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Betty makes belting look so easy.

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Betty Buckley is Perfect!

Betty Buckley is the beat and the one and only Grizabella!

Best Broadway show tune ever. Hands down.

I saw it with Liz Calloway as Grizabella and she knocked it out of the park and beyond.

4:19 always has been my favorite. She belts it like no other, imo.

BB IS the Empress of this song.

A most amazing voice. Thank you, Betty Buckley, for sharing your beautiful gift with the world.

Ah... Betty Buckley... THE BEST !

Now if they did a cats live like that it would've been great.

Betty Buckley is best Grizabella Ever!

Betty Buckley was the best. Stunning voice touched people’s heart ❤

what drove her family to hate her - Grizabella and Macavity - her son and the black sheep of the tribe and why did they thrown them out of the tribe

This is my NYC. The Thanksgiving Parade was a celebration, not an ad festival. I was blessed to see this original cast on Broadway. New York City Forever.

i was in NY on family trip in October 1992 my mom wanted see it so on 10th anavrsiry show we went during break they doing autogrphs on stage i went up and got one.....

why does Macavity hate Munkustrap so much and why is he fighting him

Betty Buckley…so dear to our heart! Thank you! ♥️Xxxooo

There is a complete memory reprise on KZbin by Laurie beechman. It was shot from the audience just shortly before she passed from cancer. It’s deeply emotional

The very pretty and extremely talented singer, actress, dancer and performer Betty Buckley is the best and the one and only Grizabella ever! Brilliant performance of her signature song "Memory" at the 1983 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! I love it! Betty Buckley received the Tony Award for best actress in a Broadway musical in 1983 for Cats! I love it! I was born in the very late fall of 1978. I saw Betty Buckley in the National tour of Hello, Dolly at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, Kentucky! She was the best Dolly ever! Thank you for posting and sharing this classic performance!

cant believe they actually let them get thru the whole thing. These days they would have shushed them along for one of the 10000 commercial breaks they need to fit in before the marching band that traveled 2000 miles gets to be on screen for 30 seconds

No one compares to Betty! No one! The singing, the acting, simply incomparable. Purrfect performance! She is Grizabella! The most powerful voice that effortlessly belts out to your soul. Not an easy task to do starting from a crouched position. How fantastic as part of the macys Thanksgiving parade! ❤

Her vibrato is pure perfection lol I could nvr

I heard in the original 1982 production, Mungojerrie and Rumpleteaser were puppets conjured up by Mistofolees

Gen Horiuchi had the BEST a la seconde turns of any Misto of the original run. I said it. I watched that telethon live myself on TV and had the VHS tape of it.

One little tidbit: on the chorus repeat of "Memory" after Moments of Happiness, the cast sings the backphrasing/syncopated phrasing that Betty did on "enter in" - I noticed this because in the original London cast, you don't hear them doing that. I wonder where that change happened. Had to be somewhere in the early part of the Bway run. It's written as just eighth notes just like the melody in the orchestration.

I read that video recording of the Broadway production was filmed on July 11, 1983 and can be viewed only for research purpose. Anyone knows why?

Betty is unreal

As many times as I've seen this, I still get goosebumps every time. I saw her in this role in 1984 and it is one of the most precious memories I've ever had.

Good luck, but half of these clips are NOT the original cast as cameras were never allowed into the theater and there were no cell phones back then. There was a great respect for live theater unlike today where performers are subjected to flash from cell phones while performing. All we have are photos , yet nice to see a few original cast members from the original cast.

Remember watching this when it originally aired---couldnt believe it was Abby from Eight is Enough. Mesmerizing.

I wouldn’t bother it’s not a patch on UK versions

Doing the Lord's work.

How on earth did this newscaster ever make it? ?? Bryan-something and he's the most boring person on this planet.

You don’t have to choose one btw, you can love the Elaine and Betty versions without dissing the other

what's the real reason why they don't like both Grizabella and Macavity

I hate when people talk through an overture. Here, they’re still talking when the show starts. Thank for this great compilation of clips!

14:32 onward is my favorite part

CATS London and Broadway 1981-1982 (Full Show Bootleg)

Thank you all who have posted their feelings towards this exceptional unmatched woman singing a most beautiful song in this awesome performance: you have made me realize that I am not crazy at all

I compiled all of the Original cast that I saw live at The Winter Garden Theater from KZbin and joined them together flawlessly. The Full Cat's Play is 2 hours 1 minute Long. My copy was recorded using my home built High Fidelity speaker system that when at full volume can be heard a full mile away from my home. Being an audiophile who knows what music should sound like, My copy is the best copy I've ever heard. I'm too afraid to upload it due to a previous case of copyright infringement record. As for you project it's sound track sounds flat, not full and robust like mine. YOU SHOULD SCRAP YOUR PROJECT AND START FROM SCRATCH.

This was the very first thing my grandmother ever recorded on her new VCR, the day after she bought it and was trying to stop being afraid of it. I watched that ancient tape for this scene a dozen times. It was lost in a move, so thank you so much for this. Great to see it again. Never take it down!

Whenever I think of this beautiful song, I want to hear Betty Buckley sing it. She has ruined me forever on anyone else singing it. Fantastic!

No one does it like Betty!!!! GOOSEBUMPS

I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS

they should bring this back with - Denise Spinos ( my friend from my old church ) , Walter Charles , Andy Garcia , Faye , Hugh Jackman , Tony Vincent , Meryl Streep , Ariana Grande , Ray Park , Angela Lansbury etc. maybe have Victor Garber and Kathy Bates as Jennyanydots and Gus the Theatre Cat instead since Angela Lansbury and Walter Charles passed away

aren't Old Deuteronomy , Grizabella , Munkustrap , Rum Tum Tugger , Rumpus Cat and Macavity related

how come every time there is a crash , Demeter says Macavity's name and why are they scurrying every time Macavity shows up

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