May 11th, 2026

CATS: The Jellicle Ball Brings Ballroom Culture to Broadway

Bill Rauch and Zhailon Levingston, co-directors of CATS: The Jellicle Ball, said that the story of CATS makes sense as iconic characters moving through the Harlem ballroom scene. Rauch and Levingston discuss how they brought the musical, which reimagines the classic Andrew Lloyd Weber musical, to life and how the story maps onto a new cultural context. Bloomberg Pursuits editor-at-large Chris Rovzar shared his experience with the show.