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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Owen Myers

Andrew Lloyd Webber says Broadway in ‘dire danger’ as Cats musical announces early closing

Man on red carpet
Andrew Lloyd Webber at the New York premiere of the film Cats in New York, 2019. Photograph: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Andrew Lloyd Webber has spoken out about the precarious state of Broadway in the wake of the early closing of his revival Cats: The Jellicle Ball.

“Broadway is more than a street or a collection of buildings. It is an idea – and one of the greatest cultural ideas America has given us,” the composer wrote in a lengthy X thread on Tuesday morning.

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