"If you have what you want and need, you're doing fine. And if you can afford to have it, you're doing 3000% better than a lot of people."
Discussing Cats with original Broadway cast member Ken Page!
Topics:
⭐️ The first megamusical
⭐️ Audition and rehearsal process
⭐️ Broadway version versus the West End
⭐️ Judi Dench playing Old Deuteronomy in the film
Cats Stats:
⭐️ 4th longest running Broadway show of all time
⭐️ 9th highest grossing Broadway show of all time
⭐️ 2nd most popular tee shirt of the 1980s (globally)
⭐️ 3.5 billion gross as of 2012 (reported by New York Post)
Patron episode:
⭐️ The Muny - Ken's 47 shows (2 with Ethan)
⭐️ Ken's trip to Italy - mistaken for Morgan Freeman
⭐️ Ain't Misbehavin' - John Lee Beatty's Broadway set design
Patron Outtakes:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/113-cats-71656249
Video Version:
https://youtu.be/k9-80UGHvvg
Ken Page - IBDB.com:
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ken-page-55425
Cats IBDB.com:
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/cats-4186
Highest Grossing Broadway Shows of All Time:
https://www.topviewnyc.com/packages/the-highest-grossing-broadway-shows-of-all-time
Cats Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_(musical)
Cats The Musical - Tickets:
https://www.catsthemusical.com/
The Megamusical - by Jessica Sternfeld
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2346738.The_Megamusical
Cats Box Office Disaster Tanks Universal's Profit:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/23/media/cats-comcast-earnings/index.html
Why Exactly Did So Many People Like Cats In The First Place:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/why-exactly-did-so-many-people-like-cats-in-the-first-place/2019/12/19/3503e3b8-2006-11ea-86f3-3b5019d451db_story.html
How Cats Changed Broadway:
https://variety.com/2016/legit/news/how-cats-changed-broadway-1201827574/
Become a patron:
www.patreon.com/artisticfinance
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Interview by Ethan Steimel
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