Cats

I was so freaking excited when my mom got these tickets. This was my absolute favorite musical when I was five. I loved it like you don't even know. I could watch it four times a day (back when VCR's existed). Of course the performance was awesome and I loved it. Anything at the Pantages Theatre is almost definitely guaranteed to be amazing. The setting was definitely awesome. And all the hidden doors and everything definitely had a cat-like feeling because it allowed the actors and actresses to enter and exit like animals. They were all crazily flexible, by the way. It was not normal. Anyways, the costumes were pretty good but for Mr. Mistoffelees, the glittery thing was weird. I get that he's supposed to be magical and everything, but I really don't think there was a point in making his costume all glittery. At first, I didn't really get the plot, and although I got that the cats were all introducing themselves for some reason, I didn't realize, until like the second to last song, that they were competing for a chance to be reborn. I'm sure they mentioned it somewhere in the first two songs, but with all the hissing and whispering sounds they made, I guess I just missed it. I love Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer. I think they were so funny and the level on which they matched was crazy. They did everything perfectly in sync. I didn't really understand the part with the random battle on some boat, but I guess it connected to the Gus (the theatre cat) even though I don't know why it was included. When Grizabella sang about her memories performing and stuff, she didn't get a random scene thrown in. But I don't know. The part with Macavity was wonderful though. The usage of the set and the lights really made it seem real, even though Macavity's costume (or what I saw of the shadow) was pretty freaking weird. It was like lightning had struck him and all his fur stood up. Why that Tugger guy kept making appearances out of nowhere is beyond my comprehension as well. But I'm not complaining since he was definitely one of my favorite characters. He was portrayed so well. Overall, I loved this musical (still do) but the whole plot in general is a little bit confusing. Not sure how I understood this when I was 5 years old if I barely understand it now. My brain must be deteriorating. That is pathetic. Anyways, Andrew Lloyd Webber is a musical genius, so this post would obviously not be complete without a few videos of my favorite songs (which also happen to be some of the most famous).

Grizabella: Memory (the song doesn't really start until 3:02)


Mr. Mistoffelees

This song is so definitely my favorite out of all of them but I'm not sure why they all started singing this in the very end.. It didn't seem to fit, but I loved it anyways.