'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' Closes Despite $1.4M Final Week at Standing Room Only

'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' played its final performance August 8, 2026, at the Broadhurst Theatre, five months before its planned January 2027 closing. The week ending August 2, it grossed $1,405,709 — up $216,278 — at standing room only. Andrew Lloyd Webber, who posted that he was "gutted," warned of "the unsustainable cost" of producing new shows on Broadway. Weekly running costs — rent, salaries, advertising — can outpace even a healthy gross.