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CATS: The Jellicle Ball Press Preview w/ Tony, Grammy & Emmy winning Broadway Icon André De Shields

Tony, Grammy and Emmy winning Broadway Icon André De Shields turned 80 in January and is celebrating with a return to Broadway as Old Deuteronomy in the wildly acclaimed, award-winning production of CATS: The Jellicle Ball. Previews begin on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street), ahead of a Tuesday, April 7, 2026 opening night. His portrayal of Old Deuteronomy in the radically re-imagined Cats:The Jellicle Ball was rewarded with the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical, 2025 Dorian Theater Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production, the 2025 LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award,the 2 024 AUDELCO Award, and special citations from New York Drama Critics Circle and the Obie Awards. Andre reigned as The Grand Marshal of the 51st Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, achieving the sui generis reputation as one of the ten wonders of New York City. CATS: The Jellicle Ball. is directed by OBIE Award winners Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch and choreographed by Chita Rivera Award winners and New York City Ballroom icons Omari Wiles (House of NiNa Oricci) and Arturo Lyons (House of Miyake-Mugler). CATS: The Jellicle Ball has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s worldwide phenomenon CATS is reimagined in a production that smashed records when it has its world premiere at the Perelman Arts Center, won awards, and left New York City purring. And now CATS: The Jellicle Ball ascends to Broadway in a kaleidoscope of glittering spectacle, iconic music, and electrifying ballroom choreography. In addition to Andre as ‘Old Deuteronomy,’ the cast includes Jonathan Burke as ‘Mungojerrie,’ Baby Byrne as ‘Victoria,’ Tara Lashan Clinkscales, Sydney James Harcourt as ‘Rum Tum Tugger,’ Dava Huesca as ‘Rumpleteazer,’ Dudney Joseph Jr. as ‘Munkustrap,’ Junior LaBeija as ‘Gus The Theatre Cat,’ Robert “Silk” Mason as ‘Magical Mister Mistoffelees,’ “Tempress” Chasity Moore as ‘Grizabella,’ Primo Thee Ballerino as ‘Tumblebrutus,’ Xavier Reyes as ‘Jennyanydots,’ Nora Schell as ‘Bustopher Jones,’ Bebe Nicole Simpson as ‘Demeter,’ Emma Sofia as Cassandra’/’Skimbleshanks,’ Garnet Williams as ‘Bombalurina,’ Teddy Wilson, Jr. as ‘Sillabub.’ Ken Ard as ‘DJ Griddlebone,’ Kya Azeen as ‘Etcetera,’ Bryson Battle as ‘Jellylorum,’ Sherrod T. Brown, Bryce Farris, Leiomy as ‘Macavity,’ Phumzile Sojola, Kendall Grayson Stroud, B. Noel Thomas, Kalyn West, and Donté Nadir Wilder.