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Revision as of 12:24, 22 March 2017
Steve Barton as Munkustrap
Original Vienna Cast
Cats had its Austrian premiere on 24 September 1983 at the Theater an der Wien. It was the third production worldwide and the first time that Cats was performed in another language than English. Gillian Lynne both directed and choreographed the show and Michael Kunze wrote the first German translation of Cats. Later productions that were based on the Vienna production include Amsterdam and Paris.
Production Specifics
The Vienna production was the first time that the show took place on a usual stage (behind a proscenium arch) instead of being performed on a round stage with the audience around it as it was done in London and on Broadway. Therefore, Gillian Lynne had to restage the show. In the following years, due to conventional theatres, most productions were placed on a pros-arch.
Compared to the Original London and Broadway casts, the Vienna cast was rather large: it included both Carbucketty and Pouncival, Bill Bailey and Tumblebrutus, Quaxo and Mistoffelees as well as Etcetera (whose costume actually looked similar to the London Electra). In general the names used were not translated, apart from Jenny Fleckenreich and Alt Deuteronimus, and spellings for Viktoria and Jellilorum.
Unlike in the London and Broadway productions, Mistoffelees was a mute character. He didn't sing or speak any line in the whole show; not even in the ensemble numbers. This allows the role to be cast as a dedicated dancing role, not Musical Theatre. This concept was later transferred to productions like Amsterdam, Paris, Zurich, Asia/Pacific Tour and others.
Another unusual element was that Griddlebone was played by Jennyanydots, not Jellylorum.
Venues
- 1983 - 1988: Vienna, Theater an der Wien
- 1987: East-Berlin, Komische Oper (Guest appearance)
- 1988: Moscow (Guest appearance)
- 1988-1990: Vienna, Ronacher Theater
The production opened in 1983 at the Theater an der Wien. While the show was settled in Vienna, the cast had guest appearances in East-Berlin in 1987 and in Moscow in 1988 during the Vienna summer breaks. In 1988, Cats moved to the Ronacher Theater in Vienna before it closed in 1990. With a runtime of 7 years, Cats remains the longest running musical in Vienna this day.
Creative Team
Director / Choreographer: Gillian Lynne
Artistic Consultant: Trevor Nunn
Assistant to Gillian Lynne: Jo-Anne Robinson
Costume & Set Designer: John Napier
Dance Captain (1983): Steve Barton
Resident Director: John Yost
Costume Supervisor: Alison Todd
Director of the theatre: Peter Weck
Translation: Michael Kunze
Cast
September 1983
1984
1985
1986
| Role | Cast |
|---|---|
| Alonzo /Rumpus-Cat | Darryl Robinson (cover Munkustrap) |
| Asparagus / Bustopher Jones | Gene Scheer |
| Bill Bailey | Otto Scholtze (cover Carbucketty) |
| Bombalurina | Joanie O' Neill |
| Carbucketty | Laszlo Czergezan |
| Cassandra | Laura Edmunds |
| Coricopat | Matthew Jessner (cover Alonzo/Rumpus) |
| Demeter | Katherine Condit |
| Etcetera | Pamela Liebig (cover Bombalurina, Rumpleteazer) |
| Grizabella | Angelika Milster |
| Jellylorum | Suzanne Henderson (cover Grizabella) |
| Jemima | Elisabeth Meller (cover Jellylorum) |
| Jennyanydots / Griddlebone | Valda Aviks |
| Mr. Mistoffelees | Valentin Baraian |
| Mungojerrie | Andrew Morris |
| Munkustrap | Paul Welterlen (cover Bustopher/Gus/Growltiger, Plato/Macavity) |
| Old Deuteronomy | Gordon Bovinet |
| Plato / Macavity | Stanley Dalton |
| Pouncival | James Cohen (cover Mistoffelees) |
