boys will be boys, bad boys...

My friend Jerome brought up this song today.  I totally forgot about it and that there was a video with "Cats" in it!  Happy b'day T.S. Eliot!

new york memories: a post by karen g.

I was feeling a little nostalgic on this September 11th, and decided to look back at some of New York’s happier moments…


Who could forget the 1986 NY Mets and their hilarious music video “Let’s Go Mets Go"

Unforgettably funny scenes from the Plaza Hotel (Crocodile Dundee – 1986)

A beautiful song in Central Park from a diva in 1983

Original 80s Broadway cast of Cats

The 1984 Rockettes show the world their best assets!

Frank rocks Carnegie Hall in 1980




A magical moment between greats, Minnelli and Baryshnikov in 1980

And finally some ad jingles and campaigns from the late 70s and 80s…

(un)cool cats

What is Cats about really? It requires a lot of suspension of disbelief and marveling at people dressed in feline costumes. It is indeed even more bizarre that its basis is T.S. Eliot. The song "Memory" has become standard for covering all the thematic bases of Broadway: lost hopes and dreams of performing, and aging.

I used to really love the Cats soundtrack as a child (listened to over and over on cassette). I would dance around my room to "Jellicle Cats" and "Mr. Mistoffelees." Little did I know I would grow to learn that this is considered the nadir of popular musicals.

Years later when I saw a production of it at the Roanoke Civic Center, it seemed to have lost a lot of the luster I remembered it for. It was actually kind of irritating.

But secretly I still like some of the songs.

Are there any guilty pleasure musicals you can think of?