The run closed October 16, 1965
- Opened
- October 10, 1965
- Closed
- October 16, 1965
- Performances
- 8
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Of the 603 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and record a performance count, this is the 458th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it34 named
Jeri Barto
Leo Bloom
Jacque Dean
Mariana Doro
Sandy Ellen
Ralph Farnworth
Ian Garry
David Gold
Margery Gray
Marian Haraldson
Barney Johnston
Al Lanti
Lu Leonard
William Lutz
Nancy Lynch
George Marcy
Carmen Morales
Larry Moss
Harry Naughton
Ron Pare
James Powers
Dan Siretta
Alfred Spindelman
Bill Starr
Gene Varrone
Meg Walter
Mary Zahn
7 of these 34 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 27 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Joe Layton
- Choreographer
- Joe Layton
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Around this production
Drat! The Cat! is a 1965 musical comedy that follows a gilded age police officer's attempts to arrest The Cat, a notorious jewel thief whose civilian alter ego he is deeply in love with. Its Broadway run lasted just eight days. The show features a book and lyrics by Ira Levin with music by Milton Schafer.
Drat! The Cat! (October 10, 1965) Sherry! (March 28, 1967) George M! (April 10, 1968) Dear World (February 6, 1969) Two By Two (November 10, 1970) More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 1098
Starring Elliott Gould and the delightful Lesley Ann Warren, Drat! The Cat! featured stunning Layton set pieces, including a kabuki burlesque and a choreographed overture showing a jewel thief on a spree, that are still talked about today.
Speaker not recorded. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 305- Drat! The Cat! almost made it, not that almost has ever been enough. But with a little bit of luck—or better timing—or a stronger-handed, clout-wielding producer at the helm, it just might have worked. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 272
- Drat! The Cat! almost made it, not that almost has ever been enough. More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 271
- Leslie Ann Warren (Drat! The Cat!) Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 422
- Eddie Foy, Jr. left Drat! the Cat! after seeing the writing on the wall. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 241
- Al Lanti, who was an original cast member in a number of musicals, many of which were choreographed by Michael Kidd: Can-Can (1953), Damn Yankees (1955), Destry Rides Again (1959), Wildcat (1960; with Lucille Ball and Swen Swenson, he introduced “El Sombrero”), Bravo Giovanni (1962), High Spirits (1964), Drat! The Cat!… The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 897
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Drat! the Cat! at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.