The summary of the musical "Cats", its history and creators

The musical "Cats" is one of the most famous productions in the world. This performance is the record-holder, who received several awards in the nomination "Best Musical" and is the most "long-playing" theatrical project in English and American scenes.

Creators of the masterpiece

Wrote a musical "Cats" Webber E. L. - the world-famous British composer. Sir Andrew is the author of such masterpieces as "The Phantom of the Opera", "Jesus Christ the Superstar", "Evita", "Love will never die" and others who are known and loved by admirers of this genre throughout the world. EL Webber is rightly considered the king of modern musical theater. The composer was born into a family of professional musicians and started composing music at the age of six.

The libretto of the musical "Cats" was written by a whole team led by the composer himself. Among its creators were also the production director Trevor Nunn and the choreographer Gillian Lynn. The plot is based on a children's book of poems by Thomas Eliot called "The popular science of cats written by the old opossum."

The plot of the play

So, a brief summary of the musical "Cats". On an annual grand cat's ball gather cats from the "Tribe of the chosen" from different parts of the earth. They are all different: thoroughbred and mongrel, young and old, pets and homeless. They gather together, each cat tells about itself - than it is so exceptional and for which it can be considered elected. The final of this annual ball is to be the choice of the leader of the tribe of the most worthy representative who will be honored to get into a cat's paradise and be reborn to a new life on earth.

First action

We study further the short content of the musical "Cats". The scene turns into a huge dump. Cats appear. They jump out of garbage cans and downpipes. First cats talk about why they call themselves "Tribe of the Elect". And then they notice people in the hall and decide to tell them about the mystery of the cat's names. Mancustrap talks about the annual ball. Then nominates candidates who would be worthy to be reborn to a new life. The first audience is Miss Jenny. She educates mice and trains cockroaches.

After her, Ram-Tam-Tagger-macho comes out on the stage, from which all the cats go crazy. Appears Grizabella - once she was beautiful, wanted to see the world and left the tribe. But life was cruel to her. And she returned, turning into a lame old woman. Kindred despise her. Then the audience gets acquainted with the dandy Bastofer Jones, with the pranksters Mangodzherri and Rampletizer, as well as with the leader of the tribe Starik Duteronomi. The ball begins, on which Grisabella comes. She tells how young and beautiful she was once, trying to put her fellow tribes to her, but they drive her away.

Second action

We continue to study the short content of the musical "Cats". Heroes rest from dancing, and their leader gives thought. Soon appears Asparagus - the old cat, who was an artist, and now from the former glory there were only memories. After him, tells about himself Skimbleshenks - a cat who lives in trains. Suddenly, a noise is heard and Makaviti appears - a bandit. He kidnaps Duteronomi. A fight is tied between him and Mancustrap. Cats are called to the aid of the magician Mistofolis and he returns the kidnapped leader. This is the summary of the musical "Cats" (1,2 actions).

The final

It's time for Old Man Duteronomy to announce who gets the right to be reborn. The chosen one is Grisabella - the tribe finally ceases to despise her, they see how unhappy she is. The performance ends with the speech of Duteronomi, addressed to the audience. He says that cats are special creatures. And they must be treated with respect.