Overview
- Cats: The Jellicle Ball has begun its Broadway run at the Broadhurst Theatre after a buzzed‑about Off‑Broadway engagement at the Perelman Performing Arts Center.
- The production resets Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical inside Ballroom culture with runway staging, house beats, and voguing inspired movement.
- Co-directors Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch lead a team that includes choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles, whose work draws from Black and Latine LGBTQ dance traditions.
- Cast members describe the show as a joyful platform for visibility, with quotes from Chasity Moore, Leiomy, and Ken Ard stressing celebration of queer and trans lives.
- Notable casting includes André De Shields and Junior LaBeija, while Ken Ard returns as DJ Griddlebone, and the creative team invites respectful audience interaction that turns the curtain call into a Ballroom-style runway.