Just got back from watching Cats the musical at Esplanade. Truth be told, I’d no idea what the whole musical was about until I bought the programme and started reading the sypnosis. The first half of the show (before the interval) was kind of mundane. Lots of dancing and singing, of which most of the lyrics, I can’t make out. I wonder if it’s me or the chorusing which were kind of muffled or simply the acoustics in the theatre (but I had no auditory problems with other shows like the Phantom).
To look on the bright side, the musical kinds of grows on you. The second half was much better – lyrics I could catch with a slightly apparent plot. The song ‘Memory’ was really catchy too; it’s on rewind mode in my head now. But what’s really impressive about the show were the very realistic and ’spare-no-expense’ props. Of course, nothing could ever replace the dropping of the chandelier in the Phantom of the Opera (to me at the least).
I guess I will be able to appreciate the musical much better if I were to catch it again. Yes… Let the memory live again!
