"Cats" tells the story of a Jellicle cat clan, who hold an annual dance every year to choose a cat to ascend to heaven. Everyone is waiting for the arrival of the old Dutronemi cat, the leader of the Jellicle cats. The old Duteronemi cat finally came, so all the cats came on stage and expressed themselves to their heart's content.

Among them are the young and innocent white cat Victoria, the old Gumbie cat Jenny Annidotz, the prankster Lanta Tag, the prankster Mongo Jerry and Lambert. Ze, the evil cat McVety, the Hercules cat Bastov, John the theater cat Gus, the railroad cat Skimpy Shanks, the magic cat Philip Mist and many more.

The last person to appear was the "Grizebella Cat" who was charming back then but now dirty and dirty. She sang "Memories" affectionately in a painful and sad mood. All the cats were moved, and everyone unanimously elected her to ascend to heaven. At the end of the play, it can be seen that "Cats" actually has no plot. The form is similar to the vaudevilles in the first half of the 20th century, but the arrangement is more compact and uses Just pick up a clue and thread it through.

Everyone who has watched "Cats" feels that the appeal of "Cats" does not come from the tension of the drama, but from the impact of its music and choreography. According to common sense, musicals should be an art form in which music carries drama and expresses drama, but it is rarely reflected in "Cats". No wonder people say that "Cats" is an anomaly among musicals, and this is absolutely true.

Act 1?

At midnight, in the garbage dump under the moonlight, the cats of the Jericho Cat Group gathered together, waiting for the arrival of their leader, okay Choose a cat that will be selected to the ninth heaven and be reborn. Cats with different personalities and appearances appeared one after another, including the young and innocent white cat Victoria, the big gray male cat Mankustrap, the charming Lanta Tag, and the one who liked to sleep. and Jenny Anne Dots who were wandering around, they began to sing and dance, showing wonderful performances...

A lame cat-Grizebella appeared, she had left Jericho's cats have been wandering outside for many years. However, the outside world is wonderful, and the outside world is also very helpless. She, who was so beautiful and extraordinary at the time, has been tortured by life and has become ragged and haggard. She wants to return to the team, but everyone is cruel The ground bared its teeth and claws at her, and Grizebella hid in the corner miserably.

Several more cats appeared next, they are: the strong John Bastof, a 25-pound cat who spends his time eating; and the evil MacVety As well as Mongo Jerry and Lamplidizer who love to joke and play pranks. When old Dutronemi, the kind and wise leader, came on stage, the whole family rejoiced and the cats performed a show for him.

Grizebella appeared again, but she still couldn't get the cats' forgiveness. She sang the famous song "Memories" miserably. She expected a cat to touch her, but no cat did. She walked sadly into the night.

Act 2

After Jericho’s party, the cats began to rest and recall the happy moments just now. The theater cat Gus appears and talks about the glory of his stage career and his desire to regain his glory. During the celebration of the cats, the evil McVety came again. He kidnapped old Dutronemi, and the other cats started fighting with him. Rantartag found the magician cat, and the magician cast a spell to return old Dutronemi to his original place.

Grizebella appeared again and sang "Memory" again. The cats began to forgive her and let her return to the family. Before dawn, old Dutronemi announced: The cat chosen to go to the ninth heaven to be reborn is Grizebella. Finally, old Dutronemi sang a song to people, telling them that cats are no different from humans.

Extended information:

"Cats" is the most successful work in the history of musicals. It premiered on May 11, 1981 at the New London Theater in London's West End, with 8 performances per week, closed on Mondays, and continued to perform until May 11, 2002, when it ended at the same theater on its 21st birthday.

Musical theater is a very young performing art. After nearly a hundred years of development, it has produced many works of different styles. "Cats" is a musical that is closer to the song and dance genre. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber adapted and composed the music based on the long poem "The Pretending Cat" by Nobel Prize winner T S Eliot.

The birth of "Cats": The script of "Cats" is based on the poem "The Book of Old Cats Who Are Good at Dressing Up" by the British poet Thomas Sterns Eliot. This song Eliot wrote the poem for children, so the verses are much simpler and easier to understand than his other poems. The poem was completed in October 1939, but the creation of the musical "Cats" began in 1977, a gap of 38 years.