Cats Musical London Memory
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Cats musical london memory. Memory is a show tune composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Trevor Nunn based on a poem by T. Cats Original London Cast Release Date. The most famous song from the musical Cats is the bittersweet ballad Memory sung by the ostracized character Grizabella the Glamour Cat.
Its a Musical from 1981 composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber on texts by Thomas Stearns Eliot. The song is a nostalgic remembrance of her glorious past and a declaration of her wish to start a new life. The magnificent musical score includes the one of the most treasured songs in musical theatre Memory which has been recorded by over 150 artists from Barbra.
It is sung by the character Grizabella a one-time glamour cat who is now only a shell of her former self. The Mystery Cat Jellicle Song for Jellicle Cats and the renowned Memory. On 29 January 1996 Cats in London became the longest running musical ever to play in the West End or on Broadway when the show at the New London Theatre overtook the record of 6137 performances held by the Broadway production of A Chorus Line.
Both the original London and Broadway cast recordings won Grammy Awards for Best Cast Album. EliotIt tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the Jellicle choice by deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside layer and come back to a new life. The original London production ran for 21 years and is one of the most successful and well loved shows in West End history featuring hits such as Macavity.
It is one of the most famous musicals in the world and one of the greatest hits of all time for longevity spectators and total takings. Images of the original London Cast 1981 and 1982. Probing car lights tear across the darkened landscape of bottles and boxes briefly catching the darting image of a running cat.
The musical has since been staged in more than 26 countries and seen by more than 50 million people. In amphibolical order Gumbie Cat The Rum Tum Tugger Bustopher Jones Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer Old Deuteronomy Pekes and Pollicles Jellicle Ball Gus the Theatre Cat Growltigers Last Stand Skimbleshanks Macavity Mister Mistoffelees Memory. Never let the memory fade with the fantastic CATS the Musical Merchandise Range.