Cats Overture Lyrics

Overture Lyrics

Midnight. Not a sound from the pavement.

                 Suddenly an
explosion of lights and music fills the theatre, 

                
revealing a larger-than-life junkyard. Probing car lights 

                
tear across the darkened landscape of bottles and boxes, 

                
briefly catching the darting image of a running feline. 

                
One by one, the curious cats emerge. Tonight is the one special 

          
      night each year when the tribe of Jellicle Cats reunites to 

         
       celebrate who they are. The cats emerge singing of their unique 

    
            abilities and special traits in a fusion of poetry and
dance.