Archive: Arts & Entertainment

This year Lansing High School perform the musical “Cats” March 10th through 13th.  The forty-six Jellicle cats of the Jellicle tribe come together for the annual selection of the cat who will journey to the Heaviside Layer. 

The story’s de facto narrator, Munkustrap (Nicolo Gentile) guides us through the night and the antics of the cats of the tribe.  Jennyanydots (Casey Phlegar) the Gumbie Cat rules the mice and beetles.  Rum Tum Tugger (Adam Beckwith), the Mick Jagger of the cat world, struts his stuff as Bombalurina (Mary Bacorn), a saucy red female vies for his attention.  Bustopher Jones (Robby Hayes) is the cat about town and Mongojerri (Sean Streb) and Rumpleteazer (Sarah Beckwith) are notorious cat-buglers. 

Skimbleshanks (Vasili Avramis) is the railway cat and Gus (Ben Hummel), the old theater cat reminisces about his past performance as Growltiger (Daniel Comisi), a vicious pirate.  Demeter (Kate Schuttenberg) a very skittish female cat introduces us to the only villain of the show, Macavity (Luke Mehringera) who is foiled by the magical Mr. Mistoffelees (Derrick Ryan).  Old Deuteronomy (Chris Sherman), the loveable patriarch makes the selection for the Heaviside Layer. 

Grizabella, (Haley Georgia) the former Glamour Cat left the tribe when she was young and now returns wearing the years of the harshness of the outside world and the loss of acceptance within the tribe.  Carbucketty (Katy Bland), Quaxo (Emily Kaplan), Jellylorum (Tara Miller) and the rest of the jellicle cast will mesmerize you into a cat-a-tonic state that will be a performance cat scratched into your “Memory.”

Performances are at 6:30pm March 10th and 11th and at 7:30pm March 12th and 13th.  Tickets are $10 each (Senior citizens $5 Wednesday night only) and can be purchased during the day in the High School office and from 5:30pm to 7pm in the Middle School lobby every evening except Fridays.

The three Lansing schools are collecting donations for the “Cats” of the SPCA for the two weeks prior and each night of the performances.

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