In 1982, Cats opened at the
Winter Garden Theatre on
Broadway where it played for 18 years and 7,485 performances.[4] This production received eleven
Tony Award nominations, out of which it won seven:
Best Musical,
Best Book of a Musical (T. S. Eliot),
Best Original Score (Andrew Lloyd Webber and T. S. Eliot),
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Betty Buckley),
Best Direction of a Musical (Trevor Nunn),
Best Costume Design (John Napier), and
Best Lighting Design (David Hersey).[5] At the 1983 Drama Desk Awards, the musical was nominated for five awards. It won three, including Outstanding Costume Design, Outstanding Lighting Design and Outstanding Music.[6] The Washington D.C production received three Helen Hayes nominations in 1985, winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production for Diane Fratantoni.[7][8] The Toronto production was nominated for seven Dora Mavor Moore Award and won all of them.[9][10] In Paris, the French production of Cats won one
Molière Award.[11][12]
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ab"Palmares de 1987 à 2018" [Winners from 1987 to 2018] (PDF) (in French). Les Molières.
Archived(PDF) from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
In 1982, Cats opened at the
Winter Garden Theatre on
Broadway where it played for 18 years and 7,485 performances.[4] This production received eleven
Tony Award nominations, out of which it won seven:
Best Musical,
Best Book of a Musical (T. S. Eliot),
Best Original Score (Andrew Lloyd Webber and T. S. Eliot),
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Betty Buckley),
Best Direction of a Musical (Trevor Nunn),
Best Costume Design (John Napier), and
Best Lighting Design (David Hersey).[5] At the 1983 Drama Desk Awards, the musical was nominated for five awards. It won three, including Outstanding Costume Design, Outstanding Lighting Design and Outstanding Music.[6] The Washington D.C production received three Helen Hayes nominations in 1985, winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production for Diane Fratantoni.[7][8] The Toronto production was nominated for seven Dora Mavor Moore Award and won all of them.[9][10] In Paris, the French production of Cats won one
Molière Award.[11][12]
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ab"Palmares de 1987 à 2018" [Winners from 1987 to 2018] (PDF) (in French). Les Molières.
Archived(PDF) from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.