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Now 25 years old, the feline fantasy "Cats" fails to inspire Bangkok audiences. When "Cats" opened on Broadway in 1982, New York Times theatre critic Frank Rich predicted that the production would run for a long time. This was, he noted, not because it's a brilliant musical, but because it "transports the audience into a complete fantasy world that could only exist in theatre....
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Two of the "Cats" actors who receives the loudest applause from Bangkok audiences night after night--Rohan Browne, who portrays Rum Tum Tugger, and Tony Farrell, who triple-roles as Gus, Bustopher Jones, and Growltiger--talk to Weekend. Browne, who performed Alonzo and under-studied Rum Tum in the previous tours of "Cats", says he uses his background as a dancer to bring Rum Tum....
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