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Lily Houston THEA 2000 Review of Broadway Review 20 February 2016 //Cats //Review Charles Isherwood writes about //Cats// in his review for //The New York Times//. He raves about the play when he discusses his love for the return of the musical. He discusses many revamps of the play including the change to the set, and adding a new choreographer. He made no mention of the lighting or the music really. This would have added more about the environment of the theatre and the setting of the play. I feel like he could have added more details about the original set and choreography to state if the new additions and changes made the musical better. The new choreographer is the same as //Hamilton//, and think that it is great for the writer to mention this to show that //Cats// is really trying to be more new age and connect more and cater to the audience. The reviewer also delves into each character. He gives a lot of background information which I appreciate, but he does not talk about the new cast in contrast to the original cast. He talks a lot about Grizabella who is played by Leona Lewis. I like that he digs deep into this particular character because apparently this is a bigger contrast from the character of the original cast. Overall, Isherwood gives a good opinion of the musical, but I believe his opinion could have been stronger. I think he could have taken a stand and been more real with his readers. He needed to give more information in order to give an accurate portrayal of the musical. His review was not enough for someone to make an informed decision regarding buying tickets to the musical or not. I enjoyed his insightful comments and jokes because they help get the point across. He enjoyed the play, and this came off in his review.