Cats

It is, sadly. 

Haha, they are the same costumes as the London Revival; other than Tuggsr, who is back to the original, obviously a bit updated. So Leona wears the Nicole/Kerry/Jane/Beverley version of the Grizabella costume.

Is Cats cool again? Loving that one of top indie pop band, Bastille, is wearing a Cats sweatshirt in this photo!

www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/nme-song-stories-bastille-tells-us-about-good-grief

Leona Lewis has gotten awful reviews. Will be seeing the show in a few weeks, will report back.

Poor thing, they totally threw her to the wolves. I think she at least would have been treated with some indifference in London, but the New York critics loved to rip her apart.

I've heard a recording of her singing Memory, and she sounds pretty nice. She's a notch below Nicole in terms of sound and tone. But now that I see the clip in the trailer, she does seem a little stiff. We always knew that she had a nice voice but there's really little else in terms of anything she can offer.

Poor Leona. They didn't pussyfoot around with their criticisms did they?

Well it is doing well in ticket sales, so it does raise the question do they go star casting with her replacement ala Jane and Beverley or do they go down the musical theatre star ala Kerry and Anita?

It is a real shame Leona isn't getting the great reviews, as Nicole I thought was phenomenal in the role! This has probably killed Leona's chances at a Tony nomination.

Jane McDonald and Anita Louise Combe are older than the London Grizabella's... so it is not unlikely they bring in an older person.

I was rooting for Nicole to at least be nominated, as I loved her alot in it. But I was very shocked when I found out Betty Buckley actually won the Tony for the role!  Remembering that they have added a little more for Grizabella in the revival, the part must of been tiny when Betty did it!