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The smash, long-running musical “Cats” returns to Broadway in brand-new and glorious form as “Cats: The Jellicle Ball.” This is not your grandparents’ “Cats.” There isn’t a feline to be found, in fact. The 2026 revival, which started Off-Broadway at the Perelman Performing Arts Center, sets “Cats” in the the context of a ballroom competition. (Think FX’s “Pose.”)

Co-directors Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, co-choreographers Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons and members of the cast tell host Ruthie Fierberg about the history of ballroom and the alchemy between ballroom and musical theater in this episode.

Plus, “Cats” actors Jonathan Burke, Baby Byrne, Sydney James Harcourt, Dava Huesca, Leiomy and “Tempress” Chasity Moore weigh in on what’s different about their characters in this version, how they manage all those death drops and duck walks and how ballroom contains a message for everyone.

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