#CATS OBC

[statisticalcats2]

Original Broadway production (1982)

Grizabella, Tumblebrutus, Victoria, Etcetera

#cats the musical #cats obc #grizabella #tumblebrutus #cats victoria #cats etcetera #pro fiction safe

[ratherchaseamouse]

Personally I think Grizabella’s makeup peaked in the early stages of the Broadway run when she looked like she was going to a Kiss concert. Modern producers forget how hard this slayed

(Betty Buckley, Laurie Beechman, Liz Calloway)

[ID: five images of the aforementioned actresses, individually, as Grizabella from Cats. Their eye makeup is very dark and has large points in the exaggerated shape of eyelashes. /End ID]

#blue’s thoughts #cats the musical #cats obc #grizabella

[gaylittlewizardcat]

#cats the musical #mistoffelees #jellicle memes #autistic misto #cryptid misto #timothy scott #cats 1998 #cats obc

[badlydrawndrawnings]

Drawing sketches Gus from Cats, original London and original Broadway casting.

Original London Gus gives off a more sickly, fragile look of an elder. The lack of facial hair to me contributes to it, at least going by photos use for references (thanks Cats fandom wiki). Stephen Tate's narrow face shape (unless it's the photo angles) helps also.

Original Broadway Gus has a fuller, wider face. So to me, he appears more of an elder whose old age is getting to him slowly with each passing day. Stephen Hanan having facial hair (unless this Gus has it for his costume design) I think contributes to said thinking.

#cats musical #cats the musical #cats olc #cats obc #gus the theater cat #gus the theatre cat #badlydrawndrawning art #traditional art #pencil drawing #floating heads #rough sketches #also: it's hard to tell for obc gus but he has the same forehead wrinkles olc gus has just more faint

[conjuringturns]

cynthia onrubia as victoria in the original broadway production of cats (x)

#this is such a good pic #another one from the nypl archive... #my captions are very formulaic as you can see #victoria #cats obc #my posts

[storyweaverofgondor]

Marlene Danielle’s Bombalurina

I have been wanting to draw this version of Bomba for a while. She’s so pretty and she played the role for so long, she is an incredible Bomba. I had a lot of fun with this and am very proud of how it turned out.

@uppastthejelliclemoon​

Alt version under the cut

#cats the musical #marlene danielle #bombalurina #marlene danielle bombalurina #cats the musical fanart #cats the musical fandom #bombalurina fanart #cats obc #obc cats fanart #my cats fanart #cats fanart

[uppastthejelliclemoon]

HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF CATS

premiered on broadway on october 7, 1982

#cats the musical #cats original broadway production #cats obc

[naturepointstheway]

Last night I came across a very recent podcast episode where they talked about Timothy Scott and oof the feels. As I found it late at night, I only read the transcript, but I'll give it a proper listen tonight and reblog this with some highlights and thoughts. And I'll be able to post the link then too.

#cats the musical #cats obc #Timothy Scott

[realreulbbrband]

POV you interrupted them

Timothy Scott as Mistoffelees and Cynthia Onrubia as Victoria cats OBC promotional photos 1983.

(source)

#cats the musical #cats obc #cats wintergarden theatre #victoria the white cat #mr. mistoffelees #timothy Scott #cynthia onrubia #Cats 1983 #mistoria

[zachbiller]

#cats musical #rum tum tugger #tumblebrutus #cats original broadway cast #cats obc

[cryptidvoidwritings]

It is possible…

(That’s Betty Buckley.)

that I…

might have…

something of…

(Blair Bybee is Skimblessandra/Casshanks the Railway Cat.)

a problem.

I mean. Maybe.

#cats the musical #cats the musical press photos #my collection of press photos #this is not the end of it - I have more coming #stage cats #munkustrap #jennyanydots #rum tum tugger #mr mistoffelees #grizabella #cats obc #cats broadway #some of these are from Boston as well #one day I will scan these for real. maybe. #blair bybee #frank cruz #alice dechant #betty buckley #barry bernal #from the queue

[statisticalcats2]

Original Broadway production (1982)

Victoria

#cats the musical #cats obc #cats victoria #pro fiction safe

[ratherchaseamouse]

#blue’s thoughts #cats the musical #cats obc #skimbleshanks

[gaylittlewizardcat]

It is he

No one asked but I’m gonna ramble about his design and the different places I got it all from <3

In every single picture of every production I’ve seen where Misto has had a white leg warmer with a big black spot he has worn it on his right leg, this includes the times Timothy Scott wore one such leg warmer. However, Scoffelees’s design varied quite a bit during his run, and most of them would actually have more white on his left leg than his right, which is the opposite of how Misto’s chorus designs look in general. I started out only planning on making his left foot white, but changed my mind, and gave him the spot before realizing I had the image mirrored. Since I had already decided which hand was going to be white (the right one is almost always more white than the left) and which way he was going to be turned (in order to mimic John Napier’s concept art for his solo outfit) I didn’t want to change it, so now it’s like this. I am very happy with it but the fact that it’s on the wrong leg for a spot (but the correct leg for a Scoffelees based design) annoys me just a bit.

The design is a mix of Misto’s chorus and solo designs. The white leg and hand, as well as the mix of white and black in his bib PLUS the white spot on his left side is quite typical for his chorus design, while the sparkly jacket and his tail being pure black is typical for his solo outfit. The mix of white and black in the bib was pretty common in early Broadway designs and adds to the scruffy sort of creepy look I really like from early US based productions. The white spot is something I find really charming but it doesn’t show up all that often among productions.

His makeup/face is inspired by, obviously knowing me, Scoffelees, but also quite a bit of Jonathan Mercer’s Misto, who may actually be my all time favorite Misto makeup design, and is only overshadowed by my love of Scoffelees because there’s a total of two pictures of him </3

I also just want to point out how fluffy all his white fur is while all his black fur is really sleek. This isn’t for any particular reason, I just like it :) also. beans.

Also I made his eyes yellow because I like to pretend I understand color theory (something about breaking up all the purple) but I do not <3

#cats the musical #mistoffelees #timothy scott #my art #cats fanart #cats obc #eye contact #cryptid misto #undescribed

[emmikay]

Found this on a used book site, and I'm so excited it arrived!

Also, whoever owned this last had their priorities in order.

#cats the musical #mister mistoffelees #cats obc #!!!!!!

[conjuringturns]

timothy scott performing "mr. mistoffelees" in the original broadway production of cats (x)

#<333 #thinking about timothy scott again today #i love this picture so much #mr. mistoffelees #cats obc #my posts