"Cats" is the most successful play in the history of musicals and once became synonymous with musicals. Created in 1981, the play is the longest-running musical in London and the longest-running musical in the history of American theater. It premiered on May 11, 1981 at the New London Theater in London's West End, with 8 performances per week, Mondays. After a break, it continued to perform until May 11, 2002, on its 21st birthday, at the same theater. "Cats" has been performed in the United States for a total of 16 years and 2 months. The total revenue of this play alone has exceeded 2 billion US dollars. By June 2000, when the show officially announced its suspension, it had already Performed more than 6,000 times around the world. The play is well-created and performed with superb performance. Each of the 36 actors has their own unique skills. The old cat Grizebella in the film is played by the familiar Elaine Paige. She has been called the "British musical" by some media. First Lady". Character in "Cats": "Leader Cat". The leader of the cat tribe, full of wisdom and experience, must attend the annual cat meeting and finally decide which cat can ascend to heaven and be reborn; "Charming Cat", the representative of mature women in the play, at the climax of the dance party She is the lead dancer. Under the cyan-blue light, only her red fur is filled with warmth; "Charming Cat". When she was young, she was the most beautiful among the cat tribe. She was tired of the life of the cat tribe and went to work outside. However, after experiencing the hardships of the world, she was already extremely ugly when she returned to the cat tribe. She looked the most like a human, with long hair shawl, and a beautiful body. Wearing a black evening gown and high heels. The song "Memory" calmed down all the cats' hostility towards her and aroused deep sympathy and pity for her. There are also "Rich Cats", "Nanny Cats", "Theatre Cats", "Rock Cats", "Crime Cats", "Charming Cats", "Hero Cats", "Superman Cats", "Magic Cats", etc. This group of diverse, different and anthropomorphized cats make up the cat world. At the dance, they each showed their talents; singing, dancing or playing, they staged a soul-stirring "human tragedy and comedy", telling the theme of love and tolerance.

The dance and music in "Cats" are quite prominent. In order to convey emotions, the directors did not hesitate to use a large number of dance scenes to express the different characteristics and personalities of the cats. There are both light and lively tap dance, solemn and gorgeous ballet, as well as dynamic jazz dance and modern dance. You can edit it however you want, it has no limitations, is original and eclectic. Especially the ten-minute-long "Jerrick Ball" dance, the scene is grand and passionate, making people mesmerized to watch. The stage of "Cats" is also very exciting. Its design concept is "the world seen through the eyes of a cat". The audience can see a garbage dump from their seat, with more than 1,500 toothpaste casings, broken dishes, bad credit cards, Coke cans, abandoned cars and other kinds of garbage piled on it, all enlarged to the size of a cat's eye. There is also a 5-ton overpass on the stage for cats to play up and down. During the performance, three staff members hide under the bridge to control the smoke, lights, and create "magic cats". The costumes in "Cats" are all designed according to the image characteristics of each cat. There are more than 250 sets, and the skin colors and fur patterns of cats of different ages and genders are realistically drawn on them. Each actor is drawn A cat face that matches its identity, coupled with more than 30 wigs of different colors and textures, vividly dress up cats with different personalities. Because "Cats" was produced by thousands of people on many different stages, there were no strict rules for her singing and dancing. Sometimes a song will be sung by a different cat, and other times, some plot points will be cut entirely. For example, in the "Cats" video, the song about the two thieving cats is sung by the thieves themselves, but on stage, the song is usually sung by the Mistoffelees. In the Cats video, a very important song, the story of the pirate Growltiger, was also deleted. Most of the time these changes are minor, and mostly due to the actor's suitability or inappropriateness. Each song includes all the lyrics used in the British, American Broadway, and "Cats" videos. Several of the more famous song subtitles have WAV versions of music. The author has been fortunate enough to listen to the music of these three "Cats" (the British and Broadway ones were released on CD in 1981 and 1982), but I think the music of the video version of "Cats" is the best because she had the opportunity to put together The best actor.

So the songs in the MP3 version are all taken from the "Cats" video tape. Another point is that I have never seen "Cats" on stage, so the introduction to the plot comes from the video tape. Of course, the video version is indeed the one that tells the story the best.