CATS – The Musical – 1983

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The London cat world meets annually at a junkyard for the Jellicle Ball, at the time of the full Jellicle moon. The cat elder Old Deuteronomus decides in a competition who may be born again for a second cat life. All cats who claim this introduce themselves: the gumbie cat "Jenny Fleckenreich", the idiosyncratic Rum Tum Tugger, the graying grizabella, once an admired glamor cat, the dandy cat Bustopher Jones, the rebellious cat couple Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, the theater cat Gus, the magic cat Mr. Mistofeles, Skimblehanks, the railroad cat and the mysterious cat Macavity. Surprisingly, the outsider Grizabella wins. She may climb up into the cat heaven to be born again somewhere and anywhere.