#the old gumbie cat

[clovenhoofedjester]

three cheers, three cheers, three cheers! 🎉🎊

#cats the musical #jennyanydots #the old gumbie cat #digital art #illustration #my art #just a bit of a buffer between the lineups ill be posting #also ramble time #i did not know that the 2019 vers. of the song wasnt just bullshitting us (for the most part) #the bit with the scatting and the outro were directly inspired by the original london recording #i was listening to the olc and was like :O #the shmore you shknow.....

[fairytalefabel]

#cats the musical #the old gumbie cat #jennyanydots #quaxo #mr mistoffelees #munkustrap #cats the musical gifs

[itsmyregularcat]

Visited New York City for the first time last week, so I took the opportunity to visit the Museum Of Broadway because I only wanted to see the Cats display items and literally nothing else.

If anyone is interested, this is what they had for Cats. Two super cool costume pieces from the long running and record breaking production from the Winter Garden, plus a few other items.

First off, an elaborate Siamese costume in all its bright blue eyed glory:

A few framed display items, including an early playbill and six character designs.

Secondly, an absolutely stunning complete Gumbie Tap costume worn by Anna McNeely, originator of Jennyanydots on Broadway.

While both of those costumes were amazing, and I could have stared at them for hours, it was really disappointing to see the museum have so little Cats content given the shows significance to theaters in not only NYC, but in North America as a whole.

The Siamese was relegated to a corner of a non-related room, and the Tap costume was amongst a line-up of other (I believe, Phantom Of The Opera) costumes. I do understand that there is a section encompassing Andrew Lloyd Webber's impact on Broadway, which had a sizable PoTO representation and some pieces from Evita, Starlight Express, and Sunset Boulevard with some other stuff from that time period mixed in, but it was a bit of a letdown.

It is very possible that the MoB could not source more pieces, which if in that case, it is all fair. However, it is tiring to always see Cats made out to be some sort of unimportant or regrettable musical, and even the way the two costumes were shown reflected that. They could have easily had their day in the sun together with an expanded corner of all Cats stuff together, but maybe I am being pompous. Though, being a patron in the museum and hearing all the utter disgust and derision in the looks and voices of others seeing the Cats stuff reinforced the hatred theatre wankers have over the singing and dancing kitties. Plus, maybe just maybe, I verbally pushed back against someone shitting on Cats while I was admiring the Siamese, and let me tell you, he did not expect that at all.

If anyone has any questions about the museum, let me know. I took pictures of every room and every display item (not to the same caliber of the Cats stuff, but still). It was a very nice place with lots of pieces and history, and if I actually cared about any other musical, it would have been like visiting the Heavisde Layer itself. The Siamese and Gumbie Tap costumes were damn cool though.

#cats the musical #cats musical #siamese #growltigers last stand #Gumbie Tap #the old gumbie cat #jennyanydots #anna mcneely #museum of broadway #cats musical costumes #cats costumes #i think Tumblr messes with the qaulity of the some photos so if you want the unadulterated ones to see everything in 48 MP glory DM me #anyway to those who were making fun of Cats in the MoB - eat shit

[hildegard-the-poetry-cat]

The instrumental at the end of the 1981 version of the old gumbie cat. You agree. Reblog

#cats the musical #cats 1998 #cats musical #cats #jellicle cats #the old gumbie cat #jennyanydots #cats 1981 recording

[inbarfink]

#cats #cats the musical #cats musical #musical cats #Jennyanydots #The Rum Tum Tugger #Grizabella the Glamour Cat #Bustopher Jones the Cat-About-Town #Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer #Old Deuteronomy #The Great Rumpus Cat #Gus the Theatre Cat #Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat #Macavity the Mystery Cat #Mr. Mistoffelees #the old gumbie cat #rum tum tugger #Grizabella #bustopher jones #Mungojerrie #Rumpleteazer #rumpus cat #great rumpus cat #gus #Skimbleshanks #Macavity #mr mistoffelees #mister mistoffelees #Mistoffelees