| Quaxo | Michael P Reardon |
| Rumpelteazer | Beatrix Wipperich (cover Bombalurina, Etcetera) |
| Rum Tum Tugger | Michael O'Connor |
| Skimbleshanks | Michael Estes (cover Mungojerrie, Quaxo) |
| Tantomile | Elizabeth Mills (cover Victoria, Cassandra) |
| Tumblebrutus | Tracy Inman |
| Victoria | Alexandra Young (cover Jemima) |
| Swing | Niki Bolen (cover Carbucketty, Tumblebrutus) |
| Swing | Danielle Brunner (cover Demeter, Victoria, Cassandra) |
| Swing | Ferdinando Chefalo (cover Pouncival) |
| Swing | Tito Hernandez (cover Mungojerrie, Coricopat) |
| Swing | Janet Hinckley (cover Jemima, Etcetera, Tantomile) |
| Swing | Gregory Garrison (cover Skimbleshanks, Plato/Macavity) |
| Swing | Gregory McKinnon (cover Coricopat) |
| Swing | Pam Lloyd (cover Jennyanydots/Griddlebone) |
| Swing | Frances O'Neill (cover Etcetera, Tantomile) |
| Swing | Isabelle Scheizer-Paterson (cover Etcetera) |
| Swing | Sandor Racz (cover Plato/Macavity, Alonzo/Rumpus, Tumblebrutus) |
| Swing | Andrea Schalk (cover Carbucketty, Bill Bailey) |
| Swing | Randy Scott (cover Quaxo) |
| Swing | Ken-Michael Stafford (cover Old Deuteronomy, Gus/Bustopher/Growltiger) |
| Swing | Iris Wachalowsky (cover Demeter, Bombalurina, Cassandra) |
| Swing | Dean Welterlen (cover Tugger) |
1987
1988
1989
1990
| Role | Cast |
|---|---|
| Alonzo /Rumpus-Cat | José Hernan |
| Asparagus / Bustopher Jones | Gene Scheer (until 28.02.90) / Marco Vermie (from 02.90) |
| Bill Bailey | Ton Voogt (u/s Coricopat) |
| Bombalurina | Nora Cherry (Dance Captain) |
| Carbucketty | Laszlo Czergezan |
| Cassandra | Susan Taylor |
| Coricopat | Gregory McKinnon (u/s Tugger) |
| Demeter | Karen Babcock |
| Etcetera | Veronica Hart (u/s Demeter) |
| Grizabella | Lorraine Goodman |
| Jellylorum | Amy DeMayo (u/s Grizabella/Jenny/Griddlebone) / Elisabeth Meller |
| Jemima | Elisabeth Meller |
| Jennyanydots / Griddlebone | Marry Illes |
| Mr. Mistoffelees | Gregory Schramel / Valentin Baraian (u/s Skimbleshanks) |
| Mungojerrie | Michael Estes (u/s Skimbleshanks/Quaxo) |
| Munkustrap | Darryl Robinson |
| Old Deuteronomy | Jan Polak |
| Plato / Macavity | Stanley Dalton |
| Pouncival | Otto Scholtze (u/s Quaxo/Bill Bailey/Mistoffelees/Carbucketty) |
| Quaxo | Michael P Reardon |
| Rumpelteazer | Kristi Sperling |
| Rum Tum Tugger | Brian Carmack |
| Skimbleshanks | Sam Cole (u/s Quaxo) / Rod Roberts (March-May) |
| Tantomile | Janet Hinckley (u/s Etcetera) |
| Tumblebrutus / Genghis | Andreas Bieber (u/s Mungojerrie) |
| Victoria | Marjorie Hardwick |
| Swing | Gordon Bovinet (u/s Deuteronomy) |
| Swing | Ferdinando Chefalo (u/s Pouncival/Tumblebrutus/Carbucketty) |
| Swing | Kim Duddy (u/s Bombalurina/Cassandra/Demeter) |
| Swing | Michael Fritzke (u/s Coricopat/Mungojerrie/Tumblebrutus) |
| Swing | Jerome J Hardeman (u/s Alonzo/Plato/Macavity) |
| Swing | Tatjana Köthe (u/s Tantomile/Cassandra/Etcetera) |
| Swing | Maria Magdalena Padrosa (u/s Victoria/Tantomile) |
| Swing | Zane Rankin (from April 1990) (u/s Coricopat/Pouncival/Tumblebrutus/Carbucketty) |
| Swing | Alexander Riff (u/s Plato/Macavity/Alonzo/Munkustrap) |
| Swing | Vasiliki Roussi (u/s Jemima/Jellylorum) |
| Swing | Andrea Schalk (u/s Carbucketty/Bill Bailey/Rumpleteazer) |
| Swing | Ken-Michael Stafford (u/s Gus/Bustopher/Deuteronomy) |
| Swing | Ian Michael Towers (u/s Mungojerrie/Skimbleshanks) |
| Swing | Claudia Wendrinsky (u/s Rumpleteazer/Jemima/Etcetera) |
| Booth | Danuta Jaquet |
| Booth | Hiroko Ono |
| Booth | Julie Trautwein |
| Booth | Peter Erdelyi |
| Booth | Stefan Thanner |
| Booth | Andrzej Ulicz |
Gallery
