In which year was the first performance of the musical which features a character named Mr. Mistoffelees?
Cats (musical) Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T. S. Eliot, and produced by Cameron Mackintosh. The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as "the Jellicle choice" and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life. "Cats" introduced the song standard "Memory". The first performance of "Cats" was in 1981.
Zip Goes a Million Zip Goes a Million is a musical with a book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by George Posford, based on the 1902 novel "Brewster's Millions". It premiered in London in 1951, starring George Formby, and ran for 544 performances.