[per-the-jellicle-magician]

Polish version of "the Old Gumbie Cat" from Cats Warsaw CD album

Damian Aleksander as Munkustrap, Izabela Bujniewicz as Jennyanydots, Patrycja Wódz as Bombalurina, Anna Sztejner as Jellylorum, Ewa Lachowicz as Demeter, accompanied by the orchestra of Roma Musical Theatre

#cats warsaw #cats the musical #oldiesweek #the old gumbie cat #jennyanydots #plameczka pac #munkustrap #jellylorum #demeter cats #bombalurina #damian aleksander #patrycja wódz #anna sztejner #ewa lachowicz #izabela bujniewicz #Youtube #cats warsaw cd album

[none-ofthisnonsense]

i firmly believe jenny was a protector in the past. cf. 1st macavity scare (before m&r)

#jennyanydots #gumbie cat #the old gumbie cat #cats #cats the musical #cats musical #cats 1998

[pretty-pink-seaslug]

I’m just imagining Jenny’s owner coming in during the song and being like “hey why the fuck are there so many cats in here????? Why does that one have a conductor outfit????? Jenny????????”

#jennyanydots #the old gumbie cat #cats 1998 #cats musical #lol ignore me

[bees-in-a-davidbowie-shirt]

tap dancing kitty

#i dont know what tap shoes look like :[ #i forgot i could just look them up untill after #so just pretend they look more accurate okay #my art #cats #cats the musical #jennyanydots #jenny any dots #gumbie cat #the gumbie cat #old gumbie cat #cats 1998 #1998 cats #cats musical #cats jenny #jenny cats

[matiiiih]

They would adopt you any day

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“I guess I’m drawing all the Cats- characters”

Deme and Bomba

Mungo and Rumple

Tugger and Munk

Misto and Tori

The kittens

Grizabella and Old Deuteronomy

Macavity

Alonzo and Cassandra

Jelly, Gus and Asparagus Jr.

#cats #cats musical #cats the musical #musical #musicals #andrew lloyd webber #Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats #jennyanydots #the gumbie cat #gumbie cat #skimbleshanks

[fairytalefabel]

#cats the musical #cats 1998 #jennyanydots #the old gumbie cat #skimbleshanks #asparagus #and more cats #cats the musical gifs #my gifs #my cats gifs

[grimark]

🎵

from Twist the Knife by That Handsome Devil.

#congrats on getting a hickeygibson song lmao #the next song up was the old gumbie cat from cats. specifically the movie version. so uhh lucky escape i guess?

[emimii]

hello aaaaaa i love your stuff its literally the cutest and i cannot stand it

I was wondering if you could do a jelly and jenny drawing or interaction... i hc they are like, friends w benefits bc they have been friends since forever and experimented n stuff, and still do sometimes, but in reality they are just good friends. Im curious to hear ab your hcs w them!

THANK U SM! ! it means a lot that u find my stuff cute <3

my personal hcs belowww

here is myyyyy jenny and jelly, ive always assumed they were like two middle aged ladies who hung out and gossiped together to me but i never thought abt the friends w benefits thing tbh, its totally possible though these kitty cats r FREAKY!!!

one big headcanon ive always had specifically for jenny was like, before moving on to training mice and roaches she was a previous jellicle protector/fighter type and probably taught munkustrap what he knows, i think it adds to the old gumbie cat as well bcuz hes singing abt his mentor!! the lady who taught him all he knows!!

i definitely think jelly and jenny have had a looooong friendship and frequently look back on their youth, probably telling stories to younger cats and kittens and a lot of them are crazy like “oh jenny my dear remember those days youd beat every tom in the scrapyard in an arm wrestle?” and jenny just giggles and is like “my…. that was so long ago ^^;”

i think personally if jenny is physical damage, jellylorum is psychological damage bcuz she’d be one of those aunties that r good at finding the best words to make you feel the worst sometimes but she has good intentions and tends to use it for good esp w jenny keeping her in check so like,,, power duo!!

