Updated
Updated · BroadwayWorld · Jul 13
CATS: The Jellicle Ball Cancels July 13 Performance Over Company Illness
Updated
Updated · BroadwayWorld · Jul 13

CATS: The Jellicle Ball Cancels July 13 Performance Over Company Illness

3 articles · Updated · BroadwayWorld · Jul 13

Summary

  • Monday’s 7 p.m. performance of CATS: The Jellicle Ball was called off after the production cited company illness.
  • Instagram posts told ticket holders to contact their point of purchase to reschedule, while Telecharge buyers were told refunds would be issued within two days if they do not switch dates.
  • The cancellation affects the New York revival directed by 2026 Tony nominees Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, with choreography by ballroom figures Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, based on T.S. Eliot’s book, features André De Shields and “Tempress” Chasity Moore among a cast that now faces a short-term disruption.

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