"CATS" - the Stage Musical: 40 ! - rec live May 11th, 2021 as Showtime #6/2021

Send us your comment, pleaseWelcome to the true story of the  world hit CATS, mirroring political IRA terror backgrounds and artistic ground breaking wonders by Gillian Lynne and designer John Napier !Originally taken , but edited and now enhanced due to technical feed problems from the LIVE BROADCAST live at 7pm London on EasyRadio London for popmundial.co.uk on May 11th,  2021:It´s the  longest ever running musical stage production in the world !Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on synthesizer and Gary Moore on guitar did the first ever (yes really) version of the future world hit "Memory, recorded as early as January 1981.Elaine Paige recalls, just finished a "Evita" run jumped in for Dame Julie Dench, who was breaking an ankle as "Grizabella" not singing "Memory" !It was risky – it was artistly and economically groundbreaking – and it nearly happened at all !11th of May 1981 New London Theatre, a former television studio with revolving stage The London production ran for 21 years and 8,949 performanceA Chorus Linefor decades the longest-running musical – in the world and on Broadway....ran only for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history until surpassed by Cats in 1997: CATS/Broadway production ran for 18 years and 7,485 performancesincluding interviews withSir Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer)Cameron Mackintosh (producer)Elaine Paige - replacing Dame Judy Dench as "Grizabella, singing "Memory"Bonnie LangfordGillian Lynne (choreography)Peter Weck (Vienna)John Napier (Designer)Jeff Shankly (Old Deuteronomy)amm actors of the London original castMusic:Original 1981 London Cast Recording,  Really Useful CompanyOriginal 1983 Vienna Cast Recording, Theater at the Wien, Peter WeckOriginal Paris CastSir Andrew Lloyd Webber & Gary Moore, January 1981, MCAand footage from the opening night on MAy 11th,1981copyright @OfficialALW (Andrew Lloyd Webber on Twitter) - unreleasedA celebration ofYours Truly, JoePS: due to to tec problems in the life broadcast I went back to he original interviews and sound feeds to re-assemble this show to the present state.  The final post-production took place Friday, May 14th, 2021Never broadcasted in this final version !more information and links on:http://popmundial.org/PopmundialServiceadditional material Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, BBC RadioSupport the show