‘I’ve seen it 703 times!’: Cats superfans on the show’s magical appeal – and the new movie

Some fans of the musical have seen the show hundreds of times. Why are they so devoted and do they welcome the upcoming film?

A true Cats fan always sits in the aisle during performances. A true Cats fan knows that the show is one of musical theatre’s grandest creations, as history will tell. A true Cats fan holds no truck with the haters who say that the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical makes no sense – because they know there is something that is probably quite ineffable, and more than a little bit magical, about the show.

A true Cats fan won’t settle for seeing the show once, twice or even 10 times. Just ask Hector Montalvo, 62, a retired product demonstrator from New York. “I wouldn’t call myself a legend,” he says. “Just a patron who loves the show.” But before Cats ended its first Broadway run in 2000, Montalvo had seen 703 performances.

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