Main Song In Broadway Cats. Cats (original broadway cast recording / 1983) by andrew lloyd webber & cats 1983 broadway cast. Buckley won the 1983 tony award for best featured actress in a musical for her portrayal.
Eliot.it tells the story of a tribe of cats called the jellicles and the night they make the jellicle choice, deciding which cat will ascend to the heaviside layer and come back to a new life. “the naming of cats” then lets people know how names are assigned in this particular feline world. One of the songs, memory, became a hit and brightly known far beyond the borders of musicals world.
The most famous song from the musical cats is the bittersweet ballad, “memory,” sung by the ostracized character, grizabella, “the glamour cat.”.
The role was originated by elaine paige in the west end in 1981, and by betty buckley on broadway in 1982. Vinyl cats [2 lp] by andrew. Jellicle cats join for a jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, old deuteronomy. I invite everyone to sit back and enjoy the musical “cats” and to keep and open eye for more hidden words and symbols.