Cats Cancels Broadway Performance Due to Water Main Break

The Great White Way revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats has canceled the August 24 evening performance owing to a water main break in the area. Performances are expected to resume at the Neil Simon Theatre on August 25. Broadway.com customers with tickets to the canceled performance will be contacted with information on refunds or exchanges.

The cast includes Leona Lewis as Grizabella, Broadway.com vlogger Tyler Hanes as Rum Tum Tugger, Ricky Ubeda as Mistoffelees, Quentin Earl Darrington as Old Deuteronomy, Eloise Kropp as Jennyannydots/Gumbie, Giuseppe Bausilio as Carbucketty, Jeremy Davis as Skimbleshanks, Kim Faure as Demeter, Sara Jean Ford as Jellylorum, Lili Froehlich as Electra, Daniel Gaymon as Macavity, Shonica Gooden as Rumpleteazer, Christopher Gurr as Gus/Bustopher Jones, Andy Huntington Jones as Munkustrap, Kolton Krouse as Tumblebrutus, Jess LeProtto as Mungojerrie, Georgina Pazcoguin as Victoria, Emily Pynenburg as Cassandra, Arianna Rosario as Sillabub, Ahmad Simmons as Alonzo, Christine Cornish Smith as Bombalurina, Corey Snide as Coricopat, Emily Tate as Tantomile and Sharrod Williams as Pouncival.

Directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Hamilton’s Andy Blankenbuehler, the production is based on the original choreography and associate direction by Gillian Lynne.

Featuring a score by Lloyd Webber and lyrics by T.S. Eliot, Nunn and Richard Stilgoe, Cats follows a clowder of jellicles and each cat’s quest to be selected to ascend to the Heaviside Layer. The show, based on Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, ran for 21 years in London and 18 years on Broadway, where it won seven Tony Awards including Best Musical. This production is the first Main Stem revival.