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EPISODE 113:

CATS: THE 9 LIVES OF KEN PAGE
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 09/12/2022

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Discussing Cats with original Broadway cast member Ken Page!

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"If you have what you want and need, you're doing fine. And if you can afford to have it, you're doing 3000% better than a lot of people."


Topics:

⭐️ The first megamusical
⭐️ Audition and rehearsal process
⭐️ Broadway version versus the West End
⭐️ Judi Dench playing Old Deuteronomy in the film


Cats Stats:

⭐️ 4th longest running Broadway show of all time
⭐️ 9th highest grossing Broadway show of all time
⭐️ 2nd most popular tee shirt of the 1980s (globally)
⭐️ 3.5 billion gross as of 2012 (reported by New York Post)

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Links and Resources

Cats | IBDB.com
Highest Grossing Broadway Shows of All Time
Cats (musical)
Cats The Musical (official website)
The Megamusical | Jessica Sternfeld
Cats Box Office Disaster Tanks Universal's Profit
Why Exactly Did So Many People Like Cats In The First Place
How Cats Changed Broadway

Extras In The Patreon EpisodeListen to our extended discussion with Ken Page by becoming a patron! Thank you for your ongoing support.
Episode Outtakes

⭐️ The Muny - Ken's 47 shows (2 with Ethan)
⭐️ Ken's trip to Italy - mistaken for Morgan Freeman
⭐️ Ain't Misbehavin' - John Lee Beatty's Broadway set design


Ken Page
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Ken Page | IBDB.com
Ken Page

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Ken Page is an American actor and singer born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He created the role of "Ken" in the original Broadway production of Ain't Misbehavin', and played the role of "Old Deuteronomy" in both the original Broadway and filmed stage productions of Cats. Page is also known as the voice for Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise.
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