That’s Anna McNeely and the longest running actress Marlene Danielle the original cast members!

May Linda Balgord and Laurie Beechman, two splendid ladies with unforgettable voices, rest in peace 💙

How long did you loni ackrman put on cats makeup and cats costume

iI love her hiss at 2:24 lol!

I wonder where the Liz Callaway and Natalie Toro clips came from.

How long did it take put your Grizzabella cats makeup grizzabella cats costume from cats the musical

Andrew loyd Webber is musical genius

Saw Cats there around spring '86. Still have my program somewhere.

I like Natalie's voice, but her version is so bad

What kind of unitard are you wear Loni Ackerman from cats the musical

I had no idea of this history of my favorite show I saw in San Francisco when I was 10! This is great!

This was featured on two episodes

This was an awesome episode & my intro to Cats the musical altogether

No Lillias White? Oh well...she's said that she didn't like playing Griz.

Wait Kim Criswell didn't perform Cats on US nor Broadway, she performed Cats on Los Angeles

Im laughing at Natalie Toro's version of Memory

RIP Laurie Beechman

where can I find the other Memory version of Angie Smith on 3:47

jeri sager was my favorite tour grizabella but donna lee marshall not bad but natilie on the other hand not so great

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This is great. Thanks for putting it together!

www.change.org/p/universal-amblin-the-really-useful-group-and-netflix-make-a-proper-cats-movie-that-s-hand-drawn-animated.

Cool

I feel like this is probably 1991 or 1992 edit: this is from 1994 actually 😃

2:28 TOOOUCH meeeeeeeee, its so eeeeeeeEEEEEasssyyy to leeeaaaveee meeeeeeeee AAAAALLL alooooooOoOoOoooooOOONE WITH a memoryyy of my days in the sun

I would to this show

I was a kid when I saw Cats with mostly the OBC. I know the phrase “blew the lid off the place”. I was literally aghast by the power and emotional sense Laurie made of the role. It was like King Lear. She made it work, and made it feel like it was something that she was experiencing once in a lifetime. I remember not being able to process the fact that she did this eight times a week.

That's her whom I saw at the first CATS! omg! I found her at last! 😮💖 Her song is the best as Grizabella for me! 🙂

Laurie and Elaine Paige are my favorites They really evoke the sadness in the song Betty Buckley is also way up there

Still better than the 2019 movie.

How magical are some performances? I saw this when my son was little- (he's 26 now) and was astounded by the powerful voice that came out of this tiny woman. I remembered her- even though thru the years I have searched for this clip & only found Elaine Page. I had never seen Cats, so didn't know much about it except that when I heard Elaine sing Memory it was different than how I remembered seeing it on Reading Rainbow. I don't know why tonight I just thought of it again, & thought, "Gee, maybe it's under Reading Rainbow" & walaah (or however that is spelled) here it was. So, long story short , a 2 minute clip that I saw decades ago, was powerful enough to make me search for it again all this time later. Elaine was excellent, but my gosh Loni's power was second to none. Just awesome. It brought tears to my eyes even after the third time I replayed it. Can you tell I'm a theatre nerd?

Also, audio quality massively varies cos recorded on a quite possiblt tech that was outdated in 1960's so not really fair

Natalie Toro sounds likes a cat being strangled (no pun intended - possibly). But seriously - nobody will ever beat or better Elaine Paige - FACT.

I knee this video existed!!!!

The only thing I don't like is there's no Jemima/Syllabub at the bridge.

Kim, Loni and Laurie... damn. Always love Betty too although I think Laurie wins for me. She was literally dying of breast cancer when she did it and you could hear that 'final plea' in her performance. All were breathtaking though and deserved to be up there. Thank you so much for posting

Now I am morbidly curious what the 'worst piece of music Andrew had ever written' was that sent him into that panic.

3:20 that little hint of desperation when she says "with" is amazing

Nearly impossible to follow Betty in that, but some of these ladies did a fine job, particularly Kathryn Holtkamp. Some seemed to be struggling or were over-reaching. I don't know what Natalie Toro was trying to do. Good god.

I remember this episode always playing on tv, and I use to so mesmerized by the stick she used to make her face white color. And then when she added the red lips it felt so satisfying and magical.

Stunning performance!

I love Loni Ackerman.

Loni and Betty all the way!

An old favorite of mine. Until looking at an episode guide of mine, I wasn't sure how long ago I had first seen it. It definitely made an impression.

Thanks for having this up! Absolutely a treasured episode. After seeing the trailer today, I went looking for this bit of comfort and reminder of why I respected the musical (and Reading Rainbow!) so much.

i have a feeling they didn't prepare to perform the same way in the upcoming movie

Grizzebella Translates to Grizzled Beauty.

I've seen this on Broadway and in little theater productions and finally, on the DVD and it still remains one of my all time favorites.

She has a special singing timbre and good acting through her voice for Grizabella. Truly sad to know that she isn't alive anymore.