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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

WELCOME TO THE RUNWAY.

EXCLUSIVE “RUNWAY SEATING” AT THE BROADHURST THEATRE
GOES ON SALE TODAY FOR
THE WILDLY ACCLAIMED, AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION OF
“CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL”

MUSIC BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
BASED ON “OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS” BY T.S. ELIOT 

DIRECTED BY ZHAILON LEVINGSTON AND BILL RAUCH
CHOREOGRAPHED BY OMARI WILES AND ARTURO LYONS

TICKETS, INCLUDING “RUNWAY SEATING” ON SALE AT TELECHARGE.COM.

New York, NY (January 20, 2026) – Today, producers Michael Harrison and Mike Bosner announced that exclusive “Runway Seating” at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44^th Street) are
on sale now for the new Broadway production of the wildly acclaimed, award-winning CATS: The Jellicle Ball.

Welcome to the runway! Experience the most thrilling musical of the Spring in seats that will leave CATS fans gagged. Runway Seating, which brings audiences onto the stage of the Broadhurst Theatre to be immersed in the spectacle, are on sale now. Runway Seating is limited and is currently on sale through Saturday, June 6 with future dates to be released soon. For additional information about specific seating options, please visit www.catsthejellicleball.com.

All tickets, including Runway Seating, can be purchased at telecharge.com or by calling 212 239 6200.

The production, which will begin Broadway previews on Wednesday, March 18 ahead of a Tuesday, April 7 opening night, is directed by OBIE Award winners Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch and choreographed by Chita Rivera Award winners and New York City Ballroom icons Omari Wiles (House of NiNa Oricci) and Arturo Lyons (House of Miyake-Mugler). CATS: The Jellicle Ball has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot.

The Broadway cast will include Tony Award^® and Grammy Award^® winner André De Shields as ‘Old Deuteronomy,’ Jonathan Burke as ‘Mungojerrie,’ Baby Byrne as ‘Victoria,’ Tara Lashan Clinkscales, Sydney James Harcourt as ‘Rum Tum Tugger,’ Dava Huesca as ‘Rumpleteazer,’ Dudney Joseph Jr. as ‘Munkustrap,’ Junior LaBeija as ‘Gus,’ Robert “Silk” Mason as ‘Magical Mister Mistoffelees,’ “Tempress” Chasity Moore  as ‘Grizabella,’ Primo Thee Ballerino as ‘Tumblebrutus,’ Xavier Reyes as ‘Jennyanydots,’ Nora Schell as ‘Bustopher Jones,’ Bebe Nicole Simpson as ‘Demeter,’ Emma Sofia as Cassandra’/’Skimbleshanks,’ Garnet Williams as ‘Bombalurina,’ and Teddy Wilson, Jr. as ‘Sillabub.’ Additional casting will be announced shortly.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s worldwide phenomenon CATS is reimagined in a production that smashed records, won awards, and left New York City purring. And now CATS: The Jellicle Ball ascends to Broadway in a kaleidoscope of glittering spectacle, iconic music, and electrifying ballroom choreography that the New York Times calls “a lightning strike that sets joy free!” Broadway meets runway in the fiercest event of the season. Don’t miss this “sexy celebration of love and resilience” (New York Daily News) and “the most exhilarating fun that can be had in the theater” (Washington Post).

When CATS: The Jellicle Ball premiered at Perelman Performing Arts Center | PAC NYC in 2024, it became the must-see theater event of the summer. The production was extended three times and left audiences and critics enraptured. The Off-Broadway production was honored with two Outer Critics Circle Awards including Outstanding Revival, three OBIE Awards, a New York Drama Critics Circle Special Citation, a Chita Rivera Award, two Audelco Awards, three Dorian Theater Awards, and three Hewes Awards.

The creative team for CATS: The Jellicle Ball includes Tony Award winner Rachel Hauck (scenic design), OBIE Award winner and Drama Desk Award nominee Qween Jean (costume design), Drama Desk Award nominee Adam Honoré (lighting design), Tony Award winner Kai Harada (sound design), Brittany Bland (projection design), Special Tony Award recipient Nikiya Mathis (hair and wig design), Rania Zohny (makeup design), Josephine Kearns (dramaturg & gender consultant), Paul Kieve (magic), William Waldrop (music supervisor and music director), Doug Schadt (music producer), Trevor Holder (beats arranger/producer), Cooper Howell and N’yomi Allure Stewart (associate directors), X Casting: Victor Vazquez, CSA and Sujotta R. Pace, CSA (casting director), and Cody Renard Richard (production stage manager). Baseline Theatrical serves as general managers for CATS: The Jellicle Ball.

The Perelman Performing Arts Center production of CATS: The Jellicle Ball is produced on Broadway by Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and Mike Bosner by arrangement with LW Entertainment.

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