Overview
- The Broadway run at the Broadhurst Theatre recasts Cats through Harlem ballroom culture after a 2024 debut at PAC NYC.
- Directors Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch stage the show on a runway with onstage seating as Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons build category-driven numbers rooted in vogue.
- Projection designer Brittany Bland spotlights ballroom founders and the show rolls call the 1980s houses, turning the event into a living tribute as well as a party.
- André De Shields wins ovations as Old Deuteronomy, Junior LaBeija gives Gus fresh weight as a ballroom icon, and Chasity Moore’s Grizabella delivers a roof-raising “Memory.”
- Critics cheer the spectacle, costumes by Qween Jean, and bold design, yet cite muddy lyrics, uneven pacing, and a nearly three-hour runtime as ongoing flaws.