I wish they still had the cast enter through the auditorium with the cat-eye glasses. I first saw Cats when I was 14 & that moment is still etched in my memory. That was the moment I fell in love with the show
They actually didn't, most of Gillian's choreography has been replaced. This and Skimbalshanks are two songs that mostly feature Gillian's work. Macavity Is slightly changed and the only section of the ball that remains of Gillian's work are the first 2 minuets. 80% of her work is gone.
I saw a local production of this at one point that used more of a Zootopia approach to costuming/acting, and it was SO much less terrifying and made the whole thing so much better!
if you ever decide to release/trade/sell this video eventually, can you message me? i just saw this production and absolutely adored it, i'd like to have a lasting version of it in hand in some way so i can rewatch it again, even if it's not the same as seeing it live. either way, very steady footage. good job
I honestly think problem isn't the cherography, but the dancers. Take 8:50 for example. Everybody here is so stiff and they don't seem to be into the song, or perhaps they're simply _too_ focused on getting every move right that they come off a bit stiff. If you watch the 2016 revival slime tutorial, the dancers are very clearly putting their all into the song and seem to be having a great time on stage.
I know you said you dont release your videos but PLEASE if you consider releasing a full version of this I would be so so so so grateful, this is my favorite show and I saw it with this cast and I would love to buy it from you.
There is no way this is the same small crap band. It sound like a good 20-30 piece. Maybe even more. The phantom North America tour set the bar so high with its 50 plus piece orchestra that Cats had to put the effort in to keep up.
It's unbelievable how much the wonderful original choreography by Gillian Lynne has been destroyed with the US revival version. This is some sort of artistic vandalism and it hurts so much to see it.
The whole Broadway revival was like that though, which this tour is based on. the moment you think its starting or getting into something Gillie choreographed it jumps into Andy's choreo. I LOATHE it! It doesn't make any sense and tells no story and just seems like random dance steps and acro. I hope to God we never get this version here in the UK! Imagine if a British choreographer came along and did what Andy did to CATS say to CHICAGO or WEST SIDE STORY? No! it'd never happen because their work is protected by copyright within those shows and any changes must be agreed upon by their estates as well as the licencee. Shame ALW couldn't do the same with Gillian Lynns work on CATS. And i do hold him responcilbe for this shit show! I'm truly dreading the film release at Christmas time.
@@ladyjennyanytime5195 i know, i saw a video of the Broadway version and it was shocking to see the only number that was still in it's original staging was Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat. I know that Gillie was heartbroken and nearly cried on the first day of rehearsals for the revival (the only day she actually went there)... and I can totally understand why. He butchered her life's work in such a disrespectful behaviour. It's bad enough to see the UK/international tour now does the very same version of The Awful Battle and I really really hope they will never ever go further than that.
@@chrissi2810 NOOOOOOOOO! Really?? No more Growltiger!! thats very sad! I hate the new pekes and pollicles, especially when it still uses th ending of Growltiger as the intro and end of P & P. its very odd! I find it so,so disrespectful what Andy did. why on earth would you even do that to anothers work? Either do hers or do you're own, don't do this God aweful franken-pussy version thats patched together!! I have it on good authority that most performers who worked with Gillie during the original run HATE what he's done as well and this the same as we do.
@@ladyjennyanytime5195 not only to change her choreography but to even say he improved it... oh no, Andy, you didn't, you destroyed it... yes, when the international tour reintroduced the Rockstar Tugger, they took the chance to change some more stuff. They added some chorus singing about Macavity before the Jellicle Ball (lyrics that were definitely NOT written by T.S. Eliot) and cut Growltiger to replace it with the Pekes and the Pollicles. Gus is playing Rumpus Cat while wearing the ugliest costume ever worn on a theatrical stage. At least the UK/World Tour has these changes. The Vienna production that's starting later this year will have Growltiger back and The Awful Battle back in the first act.
@@chrissi2810 Eurgh! That costume was HORRENDOUS looked like a bad halloween costume made out of bin liners! Aweful and ugly as sin!! Yeah I think there was a pre-reprise of Macavity in the Broadway show as well as the lyric changes in Gumbie cat. I like the new orchestrations for Gumbie & Tugger but Andy really didnt maximise the music AT ALL. I hope somebody does at somepoint. I mean what the hell was all that with the giant balls and the clock and NO BEETLES TATTOO!! But a tap dancing chorus with no tap shoes on!! ridiculous! Liked the new play out for Gumbie too. How come GT and P & P are back in Vienna do you know? is it the original staging/choreo as well?
@@isaiahbaumgardner1802 maybe..... Instead of being rude.... Consider that he may have been asking for which cities the tour will visit....??? Or where the full version is on TH-cam? Geez.
The dancing is so toned down since the revival. It’s like they couldn’t find advanced professional dancers and then decided to dumb down the choreography so the not so advanced could do it. It just looks so easy for professionals. I did like Tion Gaston as mr. Mistofelees though.
