The Cats Meow
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Meow - so this past Saturday, May 12, I went to see
the play Cats with my mother and
father at Theater
Calgary.
Cats is the play about cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which
is based on a book by T.S. Eliot called Old Possum’s Book of
Practical Cats.
So
the play itself was great. I had been waiting a long time to go and see it and
it lived up and beyond all expectations I had. The set was wonderfully built,
there was interaction with the audience, and there was tons to look at and be
interested in. The actors/singers costumes were all colorful and interesting;
each was unique and special just like every cat is an individual with its own
personality. And that was shown and explained throughout the play by several of
the characters like Magical Mr, Mistoffelees, the magician cat. (He’s one of my
favorites.)
Basically,
the musical is about a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known
as "the Jellicle choice." This is when they decide which cat will go
to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life. Without
giving too much away, they pick a sad but wonderful old cat who seems to be an
outcast.
Overall, it's one of those things that is hard to
explain but it's definitely something that everyone should experience at least
once. Even though it's about cats, the situations and at least one of the
characters are relatable. The music is beautiful and the whole play is
enchanting from the moment the lights dim till the curtain falls.
It
almost made me purr!
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