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Weirdly wonderful world of singing cats

Strange as Cats the musical may seem at first, it is an escapist fantasy that pleases with whimsical song and dance

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The praising of Cats is a difficult matter. The snobs might think you're slightly insane - perhaps a person could really do better than laud a show with such dubious acclaim.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, which premiered in London's West End in 1981 and consists of a bunch of men and women dressed up as cats cavorting on stage while singing T.S. Eliot's poems, has long drawn divisive responses.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 24, 2019, with the headline Weirdly wonderful world of singing cats. Subscribe