Cats: America’s Favorite Family Musical Comes To The Sovereign Bank Arena On February 7.
CATS, the show that revolutionized musical theatre, comes to the Sovereign Bank Arena on February 7 at 7:30 p.m. The show, seen by millions of audience members worldwide, brings together the whole family with the magic, mystery and wonder of CATS.
Tickets for CATS are $57, $52 & $47 and go on sale Monday, December 17 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at the Sovereign Bank Arena box office, charge by phone at 1-800-298-4200, select ACME locations, or online at www.ComcastTIX.com.
On May 11, 1981, CATS opened at the New London Theatre in the West End. Eight years later it celebrated its first important milestone: after 3,358 performances CATS became the longest running musical in the history of British theatre. CATS played its final performance on its 21st birthday, May 11, 2002. In 1982 CATS opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and continued to live up to its motto "Now and Forever." On June 19, 1997, CATS became the longest running musical on Broadway. It ended its 18 year run on September 10, 2000.
Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, CATS won seven 1983 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Lighting and Best Costumes.
In October of 1991 CATS became the longest continuously touring show in American theatre history. Five continents, 26 countries, over eight and a half million audience members and 25 years later, CATS is still America’s most loved family musical. Celebrating not only 25 years but the birth of the musical spectacular, CATS is still revolutionary and awe inspiring.
Produced by Troika Entertainment, LLC, the national tour of CATS is the only production in North America sanctioned by Andrew Lloyd Webber. With original direction by Trevor Nunn and choreography by Gillian Lynne this is the CATS credited with the British invasion of Broadway. The national tour of CATS recently celebrated its 25th anniversary season.
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