CATS. This unlikely musical proved to be the biggest hit in Broadway history. Based on T. S. Eliot’s poems from his Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats , the show originated in a series of presentations of individual songs at composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s home at Sydmonton.
The songs were gathered together along with other Eliot writings, and with input from director Trevor Nunn and producer Cameron Mackintosh , Cats opened at the unpopular New London Theatre...