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Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Bill Rauch and Zhailon Levingston's queer ballroom-culture reimagining of Cats — Tony-winning Broadway run closed August 8, 2026 at the Broadhurst.
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Cats: The Jellicle Ball closed at the Broadhurst on August 8, 2026 after a Tony-winning Broadway run. Ticket sales ended with that final performance.
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About the show
The Off-Broadway sensation reached Broadway in spring 2026: a radical reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats as a queer ballroom-culture spectacle set inside an underground Jellicle Ball. Bill Rauch and Zhailon Levingston direct. Vogueing, runway, and contemporary R&B reshape the Lloyd Webber score. The production won three 2026 Tony Awards including Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography. The Broadway run at the Broadhurst Theatre closed August 8, 2026.
Content advisory: Recommended ages 14+. Adult themes, queer ballroom-culture aesthetics, brief sexual content. Loud and visually maximalist by design.
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Frequently asked questions
- When did Cats: The Jellicle Ball close?
- It closed August 8, 2026. The Broadway run at the Broadhurst Theatre played from previews on March 18, 2026 and an April 7, 2026 opening night through that final performance.
- What's the difference between this and the original Cats?
- Cats: The Jellicle Ball reimagines the Lloyd Webber score within ballroom culture — vogueing, runway, contemporary R&B reshape the staging. Same songbook; radically different performance frame. Won three 2026 Tony Awards, including Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography.
- Where did Cats: The Jellicle Ball play?
- It played the Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W 44th Street — a mid-size Shubert Organization house with 1,218 seats across an orchestra, a balcony, 24 boxes, and 32 SRO spots.