is this cats or blade runner?

Max, 24, she/they, illustrator/costume design. prusty 4 lyfe. cats/stex sideblog im sorry 

[nauticaltrain]

assorted chocolates

[mrmistoffelees]

very very interesting looking at the stex tag post revival (which I really haven’t checked since) and seeing almost entirely people I don’t recognize! It actually feels nuts. I’ve been in this fandom a decade and like we barely had new people ever. Idk it’s cool I guess but in intimidating.

[maximusfrancescodecruralegman]

“I wonder who the Freight Gang was replaced by in the 2024 StEx revival”

The nefarious fuel trucks:

[etchif]

original:

[mrmistoffelees]

Rest in peace to the wondrous Ken Page, the original Old Deuteronomy in the Broadway production of Cats.

Picture from the Martha Swope collection at NYPL

[tabooi]

Starlight Express, Bochum 1989

[poprr]

explode them all explode them all explode them all (silly)

[tabooiart]

save me trucker-clown. trucker-clown save me.

[mysticalcats]

i made another one :] ✨🌸

[dhamcestor]

[mrmistoffelees]

Yeah I think the new stex costumes look like shit that’s all I gotta say

Cheapness aside they’re ill fitting/badly tailored….poor silhouette design, not easily distinct characters/poorly differentiated and overall just looks kind of lazy. Wondering if six was a fluke or something lmao. these just seem to have not love or research or development put into them at all and they also just look plain bad unfortunately. And I don’t want a carbon copy of John Napiers design! But there’s nothing about these costumes that tell you what the characters are or what they do….no visual shorthand for the audience to add texture or meaning or anything

[bellesdomain]

Pearl - Beverley Braybon

Dinah - Debbie Wake

Buffy - Caron Cardelle

Ashley - Erin Lordan

London, 1988. Restored from negative.

[mungojerrie]

pretty sure ive had this cats blog running for a decade now so let me just say a big congratulations to mutie for being the only person i still recognise on here after ten years

[mungojerrie]

amending this because i just saw punku is still here too

[mrmistoffelees]

WAIT 10 YEARS????

[dhamcestor]

Happy Birthday Starlight Express RAAAAAHH 🦅

[mrmistoffelees]

WAIT WHAT?? What's this Starlight Express news from, are they workshopping the show again?

the new London production announced casting today :3

[mrmistoffelees]

also sorry but I think the new nationals names r better….golden eagle as a khazak reference kind of slays. Idk im so hype in general i want a completely fresh take and we got it!!!!!

[mrmistoffelees]

GAYS WE WIN TODAY!!!!!! BUTCH LESBIAN GREASEBALL!!!!! WE FUCKING WIN!!!! NONBINARY ELECTRA FOR REAL THIS TIME!!!!! WE FUCKING WIN!!!!! POC RUSTY X PEARL!!!!!!! WE WIN !!!!!! MALE COACH IN LITTLE SKIMPY OUTFIT!!!!! WE FUCKING WINNNNNNN!!!!!!