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CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

Extended Interview: The Stars, Directors and Dancers of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball"

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

CBS News

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.3943 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Mo Rocca has three conversations with the stars, directors and dancers involved with "Cats: The Jellicle Ball."

Part 1 (the stars): Tony Award-winner André De Shields, Ken Ard, Junior LaBeija and Leiomy.

Part 2 (directors): Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch

Part 3: Mo learns some tricks from the dancers in "Cats: The Jellicle Ball."

Transcript

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0:13.0

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0:15.0

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0:18.0

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0:21.8

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0:23.0

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0:27.1

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0:42.3

Who hasn't heard of it?

0:44.1

But Cats, Jellicle Ball, it's a reimagining of the original musical.

0:50.2

And Sunday morning's Mo Rocca is speaking with some of the people behind it.

0:55.0

This production of cats humanizes the animal.

1:00.0

We wear no whiskers, we wear no ears, we wear no fur per se.

1:08.0

All of our fur is full and fashionable.

1:12.8

But it's as if the original cats had gone through a dissection.

1:23.6

We opened up the animal, discovered some organs there,

1:28.3

reconnected them, made them breathe differently.

1:33.3

And James, what would you say?

1:35.3

This isn't, is this just a revival?

1:38.3

Simply put, what Katz does is show that our age is not a barrier.

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