“I have rarely seen an audience respond with as much joy and love as I saw recently at Cats: ‘The Jellicle Ball’. The atmosphere was, quite simply, electric. Cats and Ballroom culture both emerged in the same era and I am delighted that, all these years later, they are intersecting once again. I want to congratulate the entire team behind this special show!”
– Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” is a radical reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, inspired by the Ballroom culture that roared out of New York City over 50 years ago and still rages around the world. Staged as a spectacularly immersive competition by Zhailon Levingston (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Chicken & Biscuits) and PAC NYC Artistic Director Bill Rauch (All the Way).
By arrangement with The Really Useful Group.
A PAC NYC Production.
Check out Vogue’s inside look at the creation of Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”
Major Support for Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” is provided by BNY.
Additional Production Support for Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” is provided by Carlos and Eileen Rodriguez.
Photos: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman.
Note: This playlist contains explicit language and does not reflect the music presented in Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”.
Limited house seats available for Patron donors ($1,000+). Email us at donoremails@pacnyc.org.
Critics’ Pick!
A Lightning Strike! Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” has managed a Grizabella return, reincarnating itself in fabulousness. It sets the joy free!
–The New York Times
Paris Is Purring!
The fur flies in an absolutely fabulous reconception. Levingston and Rauch’s vision fits Cats like a long sequined glove.
–Time Out
A Raucous Success!
–New York Post
The hottest ticket of the summer! Absolutely the talk of the town.
–NBC NY Live
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"Tempress" Chasity Moore in Cats: "The Jellicle Ball" at Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC). Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman.
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