EAST LANSING, Mich. – CATS, the show that revolutionized musical theatre, returns to Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall for three performances June 10-11. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. March 14 at the Auto-Owners Ticket Office at Wharton Center, online or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.
CATS last played at Wharton Center during the 2003-2004 season.
Produced by CATS-Eye, 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 is closing in on its 30th anniversary, holding its place as the longest continuously touring Broadway musical in history.
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 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 almost 30 years later, CATS is still America’s most loved family musical.
Show prices and times subject to change.
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