

I thought the video i had was the only footage. Thank you so much 😭😭

@suddenwall 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for these rare gems

@aarndts 3 жыл бұрын

Wow 🥰🥰 saw this newer production in dec ‘19 with my best friend And liked it very much.

@Frenchmisto 3 жыл бұрын

Just so you know... not even people who were performing that night have a copy, for most it’s the first time they have seen this video

@ryanlong8741 3 жыл бұрын

i would have seen many members of this cast back when i saw this show back in 2001/2002

@thehockeynerd3479 3 жыл бұрын

Wow so many familiar faces😊

@Morlock9 3 жыл бұрын

OMG this is pure gold!

@samuelblachon95130 Жыл бұрын

And 20 years later i was inside the same theatre watching a New ALW show Cinderella

@carmenkaren5980 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@user-vo3wl4mm3z 2 жыл бұрын

お客様からえらばれつづけて愛されているコカイン！🐈

@robbypolter6689 Жыл бұрын

Hamburg, more than 20 years ago, LIVE! It was absolutely amazing, a whole pack of handkerchiefs wasted. And one evening later, also in Hamburg, "The Phantom of the Opera".

@danielbisson8032 2 жыл бұрын

fabulous show ever

@skazanowska 3 жыл бұрын

Tugger 😍

@tinasattler1 3 жыл бұрын

Soooo goood

@rumpleteazerstan9928 3 жыл бұрын

Okay now drop the whole thing

@amangogna68 3 жыл бұрын

Great play !

@franciscolima5793 3 жыл бұрын

MAGNÍFICO ESPETACULAR 👏👏👏👏👏👍de Macapá Amapá Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

@clairehale4571 3 жыл бұрын

I love the show so much wish I could do that

@punchis5662 3 жыл бұрын

Please SALW and Really Useful Co., we’d love to see CATS going back to Broadway/ West End! 😻

@mattski73 3 жыл бұрын

And the Jellicle Ball stops the show. A. Maz. Ing!

@elizabethbutterfield3833 Жыл бұрын

This is the cast I remember from my youth.. rum Tum tugger was among my first crushes and still hot today! Reminds me of Billy Idol. Meow ☺️

@michaelmullin3585 3 жыл бұрын

i saw the show in person in Ft. Worth. it was soooooo wonderful.

@rhondawilliams3460 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE AND LOVE!!!!

@bookboybrs90 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hope more Exciting Cats

@asheer9114 3 жыл бұрын

You have to question the mindset of whoever decided about the movie version of this show... when even a show is done in such "spartan" environment as this one... do a BBETTER impression of the Cats than a freaking multi-million dollar cinema movie...

@Blunts_and_cunts 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the movie is terrible. People need to see it LIVE and in person.

@Deancolby 3 жыл бұрын

Please show us the complete video of this lovely London version. Made me homesick for the west end. Sincerely, Dean

@JollyOrangeEntertainment 3 жыл бұрын

a 40th Anniversary Cats Musical tour would be amazing to see

@user-cs4ey2ct7f 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand anything, but very interesting 😎

@lucydickinson9252 3 жыл бұрын

15 minute highlights, meant more to me than the 1998 version in its entirety. Please. Please post THIS production. Oh and as much as love Tim Minchin and John Legend in their own different versions of JCS.....please post the whole Glen Carter Jerome Pradon version from 2000. Think it’s on Netflix. But I’m greedy x

@matthewn1566 3 жыл бұрын

Please upload the full proshot! It would be a better Cats than the 2019 movie!

@ricardosp7975 3 ай бұрын

Nice to hear ALW credit TS Eliot at the end. His words are such a huge part of the success of the show.

@ilikechopin8112 2 жыл бұрын

A historical recording❣

@carlespedra 3 жыл бұрын

please! full original stage video as soon as posible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm crying of emotion of remember me on New theatre london in 2000.

@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat 3 жыл бұрын

FROM MAY 11, 1981 - MAY 11 2002 ON THE WEST END, I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THE CLOSING, IT WAS STILL PLAYING AT THE PARAMOUNT IN SEATTLE WA, USA UP UNTIL MAY OF 2003, I SAW IT AS LITTLE JOE THE MOONLIGHT CAT ON MY 16TH JELLICLE BIRTHDAY MAY 8, 2003, IT WAS A THURSDAY. THE HUMAN BEHIND THE JELLICLE WAS 26 GOING ONTO 27!