Scholars of literary modernism have spent relatively little time investigating T. S. Eliot’s ardent and abiding love of cats. He had a lot of them, and he gave them names like George Pushdragon ...

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 ...

This is an eye-popping show, even by Paramount’s high standards, and the circus artistry is impressive. But Andrew Lloyd ...

and created the characters brought to life in the Broadway musical "Cats." In honor of Eliot’s birthday, here are a few things you might not know about the writer. 1. T.S. Eliot enjoyed holding ...

T.S. Eliot, the Nobel Prize-winning author of ... and the playful rhyming poems of “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” the basis for the musical “Cats” by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

1. Cats is based on a collection of t.s. eliot poems that were originally going to include dogs, too. 2. Andrew Lloyd Webber is admittedly "quite neutral" when it comes to cats. For his part ...

Tell me that's not pretty much every cat you know and love. Cat-lovers who aren't necessarily Cats-lovers should pick up Eliot's poetry collection and give it a read. Read It If You Want to Enjoy ...

After T.S. Eliot's death in 1965 ... Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. It became the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats, a global hit that brought in huge sums for the Eliot estate.

With the help of two performers from the 2016 Broadway revival, allow me to take you into the magical world of Cats — because Jellicles can and Jellicles do. Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum's ...