Video: The Best Of Cats The Musical

1982 : Cats Debuts On this day in 1982, the musical Cats debuts. Featuring music by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, the show drew its lyrics from T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The show, which ran for 7,485 performances over nearly 18 years, broke the record for longest-running Broadway musical in 1997. During its run, the Broadway show alone, not counting touring productions, brought in more than $400 million and played to more than 10 million people. The show closed [...]