Spokane Civic Theatre has recently been nominated for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards with their production of CATS, produced in partnership with Gonzaga University’s Dance Department, which performed from May 17 – June 16, 2024 on the Margot and Robert Ogden Main Stage.

Nominations include: Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical, Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical, Best Dance Production, Best Direction Of A Musical, Best Ensemble, Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical, Best Musical, Best Performer In A Musical, Best Supporting Performing in a Play, Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical, and Favorite Local Theatre.

Voting ends December 31st, 2024. Vote here!

CATS is set amongst a larger-than-life junkyard playground and is alive with purr-fect felines. The Jellicle Cats come out to play on one special night of the year—the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

CATS, one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981, where it played for 21 years and almost 9,000 performances. The innovative original production won the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical. In 1983, the Broadway production became the recipient of seven Tony awards including Best Musical, and ran for 18 years. Since its world premiere, CATS has been presented all over the world, in many different languages and still performs to millions of audience members worldwide today.

 

Archive photo: Marlee Melinda Andrews