Andrew Lloyd Webber is preparing to bring his 1980s hit musical “Cats” back to London’s West End for a limited run. Webber announced plans this week to revive “Cats”, his 1981 show based on poet T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats”, for a 12-week run beginning on Dec. 6. The musical was the fourth longest-running in London when it closed in 2002 on its 21st birthday. “I think it’s just a great opportunity for us to get a second edition … with this show I think it would be great just to have a go at it again and give it a bit of a rethink,” he said at a launch event held in a London theatre on Monday. Over the years, the show has attracted many stars to its cast, including Elaine Paige, Wayne Sleep, Bonnie Langford and Brian Blessed. The original show’s director Sir Trevor Nunn said: “There’s a whole new generation of kids who haven’t seen it or discovered it.”
And I bought two tickets for Katy and I to see it over the holidays :)