Review | ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ struts onto Broadway as a fierce, exhilarating reinvention

Review | ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ struts onto Broadway as a fierce, exhilarating reinvention

The new Broadway revival of “Cats,” retitled "Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” which premiered in an acclaimed 2024 downtown run at the Perelman Performing Arts Center, reframes the long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber blockbuster through the lens of drag and queer ballroom culture, where identity is performed, judged, and celebrated in full view. In the original musical, the Jellicle Ball is an annual gathering at which one cat is chosen for rebirth, and …