In the hands of the Paramount Theatre of Aurora, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” has been turned into a cirque du chat. Faux kitties perform all manner of tricks from juggling to acrobatics. Instead of ...

There are jugglers, a magician, a Cyr wheel (looks like a big hula hoop with a person on the inside), hanging silks and a trapeze. There is no net. There is a lot to look at and take in. Choreographer ...

Moments before the curtain rose on Paramount Theatre’s cirque-inspired “Cats” revival, a friend and former critic described his mood as “guardedly optimistic.” “It’s ‘Cats,’” he shrugged. He had cause ...

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AURORA, Ill. — The Andrew Lloyd Weber musical “Cats” has been one of the world’s most popular since it opened in 1981. A new reimagined version of it with a Cirque du Soleil-feel has just opened at ...

At Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois, the Jellicle Ball has gone airborne. With a new circus-themed revival of Cats now on stage through June 15, director Trent Stork, circus choreographer Sylvia ...

For Trent Stork, directing a circus-themed revival of "Cats" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois, just made sense. "I think it's the third verse that we sing of the first song, which is, 'We ...

Paramount Theatre isn’t “kitten around” when it comes to its circus-themed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats,” which will feature contortionists, jugglers, aerialists, tumblers, acrobats and ...

A re-invented version of the musical CATS like you have NEVER seen it before! Based on T.S. Eliot’s Collection of Poems called: “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” this magical show weaves many cat ...