Photo Flash: Way Off Broadway Dinner Theater Presents CATS

Based on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot, Cats tells the story, through song and dance, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats at which time one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. A true musical theatre phenomenon, Cats appeared on Broadway for eighteen years at the Winter Garden Theatre, playing for 7,485 performances before finally closing in the fall of 2000. Countless performers have dawned cats costumes over the years, most notably being Betty Buckley and Elaine Paige. Both creating the role of Grizabella in their respective production; Buckley on Broadway and Paige in London's West End.

Dawning the feline fur for Way Off Broadway's summer production are Alexandra Bailey, Chelsea Bondarenko, Angelo Cerniglia, A.J. Dorsey, Tara Forseth, Lance E. Hayes, Dan Henderson, Jonny Kigin, Brittany Leslie, Jordan Stocksdale, Andrew James, Metzgar, Karen O'Connell, Kellie Schweon, Brandon Stonestreet, Andrew Trego, Shannon Wells, and Taylor Whidden.

Way Off Broadway's production of Cats runs June 19 - August 29, 2009 with performances every Friday and Saturday evening; matinees on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays of each month; and Sunday evening performances on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month. Tickets are $43 for Friday evenings, $45 for Saturday evenings, and $41 for Sunday performances. There will also be three Sunday Twilight Show Only Performances of Cats on June 28th, July 28th, and August 23rd.

Cats has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by T.S. Eliot. Way Off Broadway's Executive Producer and CEO, Bill Kiska, will direct, with choreography by Amanda Parker Kim, musical supervision by Eric Seebach, and musical direction by Jordan Stocksdale. This will mark Stocksdale's musical directing debut at WOB after having recently assumed the role of Artistic Coordinator for the theatre.

For additional information on any of Way Off Broadway's current or upcoming productions, including it's Children's Theatre, visit www.wayoffbroadway.com or to purchase tickets call the Box Office at (301) 662-6600.

The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has been a leader in the region's performing arts community since it first opened in 1995. Under the direction of the Kiska Family since 2002, WOB, currently celebrating its 15th Anniversary Season, has produced such productions as A Funny Thing . . . Forum, Guys & Dolls, Steel Magnolias, Oklahoma!, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, The Odd Couple, A Chorus Line, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Evita as well as, the regional premieres of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl - The Musical, Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles, and currently on stage, The Wedding Singer. Following Cats, WOB is proud to bring Mel Brooks' The Producers and Another Radio Christmas to the stage.