While the musical "Cats" premiered in 1981, the story actually goes back even further, to a 1939 book of poems by T.S. Eliot called "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." "Old Possum" was a ...

His more recognizable works include the macabre alphabet in "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" and the illustrated edition of T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" as well as illustration and ...

Based on T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," this wonderfully imaginative show features breathtaking music, including one of the most treasured songs in musical theater- more ...

Cats, by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, is based on British poet T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and received its world premiere in London in 1981, winning two major awards for best ...