KID CRITICS Get Jellicle at CATS!
Nov 5, 2022
We are continuing the series with Tai (10), Isabella (12), and Charles (9), who just stopped by the Neil Simon Theatre to check out Cats. Curious of what they thought about the show? Find out below!
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Hi, I'm Ty Senu
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I'm Isabella. My name is Charles, and I am 9. I'm 12 years old
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I'm 10 years old, and I got to see the Broadway show Cats. Cats is about a tribe of cats called the Jellicle Cat, who meets one seer under the same type of moonlight
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At a Jellicle Ball, where an old cat, an experienced cat, I forgot his name, but he's a big cat
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Ostronomy, Ostronomy, Tutelonomy, Old Deuteronomy, chooses one of them to go up to the heavy side layer
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And if they go there they can get reborn and have a new Jellicle life It was based off of poems written by T Eliot The story also about each cat
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and their different personalities. It's really nice to hear each cat's thoughts and feelings
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See the show to find out which cat wins the competition and gets to go to the Heaviside Lair
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My favorite cat was Rumpelteaser. I love her, the singing voice of the actor
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It's very like playful. My favorite cat is the Rum Tum Tugger
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played by Tyler Haynes. He is a cat who always wants exactly the opposite
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of what he has. My favorite cat is Misopheles. He's a little magical black cat
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and he dances in a costume that lights up and when he's on stage, his energy electrifies the audience
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And my other favorite cat is Victoria. She's a cat who's all dressed in white
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and she's a ballet dancer. She's a very friendly cat. Grizabella, who is amazing
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she was played by Mamie Paris at the time we saw it and she was phenomenal Those notes at the end of the day remember her never think It like the dancing in Cats was phenomenal There was a range a big range of dancing
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from the Victoria's like ballet dancing to the Rum Tum Tuggers like hip hop
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Mistoffelees is an amazing dancer. He was doing a million rotations. He was moving at the speed of light
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I was blown away by his dancing. I was like, I wish I could dance like that
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Also a big thing in Cats is that the actors will come down the aisles
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It's amazing to have them like right up in your face. Practically every second they're dancing
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It's just like nonstop. non-stop all of cats is dancing is incredible
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what's a Jellicle cat a Jellicle cat is a cat usually with something unique
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about them they all have a unique personality so if you just like everyone else you not really a jungle cat The moral of cats is a difficult matter The moral of the story is that everyone deserves
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a second chance and you shouldn't judge people by their looks. Respect everyone, even if they're old. Respect the seniors, that's what I should say
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I do think kids will like cats because of the fun dance numbers and costumes
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I do think other kids would like cats very much. One of the high points is the songs that all rhyme so well and are so interesting
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Catastic. Jubilant cats. Exuberant. Exuberant would be a good word to describe all of cats
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Memorable. It's a memory. Get it
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