Cats
Musical by Andrew Lloyd WebberWikipedia
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Sep 18, 2026
Gabe MollicaGUEST
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Gabe MollicaGUEST
In a way that like Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats, like things like exploding cultural phenomenon.
Gabe MollicaGUEST
Now, would we say
Dan WilberHOST
we celebrate Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Gabe MollicaGUEST
I'm like, no, I actually think that's like a good use of Andrew Lloyd Webber is like, like they do with opera.
Gabe MollicaGUEST
Let's reimagine it or Shakespeare.
Dan WilberHOST
Do we think that's what T.S. Eliot will be known for for the rest of time? He wrote Cats.
Gabe MollicaGUEST
Yeah, oh, for sure.
Eddie EdwardsHOST
But...
Eddie EdwardsHOST
I saw him described recently by the director of Cats as the worst actor he'd ever directed, which is...
Eddie EdwardsHOST
That's impressive.
Eddie EdwardsHOST
To be the worst actor, to be slammed by...
Mark O'NeillHOST
Because that director's directed Judi Dench, and I've never seen that bitch play anything other than an old woman.
Mark O'NeillHOST
So you've clearly not seen Cats
Eddie EdwardsHOST
unless she plays an old cat.
Mark O'NeillHOST
See? Pish.
Stephen TannosGUEST
I was 10 years old.
Stephen TannosGUEST
Uh, turning point number two was like I decided to go to a humongous audition for Cats the Musical when I was just about to sit my end of high school exams.
Stephen TannosGUEST
Terrified.
Stephen TannosGUEST
Didn't think I had the facility for it.
EzraGUEST
I love cats.
SeanHOST
And you should, but you can find a lot of podcasts about cats, I'm sure.
SeanHOST
I mean, Cats
EzraGUEST
the Musical or Cats?
SeanHOST
Either or.
SeanHOST
You want to talk about music? You want to talk about cars? You want to talk about sports? You want to talk about...
Brandtly WheelerHOST
But it was funny hearing him talk about it.
Brandtly WheelerHOST
I mean, they were talking about how Cats is the worst musical of all time.
Brandtly WheelerHOST
And the question was then posed to him, like, if it was so bad, why was it the number one musical for such a long time? And I think his opinion was something along the lines of like, he think he says it was like the avatar of its time.
Brandtly WheelerHOST
It was like a spectacle.
Steve GreenHOST
Oh, shush.
Steve GreenHOST
So a number of years ago, the musical Cats came to Auckland and I thought, I'm a good husband.
Steve GreenHOST
I love my wife.
Steve GreenHOST
I bought tickets for us to go and see Cats.
Steve GreenHOST
The only feedback I'd had was from our founding pastor, Pastor Luke, and he said, don't go, you'll hate it.
Steve GreenHOST
and he was right.
Susie McKennaGUEST
Canada
Francesca BindiHOST
but I am joined by the wonderful Susie McKenna who played the wonderful Jenny AnyDots in Cats.
Francesca BindiHOST
Would you like to give us a little bit of an introduction on yourself?
Susie McKennaGUEST
Sure.
Susie McKennaGUEST
So, yes, I'm Susan McKenna.
Susie McKennaGUEST
I was in Cats from 96, I think, until 98.
Susie McKennaGUEST
The beginning of 98 kind of crossed over, where I played Gumby Cat, Jenny Annie Dots.
Susie McKennaGUEST
And I also played Jenny Annie Dots in the 1997 Polygram video, which I actually was one of six, maybe more, people who did the two at the same time while we were still doing the show.
Danny CasillasPANELIST
Let's go for 80 bucks! Right on!
Dennis HensleyHOST
The musical Cats has become a monster hit on Broadway, and its composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is certain it will run forever.
Dennis HensleyHOST
The only thing that could ever bring down Cats, he says, is blank.
Dennis HensleyHOST
Uh, Reba, Reba? Oh,
Danny CasillasPANELIST
wait, wait, look at my purse! I found a new candy.
Dennis HensleyHOST
Okay, so Reba, we're gonna get the answer from you.
Melissa PetermanPANELIST
Okay, okay.
Dennis HensleyHOST
The musical Cats, as Lord Webber said, is gonna run forever.
DaveHOST
I don't know.
DaveHOST
It was giving Cats the Musical vibes, but
LenHOST
on myth.
LenHOST
As long as it wasn't Cats the Musical the film, because that was terrible.
LenHOST
It was not good.
LenHOST
I watched that in the cinema.
Xavier ReyesGUEST
Wow.
Xavier ReyesGUEST
My introduction to Cats happened with the DVD.
Xavier ReyesGUEST
Somehow, when I was growing up in Puerto Rico in the 90s, somehow I saw that there was a DVD of this musical named Cats and I bought it.
Xavier ReyesGUEST
And I had it at home in Puerto Rico, and I watched it a few times.
Xavier ReyesGUEST
And I was, I don't know why, but I was mesmerized and intrigued with it.
Xavier ReyesGUEST
And then, of course, I came to New York.
Xavier ReyesGUEST
I studied the art of acting in musical theater.
Xavier ReyesGUEST
So, of course, you get deeper into the world of Cats.
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