Macskák
It's a cat party on the old stage of the abandoned theatre. The ball is held once a year and brings together the cats of the area, who are very much human. They dance and sing about their lives.
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English poet T.S. Eliot's book of poems, The Book of Cats, was brilliantly set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and became the fantastic, world-selling musical Cats.
The Madách Theatre premiered Cats on 25 March 1983, immediately after its premiere in London.
In the 35 years since, the show has been performed almost 1,300 times and seen by nearly 1.5 million people, breaking all Hungarian theatre records. Some 150 artists have performed in the play since its premiere and generations of theatre-goers have grown up with Cats.
Madách Theater
There is still an “era” in the Madách Theater. The era of the rise and success of musical theater. The change began in 1983 with Cats, whose decades-long series of success provided a solid foundation for the next defining step: the legendary 2003 performance of The Phantom of the Opera. Both performances were directed by Tamás Szirtes, who was elected director of the Madách Theater in 2004. Under his direction, the Madách Theater embarked on a path that has resulted in a successful musical theater of outstanding quality. World-famous musicals line up in his program, which are usually in large blocks, so-called they are staged according to the en suite playing order, and each performance remains on the show for years. The basic aim of the theater is to give the viewer the same experience even after 10 years as at the premiere.