Overview
- Playbill and Broadway.com report the full company is set for the Broadhurst Theatre, with opening night scheduled for April 7 after March 18 previews.
- New cast members include Leiomy Maldonado, Kya Azeen as Etcetera, Bryson Battle as Jellylorum, and original 1982 Cats alum Ken Ard as DJ Griddlebone.
- Returning performers from the Off-Broadway run include Tony winner André De Shields as Old Deuteronomy alongside “Tempress” Chasity Moore, Junior LeBeija, and Sydney James Harcourt.
- Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch co-direct, with choreography by Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons and a configuration that places audience seating on either side of a ballroom runway.
- The creative team from the Perelman staging returns, casting is by X Casting’s Victor Vazquez and Sujotta R. Pace, and producers are Michael Harrison and Mike Bosner.