A clip of Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer from last night's first preview of Cats: the Jellicle Ball
In the roles Jonathan Burke and Dava Huesca, both reprising their roles from the original run at PAC NYC
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A clip of Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer from last night's first preview of Cats: the Jellicle Ball
In the roles Jonathan Burke and Dava Huesca, both reprising their roles from the original run at PAC NYC
Ayo was a guest judge at 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball'
have you heard about this ballroom-style production happening in nyc this summer? i'm so intrigued!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6EnK7xuf8_/
Yes! It's been on my radar for a while though I don't think I've posted anything about it yet - at least, I haven't decided on a tag for the production.
Honestly, going by my usual tagging system it should probably be '2024 pac' or '2024 nyc' but. For these guys. I sort of want to name it after its most prominent attribute which is. '2024 ballroom' 😌
Anyway have a promo clip, from their official insta, and some random cast photos out of costume.
(We don't have a lot of costume photos yet but we do know that these Jellicles will be fully humans, not feline: they are people existing within the ballroom cultural milieu of the period and 'jellicle cats' is just the pride name they use for themselves and each other. So if you strongly prefer your cats as cats, this might not be the show for you—but it's certainly a show that speaks to somebody else!)
(Also I'm just really enjoying the flurry of excitement from former Jellicles in comments on this production's posts.)
Dudney Joseph: Munkustrap (Emcee) (he/him).
Dava Huesca: Rumpelteazer (she/her)
Jonathan Burke: Mungojerrie (he/him)
Andre Deshields: Deuteronomy
Sydney Harcourt: Rum Tum Tugger
Baby: Victoria
Choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles. (Obvs we're not going with Dame Gilly's choreo here.)
"A radical reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Inspired by the Ballroom culture that roared out of New York City over 50 years ago and still rages around the world. Staged as a spectacularly immersive competition by Zhailon Levingston (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Chicken & Biscuits) and PAC NYC Artistic Director Bill Rauch (All the Way), with all-new Ballroom and club beats, runway-ready choreography, and an edgy eleganza makeover that moves the action from junkyard to catwalk. Come one, come all, and celebrate the joyous transformation of self at the heart of Cats and Ballroom culture itself." (X)
Justice Smith with Nicholas L. Ashe and Jonathan Burke
Harlem (2021-)
Tye (lesbian) - Jerrie Johnson
Quinn (questioning) - Grace Byers
Isabela (lesbian) - Juani Feliz
Eric (bisexual) - Jonathan Burke
Anna (wlw) - Kate Rockwell
genre: comedy | United States
Synopsis:
The Inheritance Play on Broadway - BCEFA (Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids)
Some Cats PAC curtain call pics
Emma Sofia as Skimbleshanks, Dava Huesca as Rumpleteazer, Jonathan Burke as Mungojerrie, Nora Schell as Bustopher Jones, Shereen Pimentel as Jellylorum, Primo as Tumblebrutus, Xavier Reyes as Jennyanydots, Sydney James Harcourt as Rum Tum Tugger, Kendall Grayson Stroud as Electra and Dudney Joseph Jr. as Munkustrap
Cats: the Jellicle Ball aka Cats PAC
5 August 2024
All the PAC gals and pals being really into Tugger
Emma Sofia as Cassandra, Baby Byrne as Victoria Jonathan Burke as Mungojerrie, Teddy Wilson Jr. as Sillabub, Robert "Silk" Mason as Mistoffelees, Dava Huesca as Rumpleteazer and Jenny Mollet as Jellylorum
Cats PAC NYC aka Cats: the Jellicle Ball