'Mr. Mistoffelees' | Cats The Musical

The greatest magician and original conjuring cat gives a spellbinding performance in Mr. Mistoffelees from the musical, Cats!

Sung by John Partridge.

From Cats (1998): Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS, the most famous musical of all time, first exploded onto the West End stage in 1981. 'Memory', one of its many classic songs, became an instant worldwide hit. Since then CATS has smashed records and conquered the world. Using the latest technology, all the excitement, thrill, romance and intimacy of this theatrical legend has been captured on screen. Breathtaking visuals and full digital sound (that has been completely re-recorded with a seventy piece orchestra) will leave you deep into the mysterious world of CATS as you've never seen it before -- more intoxicating and magical than you could possibly imagine. With a star cast including Elaine Paige and Sir John Mills.

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[TheShowsMustGoOn]

What's your favourite number from Cats?

[starcxtcher]

movie!mistoffelees: "sksksk i can't do magiccc"
musical!mistoffelees: **descends from the heavens in a light-up jacket** *_P R E S T O_*

[sharkieboy]

Mistoffelees in the movie: Oh mah gosh, stahp it, I'm so embarrassed

Mistoffelees in this: I am absolutely fabulous **starts blowing stuff up left and right**

[yekaterina]

It’s so obvious throughout the musical that Misto is NOT a super quiet, totally shy cat. He’s just sneaky and mysterious he can be quiet to make his illusions but he LOVES the spotlight. How could the 2019 movie fuck this upppp

[bowiebeebuzzbuzz]

'hes quiet, small, vague, aloof-'
mr mistoffelees: *dances around with a rainbow scarf while blowing stuff up*

[aydinbiber]

Tugger: "he can tell you what card you picked from a pack"
Misto on stage: *conjures lightning and performs teleportation*

[sosomusubi]

One thing I find really sweet about this relationship is that if you really pay close attention to the Rum Tum Tugger number or Rum Tum Tugger in general, you see that he's NEVER the first one to reach out. In his number, he makes sure he has the queens attention first before maybe indulging them for a few seconds then returning back to his song. Even with Old Deuteronomy, he waits until the Jellicle leader acknowledges him first before bowing in respect. Literally the only cat he ever reaches out to in this entire musical is Mr.Mistoffelees (who is one of the very few cats in Tugger's age range that DOESN'T fawn over him) and that's it.
Romantic ship or not, they have a really nice relationship, and I'm living for it :D

[jsaking]

Movie: ummm, I can take a dice out of a hat....

Musical: I am going to vaporize you with my lightning powers

[sophiewells]

Does anyone else think it's super cute that Rum Tum's whole "thing" is acting like he doesn't get emotionally attached to anyone, but then he does this whole ass song of, "Mr Mistoffelees is the best magician! He's the cleverest cat ever! Everyone look at all this incredible magic he's doing! He's just phenomenal!"
Meanwhile in Rum Tum's song Mistoffelees is like "he's a bore lol"

[nebulousprime]

From this number alone, you immediately get that feel that Tugger is that one jock in highschool who actually defended the nerds in class. Like "Yeah. I'm so suave and cool. And I'm so confident in my own suaveness that I'm gonna give the light to the geeks because they deserve it. Because I'm just that cool of a guy."

[leme]

Cats: We need Old Deuts back
Movie Mistoffelees: idk if i can..
*The* Magical Mr. Mistoffelees: hold my milk

[WhoTookMyMirr]

Can we talk about how this song is all about one of those cats that comes out of nowhere to run under your feet and trip you

[allijo]

I saw Cats in New York in 1996...Mistoffelees did like a solid 30 seconds of pirouettes and I just cried at the beauty of it.

[kueller]

I love the little moments when Tugger is mimicking Misto's dance moves. He's so enamored.

[winsuma]

Elton John cat does ballet while David Bowie cat fangirls

[talleywa]

My 3 year old son has taken to dramatically turning around and stage whispering "presto!" At random points in the day. I don't think I could be any more proud.

[raffit]

Around 4:29 when Mistofeeles picks Cassandra to be his assistant, if you look closely at Tugger you can see him point to himself and go « not me ? oof ». I love little details like that, it makes every rewatch so fun

[EthalaRide]

There's so much character work done without dialogue in Cats. Just with movements, expressions, or _how_ things are sung. Like they are at their lowest low rn, and what happens? The too-cool-for-school cat, who seems to be on the same level as Munkustrap, just under Old Deuteronomy, decides to cheer up the kittens with a story. And it's just him talking about this awesome cat, but then the older cats back him up with vocals. Then as all the cats get on board with it, Mr. M makes his entrance as all the lights go on and all the cats join in singing, all imagining the same magical mystical cat.
And then when it WORKS at the end, there's reverence and love. Rum Tum Tugger loves Old D and the Jellicles, and still rightfully gives all the credit away from himself and to Mr. Mistoffelees.
idk. I just feel like there's a lot of nice character stuff if you look for it.

[Jay-ihjp]

Here's the thing...
This number being performed by Tugger, SPECIFICALLY Tugger, is SO significant.
We've seen that Tugger is a well-liked figure - other cats flock to him and imitate him.
We've seen that Tugger is a respected figure - he rubs elbows with Munkustrap and Old D.
We've seen that Tugger is not easily impressed - his entire song is about him refusing to compromise, not being interested in what others want, not to mention when Grizabella shows up he outright leaves.
And most importantly, he never prominently sings for ANYONE else. He sings when everyone else does, sure, but he never takes a prominent part in any other principal cat's songs.
So for this relatively young, somewhat shy (as per the lyrics) figure to be getting an endorsement, and a strong one, from a cat like Tugger explains why Misto instantly has everyone's trust - including us the audience.
And Misto benefits from this, too - we see him as a chorus cat before this (well, admittedly, we see Quaxo, but they're clearly one and the same), being a somewhat more timid and awkward figure (at the start of Gumbie Cat, he thinks the song will be about him and gets ready to sing, only to awkwardly be rejected). And yet he performs this flawlessly and confidently, most likely because he knows he has Tugger's support.
What I'm saying is, having Misto himself sing this is a fucking crime and throws a wrench into this whole scene, ESPECIALLY since he's so goddamn awkward about it in the 2019 version.

[Annafeliciano]

the extrovert rock star hyping up the crowd talking about is literal magical introvert bf, and there 7 kids, while convincing everyone his bf's magical abilities can save his dad