I wish they still had the cast enter through the auditorium with the cat-eye glasses. I first saw Cats when I was 14 & that moment is still etched in my memory. That was the moment I fell in love with the show
I am so glad they kept most of Gillian Lynne's choreography, that is what made the show so magical.
They actually didn't, most of Gillian's choreography has been replaced. This and Skimbalshanks are two songs that mostly feature Gillian's work. Macavity Is slightly changed and the only section of the ball that remains of Gillian's work are the first 2 minuets. 80% of her work is gone.
I believe the full revival is up on youtube if you wanna see the rest of the changes.
Why did they do that? Gillian's choreography was classic. Why fix some thing that isn't broken?
And I saw the revival. The Jennyanydots number is AWFUL. I do like the Tugger one and Mistoflees but that's about it.
No... they RAPED Gillian's work.
Finally good footage of the cat eyes during the overture!
The orchestra sounds fantastic!!! Best tour orchestra for this show in a LONG TIME
Thank you! Proud MD / conductor.
Do you have the full thing? I would love to see it and this one is so well filmed. ;-;
Yeah, me too. Is there a link for it?
@@Broadwaygirl918 there is one exactly on TH-cam. I can find it and send the link.
@@gabriellagraham8941 thanks
@@Broadwaygirl918 th-cam.com/play/PLf3k5ETT0x1im4kdg6TE-t3obtJatKz49.html
@@Broadwaygirl918 no problem. It's may not be like placed in 2019 but it's still the same choreography as 2019
This particular cast sounds so good together. I would love to hear them sing Old Deuteronomy
My favorite song ❤❤
Thank you! They were a beautiful cast and I was very proud to MD them.
i would give anything to go see this again 🥰
Same here
Same here
Same
Best show I saw going to see it again before it leaves Chicago this weekend
Can you please post more of this tour if you have any? I’m friends with Timothy Gulan who was in this show. He was Peter, Bustopher Jones and Gus
Dang, touring casts have it so rough.. the stage they’re on doesn’t look big enough for their choreography :’(
I saw a local production of this at one point that used more of a Zootopia approach to costuming/acting, and it was SO much less terrifying and made the whole thing so much better!
if you ever decide to release/trade/sell this video eventually, can you message me? i just saw this production and absolutely adored it, i'd like to have a lasting version of it in hand in some way so i can rewatch it again, even if it's not the same as seeing it live. either way, very steady footage. good job
I honestly think problem isn't the cherography, but the dancers. Take 8:50 for example. Everybody here is so stiff and they don't seem to be into the song, or perhaps they're simply _too_ focused on getting every move right that they come off a bit stiff. If you watch the 2016 revival slime tutorial, the dancers are very clearly putting their all into the song and seem to be having a great time on stage.
Hey, do you have a full show? Would you like to trade for it?
I love that little jump that both Plato and Jemima make when the boot makes impact
Cats - 2019 Tour - Full Show
I get to see this in November!! I could not be more excited
love the new choreo- it's a shame there's no full 2019 bootleg out there
there is one, it’s just literally horrible.
@@isaiahbaston I recently got my hands on a relatively decent one; other than a v shaky camera it has good zooms and wides.
@@wii7cked That’s the one I’m talking about, it’s shaking and has a low frame rate. So it’s bad on my eyes, better than nothing though!
@@isaiahbaston Do you have a link to it?
do you happen to have the full show?
I know you said you dont release your videos but PLEASE if you consider releasing a full version of this I would be so so so so grateful, this is my favorite show and I saw it with this cast and I would love to buy it from you.
I'm guessing the Orchestra is the standard US Tour 5 piece band? if so it sounds a lot fuller than it did on the 2001-2012 tour.
There is no way this is the same small crap band. It sound like a good 20-30 piece. Maybe even more. The phantom North America tour set the bar so high with its 50 plus piece orchestra that Cats had to put the effort in to keep up.
I saw the 2019 tour show in Atlanta and I loved it
My heart was beating so fast my childhood self was about brusted out of my adultself. This was on January 2023.
I met Tantiamile and Victoria
It's unbelievable how much the wonderful original choreography by Gillian Lynne has been destroyed with the US revival version. This is some sort of artistic vandalism and it hurts so much to see it.
The whole Broadway revival was like that though, which this tour is based on. the moment you think its starting or getting into something Gillie choreographed it jumps into Andy's choreo. I LOATHE it! It doesn't make any sense and tells no story and just seems like random dance steps and acro. I hope to God we never get this version here in the UK! Imagine if a British choreographer came along and did what Andy did to CATS say to CHICAGO or WEST SIDE STORY? No! it'd never happen because their work is protected by copyright within those shows and any changes must be agreed upon by their estates as well as the licencee. Shame ALW couldn't do the same with Gillian Lynns work on CATS. And i do hold him responcilbe for this shit show! I'm truly dreading the film release at Christmas time.
@@ladyjennyanytime5195 i know, i saw a video of the Broadway version and it was shocking to see the only number that was still in it's original staging was Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat.
I know that Gillie was heartbroken and nearly cried on the first day of rehearsals for the revival (the only day she actually went there)... and I can totally understand why. He butchered her life's work in such a disrespectful behaviour.
