It's not fursuiting if it's on Broadway! Or: CATS the musical thread

the muscle detail on the rumpus cat weirded me out, along with the..everything else, heh

but yeah i much prefer growltiger! it also let a bunch of characters goof around as pirates, which was super fun for me to watch.

 

so. cats is on broadway right now

looks at ticket costs

cries

 

gah, triple post, but!

recently andrew lloyd webber became the first since rodgers & hammerstein to have four broadway shows running at the same time-- CATS, school of rock, phantom of the opera, and sunset blvd i believe! so big congrats to him, that's cool as hell

 

Ohai. I love this musical. Does it surpise anyone that I liked macavity best?

 

macavity is a great character!! i love his designs, especially the movie design and the current broadway one. spicy

Spoiler: movie design

Spoiler: broadway design

 

......is it just me or does anyone else think that broadway!mcavity looks a bit like michael jackson

 

WELL NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT

 

I kind of like the Subtle Baddie feel they're going for now, the old one just seems Really Edgelord
And I really like that they didn't go the Black Cats Are All Evil route, like, no. stop. overdone. black cats are Good And Wonderful

 

BLACK CATS ARE SWEET AND WHOLESOME, I LOVE THEM ALL

and on that note: i am really glad they made misto a protagonist?? it would've been easy to make the canon black cat named after mephistopheles evil, but they didn't and it makes me happy

 

SAME
I was so tickled by that
sweet lil kitty with the Big Bad Name is ACTUALLY adorable and wonderful and also The Biggest Little Shit

and then you have macavity who sounds like a bad trip to the dentist and a half

 

my one gripe is misto is hardly ever played as he's described (all black) in the song, he's almost always a tuxedo cat. it gives me dissonance when the song describes him one way and yet... there he is on stage looking very different

 

I mean I get why they do it—theatricality! Magicians in tuxedos! it makes him stand out!—but that was always a gripe of mine too
I Like the tuxedo outfit, because it makes him stand out
BUT THE SONG IS WRONG OR THE OUTFIT IS WRONG GOSH DANGIT.

(I eventually got my brain to shhhh by going "well they say 'he is black from the ears to the tip of his tail' which doesn't specify front or back and his BACK is all black so HAH")

 

yeah, they do it because an all-black costume would be SUPER hard to see on stage and for the reasons mentioned above

and the tux is super cute. i love it

but this torments me ;-;

 

ALSO GUYS LOOK AT THE NEW BROADWAY MISTO I AM CRYING

Spoiler: spoilered because on mobile and not sure how big?

 

A Good Boy! Best magic kitty!

 

hey hey hey

do you folks want to arrange a rabb.it stream to watch CATS some time? i can host, and i've got a reasonably high quality version with captions

i'm free basically whenever so i can adjust my schedule for whatever works the best for anyone who wants to hop in!

 

//pokes head in

i haven't seen cats in forever but i remember enjoying it. could i join?

 

YES THE MORE THE MERRIER! what times are good for you?

 

i'd be interested! would it be textchat or video?

 

I can stream literally anytime so ill def be showing up to scream about cats in chat