Скачал mp3-версию этого мюзикла. Послушал. Сравнил с фильмом. И понял, насколько важен видеоряд. Чисто аудио - это те же "Кошки", только с другими голосами. Но они всегда будут хуже фильма, поскольку я не вижу героев мюзикла. А в "Кошках" видеоряд очень и очень... кошачий, что-ли. Актеры не выглядят людьми, грим, костюмы и хореография превращает их в настоящих кошек. И это настолько прибавляет ощущений от мюзикла, что "без глаз" он всегда выглядит хуже.

Jellicle songAre you blind when you're born? Can you see in the dark?
Can you look at a king? Would you sit on his throne?
Can you say of your bite that it's worse than your bark?
Are you cock of the walk when you're walking alone?
CHORUS:
Because Jellicles are and Jellicles do
Jellicles would and Jellicles could
Jellicles would and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do

When you fall on your head, do you land on your feet?
Are you tense when you sense there's a storm in the air?
Can you find your way blind when you're lost in the street?
Do you know how to go to the heaviside layer?

CHORUS

Can you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?
Familiar with candle, with book, and with bell?
Were you Whittington's friend? The Pied Piper's assistant?
Have you been an alumnus of heaven or hell?
Are you mean like a minx? Are you lean like a lynx?
Are you keen to be seen when you're smelling a rat?
Were you there when the pharaohs commissioned the Sphinx?
If you were and you are, you're a Jellicle cat!

CHORUS