It's bad enough to see the UK/international tour now does the very same version of The Awful Battle and I really really hope they will never ever go further than that.
@@chrissi2810 NOOOOOOOOO! Really?? No more Growltiger!! thats very sad! I hate the new pekes and pollicles, especially when it still uses th ending of Growltiger as the intro and end of P & P. its very odd! I find it so,so disrespectful what Andy did. why on earth would you even do that to anothers work? Either do hers or do you're own, don't do this God aweful franken-pussy version thats patched together!! I have it on good authority that most performers who worked with Gillie during the original run HATE what he's done as well and this the same as we do.
@@ladyjennyanytime5195 not only to change her choreography but to even say he improved it... oh no, Andy, you didn't, you destroyed it...
yes, when the international tour reintroduced the Rockstar Tugger, they took the chance to change some more stuff. They added some chorus singing about Macavity before the Jellicle Ball (lyrics that were definitely NOT written by T.S. Eliot) and cut Growltiger to replace it with the Pekes and the Pollicles. Gus is playing Rumpus Cat while wearing the ugliest costume ever worn on a theatrical stage.
At least the UK/World Tour has these changes. The Vienna production that's starting later this year will have Growltiger back and The Awful Battle back in the first act.
@@chrissi2810 Eurgh! That costume was HORRENDOUS looked like a bad halloween costume made out of bin liners! Aweful and ugly as sin!! Yeah I think there was a pre-reprise of Macavity in the Broadway show as well as the lyric changes in Gumbie cat. I like the new orchestrations for Gumbie & Tugger but Andy really didnt maximise the music AT ALL. I hope somebody does at somepoint. I mean what the hell was all that with the giant balls and the clock and NO BEETLES TATTOO!! But a tap dancing chorus with no tap shoes on!! ridiculous! Liked the new play out for Gumbie too. How come GT and P & P are back in Vienna do you know? is it the original staging/choreo as well?
Do you have the full show?
Is this in London? Becouse l want to see this!!!
No, it's the US tour.
I saw this tour at Tpac, it’s great
Where’s the 2019 tour version of cats
Daniel Stewart the video .... you are watching... is the 2019 tour....?????
@@isaiahbaumgardner1802 maybe..... Instead of being rude.... Consider that he may have been asking for which cities the tour will visit....??? Or where the full version is on TH-cam? Geez.
I didn’t mean it in a rude way!
Arthur Kirkland they didn’t mean it in a rude way????
oh wow, I have a friend in this show!! She is Cassandra😍
Absolutely brilliant
also, do you mind maybe posting the cast list for this particular production? just curious as to who was in this one that wasn't in mine, etc..
tyranny i think it’s most of the original tour people, but I know for sure that Zack Berger is Munkustrap in this video!
Wish I was watching this live again. 😭 Do you have the whole show?
Is this the West End cast that toured Europe or is it from a US tour?
US tour.
Why is the song so slow?
I’m going to see it in March after seeing that horrible disaster of a movie.
where are you going to see it?
lucas saracho going to see it in Ottawa.
Music By Allona i wanted to apologize if that got cancelled on you
The movie was not good
Will you trade for full show? Have extensive list...
Have you the Jellicle Ball act?
I'm too excited. I'm seeing it in may
Just saw it (on the drive home now lmao). My expectations were very high and this cast/production surpassed it anyways. It was incredible.
where? so am i! i saw it in june 2019 too.
RiverTiger i apologize in advance if that performance is cancelled on you
I saw it in March 2019
Please, come to Salina Cruz, Oaxaca!
9:15
the choreography of my favorite part☹️☹️
This is such fluffy choreography. I mean I'm not a dancer, but so much of it seems like random movement
That's Andy Blankenbuehler for ya.
which cast is this?
Me: [sees Anthony Zas]
Newsie brain: aaaaaaa
WHAT HES IN IT?
Yeah he was!! He played Pouncival
Do you have Memory Reprise?
Do I have full show will trade?
Cats 2019?
I just watched there in solaire
Good job
The dancing is so toned down since the revival. It’s like they couldn’t find advanced professional dancers and then decided to dumb down the choreography so the not so advanced could do it. It just looks so easy for professionals.
I did like Tion Gaston as mr. Mistofelees though.
Rude.
だってマイパウダーソフトイタリアのおかしいすえつてお兄ちゃん😰
어제 봤네요
4:06
ボン・ジョヴィあに〜なんてにやにまぜてるかわからにやい🐈
だってこれきゅうにブチブチきれるからチュながってるときみにやいと🐱
More Lion King (Stampede)
1:45
お兄ちゃんしやぶポンプちゆかまつたけどいつぱいお金はらつてるからかえつてこれまちゆ😻
ロシアンポンプとれつて
that victoria is very stiff an not elegant
That’s me. I would disagree but whatever
Emeryllis The opening isn’t supposed to be elegant. It’s supposed to be sharp and calculated.
@@caitlinbond5 To be honest, you as Victoria is amazing!