‘Cats’ composer Andrew Lloyd Webber bought a dog because film was so awful

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adaptation of his original production of “Cats” flopped in theaters in 2019, receiving a litter of scathing reviews.The film was so bad that it made composer Lloyd Webber get a therapy dog.In an interview with Variety, the Broadway director said the movie was “off-the-scale all wrong.”“I saw it and I just thought, ‘Oh, God, no,’” he said. “It was the first time in my 70-odd years on this planet that I went out and bought a dog.

So the one good thing to come out of it is my little Havanese puppy.”According to the musical’s website, “Cats” is the longest-running productions in “West End and Broadway history.” After its premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981, the musical has been performed nearly 9,000 times, running for 18 years.