Last season’s acclaimed Off Broadway hit Cats: The Jellicle Ball is coming to Broadway: The reimagined take on Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s classic Cats begins previews at the Broadhurst Theatre on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 ahead of a Tuesday, April 7, 2026 opening night.
The announcement was made today by producers Michael Harrison and Mike Bosner.
Reprising their roles from the Off-Broadway production – which sets Cats amidst the underground drag ball scene – will be 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.
The production, a hot ticket last season at Perelman Performing Arts Center | PAC NYC in downtown Manhattan that was extended three times, is directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch and choreographed by Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons. Music is by Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, by arrangement with LW Entertainment.
The creative team includes Rachel Hauck (scenic design), Qween Jean (costume design), Adam Honoré (lighting design), Kai Harada (sound design), Brittany Bland (projection design), Nikiya Mathis (hair and wig design), Josie Kearns (dramaturg & gender consultant), William Waldrop (music supervisor and music director), and Cooper Howell and N’yomi Allure Stewart (associate directors).
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.