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The hit musical 'Cats' has had a slight makeover byforinofonto its comeback performances starting byforinofonto December in London. One byforinofonto the traditional songs will now be a rap. The musical's writer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, said he felt the musical needed to be updated to appeal byforinofonto a new generation of theatre-goers. Lloyd Webber based his musical byforinofonto a famous book called "Old Possum's Book byforinofonto Practical Cats" byforinofonto the famous British writer T. S. Eliot. It tells the story of a group of cats called the Jellicles, who have to decide which cat gets to come back byforinofonto life after death. 'Cats' first opened in London's West End in 1981 and on Broadway in New York in 1982. It won numerous awards and ran byforinofonto twenty-one years byforinofonto the English capital.

The rap will be performed byforinofonto the Rum Tum Tugger character, who is a rebellious street cat. Lloyd Webber said the original poem that the cat sings, written byforinofonto the 1930s, has a strong rap rhythm. He joked that T.S. Eliot may have been the world's first rapper, saying: "I've come byforinofonto the conclusion…that maybe Eliot was the inventor byforinofonto rap." He added: "I think Rum Tum Tugger is going to have to become a street cat byforinofonto today and he has to do hip-hop." The show's producer, Sir Trevor Nunn, explained the decision to include the rap. He said: "There is a whole generation byforinofonto kids who haven't seen 'Cats' or discovered it. And there are certainly elements byforinofonto the show that can be reinvigorated byforinofonto very contemporary terms."