#god i love old ladies #i also think they used to be friends w grizabella before she was outcasted #or left #and after she left it was always a sore subject for the two of them #cats the musical #cats musical #jellylorum #jennyanydots #art #emi’s asks

[parsleyleaves]

Jenny Anydots (The Old Gumbie Cat) | Cats The Musical

Shot at MegaconLive Birmingham 2023

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#cosplay #comic con #cats the musical #jenny anydots #megacon live birmingham

[meowstoffelees]

I forgot how much I love The Old Gumbie Cat. Such a good song.

#cats the musical #cats #cats fandom #michael gruber #Susie mckenna #the okd gumbie cat

[miasiegert]

Hi Cats Tumblr People,

So I heard you like pics.

Please bear with me (AND TEACH ME) how Tumblr works/if I'm doing it wrong! I'm literally the "How do you do, fellow young people?" meme. Our Etsy is linked (unless I messed that up!) Right now it's bare (LOT of work and VERY old photos in the banner) but we'll be posting some cossies soon that are ready to retire. Some of our prices sadly will have to rise (we undercharge honestly for the amount of time put into them... we just LOVE making them). Anyway...

These are our original designs. We have taken inspiration from different productions, from the US tour to Gothenburg to Australia to Japan, less UK because it gets the most attention and we like COLOR! but this is all us. Our goal is to a) have characters be recognizable and b) make swing unitards in palates that could pass as at least 3 characters for emergency. When our rentals go out, swing unitards go with them, and ultimately it's the director who decides what makes the final cut (so a less yellow Demeter for example--but we LOVE that one).

If we ever do a production of Cats with Chaz, you'll notice one in Red, White, and some Black (but mostly Red and White, with fan ears, that is a design David created and is Chaz's FAVORITE design of all time. Any time he does a show, if we're hired, that costume goes. Usually Electra, but any ensemble/swing kitty and can cover for Sillabub or in a pinch Bombalurina. Yuka wore it at Interlakes before she did Victoria on the last US Tour! You might notice an Admetus in tans and GREEN undertones--that was my design he loved. We also did the purple twins (which was vetoed and I said, "Okay" then did it anyway because I knew he'd love it, which he did!), and REBA Gumbie Tap Suit was completely mine (everyone thought I was out of my MIND when I started making it! Even David! Then the shoulder pads came, and the belt, and tail, and BEDAZZLING!!! SO MANY RHINESTONES!!!!) Our Misto coat lights up but we still have a lot to learn about arduino since we'd eventually like to make it blink to music. The Misto coat is also created to fit a multitude of sizes, basically the theatre using their department for alterations since we make use of stretch fabric. I've known Bronson for almost as long as Chaz (he even designed my author website!!!) so when I saw him cast, I showed him his costume (a much, much browner/redder Gus than most see--I was serious about liking color) and let him choose between two coats. He said he wanted pants and we went, "NO! PANTLESS PRODUCTION!" because we thought he was joking! We didn't realize... HE REALLY WANTED PANTS!!!! SORRY BRONSON! So shout out to Wichita for making him pants! LOL!

There is a HUGE joke about Tumble thirsting for Tugger more than the girls so you'll notice that with the Tugger ABOUUUOUOUOUOUOUOUUUUUUUUUT THAT.

Hope that's of interest! And no, I'm not procrastinating on edits when my agent deadline is Sunday. Haha... ha... ha... ha... ha... Sera, if you're reading this I PROMISE I'M WORKING OKAY??? I DIDN'T KNOW WE GOT ON BROADWAYWORLD!!!

We also saw some comments about casting in general and some confusion/questions about different dancers doing different parts (Alonzo vs Plato). Would anyone be interested in learning more about the casting process in general and things that directors/choreographers need to take into consideration? Please note, I will not discuss ANY performers we work with. Ever. All are extraordinary and these are tough calls that aren't easy to make and based on other factors, including the ensemble at large, and sometimes huge changes are made.

#cats the musical #cats musical #cats musical cosplay #cats cosplay #cats musical wichita