Rum Tum Tugger
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Sep 22, 2026
Mike AbramsHOST
I know it's in the poem and I get it.
Mike AbramsHOST
But there is, like, the Rum Tum Tugger, Munkus Trap and Mr. Mistoffelees, and then Jelly Lorem.
Mike AbramsHOST
And then Peter.
John AnkerbowGUEST
Like, it's just so, so funny to me.
JosephHOST
I think it's unfair.
JimHOST
Memory, maybe I'll give you Rum Tum Tugger.
JimHOST
No, you
JosephHOST
can't.
WippaHOST
As a bit of a tie-in, wasn't Jason Derulo in Cats, the Musical?
Kate RitchieHOST
Yes, he played Rum Tum Tugger.
WippaHOST
Tugger, yes.
WippaHOST
He was.
Julia MurneyGUEST
If you were sitting out there listening and you're like, who's Terrence Mann? I will murder you in your sleep.
Julia MurneyGUEST
Because Terrence Mann is the original Beast, the original Javert, and the original Rum Tum Tugger.
LB CespedesHOST
Yeah.
LB CespedesHOST
And wasn't there a point where he did lock stock? Didn't he do lock stock? He may have.
Mike AbramsHOST
... would be the one that you're like, "Uh-"
Antoine L. SmithGUEST
The Rum Tum Tugger.
Mike AbramsHOST
Okay [laughs].
Mike AbramsHOST
Okay.
Harrison KeefeHOST
Oh.
Ash LondonHOST
Rum Tum Tugger?
Harrison KeefeHOST
That was his character.
Ash LondonHOST
Called Rum Tum Tugger?
Harrison KeefeHOST
Yeah.
Harrison KeefeHOST
Did you know about the cat scene and they, like, CGI'd him to [laughs] like, like-
Sydney James HarcourtGUEST
I can see the path here.
Kyle RidleyHOST
Well, we will get to Rum Tum Tugger in just a minute.
Kyle RidleyHOST
First, I want to know, what was your first Broadway show that you attended?
Sydney James HarcourtGUEST
Oh, I think Chicago.
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Sydney James HarcourtGUEST
So, uh, that was a huge turning point for me.
Kyle RidleyHOST
Thank you for that.
Kyle RidleyHOST
And that leads us to Catch the Jellicle Ball, where you play Rum Tum Tugger.
Kyle RidleyHOST
That's taken up a bulk of this year.
Jess LeProttoGUEST
And his intellect and his introspective understanding of the material and knowing how to respect the material, but knowing how to interweave storytelling through his form of choreography, I feel like, you know, was a great compliment and, um, and also to, uh, the aesthetic, uh, and different arrangements.
Jess LeProttoGUEST
Uh, there's a great arranger and orchestrator, John Clancy, who did a lot of, uh, did quite a few, uh, new arrangements and orchestrations for our production of cats, uh, most prominently the Rum Tum Tugger and Mr. Mistoffelees.
Jess LeProttoGUEST
He did some great arrangements working alongside Andrew.
Jess LeProttoGUEST
But aesthetically, it was in the more traditional sense.
BugHOST
Okay, cool.
BugHOST
And then in Cats, you were the Rum Tum Tugger.
MossHOST
Yep, absolutely.
BugHOST
And I'm trying to think of your other musicals.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the wrong one died.
Mike AbramsHOST
welcome to the wrong cat died the podcast breakdown the catastrophe i'm your host mike abrams and today we have another amazing guest he is currently performing as the rum tum tugger in the regents park open air theater of cats in london so welcome jane vine and thank you for joining me thank you very much i am excited to have you i know i i got to see the show but i missed you you were you were out um but i i always loved it
Jaydon VijnGUEST
yeah
Mike AbramsHOST
And I have a lot of questions because it is a slightly different production.
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