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Video Watch: Get a Look at 6 Songs From Chicago's High-Flying Circus-Themed Cats

A new take on the Andrew Lloyd Webber-T.S. Eliot musical runs at Paramount Theatre through June 15.

What does it look like when you set Andrew Lloyd Webber and T.S. Eliot's Cats inside of a three-ring circus? New videos from Paramount Theatre's Chicago-area production are finally answering that burning question.

See clips from the production's "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats" above, and scroll further down to see moments from five other songs.

Directed by Trent Stork, the production began April 30 and opened May 9. Performances continue through June 15.

The production features choreography by Kasey Alfonso and circus choreography from Actors Gymnasium founder Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi. The cast has been taking circus training intensives at the Gymnasium, Chicago's oldest circus school.

The cast of acro-cats includes Emily Rohm as Grizabella; Lorenzo Rush Jr. as Old Deuteronomy; Gene Weygandt as Asparagus, Bustopher Jones, and Peter; Jake DiMaggio Lopez as Munkustrap; Donovan Hoffer as Rum Tum Tugger; Tiffany Topol as Bombalurina; Alexandra Palkovic as Demeter; Allison Sill as Jellylorum; Christopher Kelley as Mistoffelees; Anakin Jace White as Skimbleshanks; Matthew Millin as Tumblebrutus; Dani Goldberg as Mungojerrie; Ayana Strutz as Rumpleteazer; Kara Brody as Victoria; Kat Hoil as Jennyanydots; Emma Ogea as Sillabub; Brian Bandura as Carbuckety; Matty Bettencourt as Pouncival; Liam Bradley as Admetus; Sophie Liu David as Etcetera; Shaun Dennison White as George; Evan C. Dolan as Alonzo; Kat Harvey as Tantomile; Ryan Huemmer as Coricopat; Hayley Larson as Electra; Michael Lunder as Tumblebrutus; Selena Robinson as Cassandra; Emily Scinto as Exotica; and Matthew Weidenbener as Macavity and Plato. The chorus includes Joe Giovannetti, Brian Hupp, Emilie Lynn, and Nellie Shuford.

The creative team also includes clown consultant Amanda Crockett; music director and conductor Kory Danielson; scenic designer Jeffrey D. Kmiec; costume designer Izumi Inaba; lighting designer Greg Hofmann; sound designer Adam Rosenthal; projection designer Paul Deziel; wig, hair, and makeup designer Katie Cordts; properties designer Ivy Thomas; illusion consultant Benjamin Barnes; fight, stunt, and intimacy director Max Fabian; electronic music designer Ethan Deppe; dialect coach Susan Gosdick; flight director Tracy Nunnally; stage manager Amber R. Dettmers; and assistant stage managers Natalie Cohen and Lanita VanderSchaaf.

Paramount's production is one of several dramatically reimagined Cats productions currently out in the world. An Off-Broadway revival inspired by and set in the world of ballroom, titled Cats: "The Jellicle Ball," played Off-Broadway last year and has teased an upcoming NYC return, and a country-and-western鈥搕hemed revival begins at Fort Worth, Texas's Casa Ma帽ana May 31.

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Photos: Paramount Theatre's Cats

 
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