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The hit musical 'Cats' has had a [slight / slightly] makeover for its comeback performances starting in December in London. One of the [traditionally / traditional] songs will now be a rap. The musical's writer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, said he [felt / feelings] the musical needed to be updated to [appall / appeal] to a [new / newly] generation of theatre-goers. Lloyd Webber based his [musical / musician] on a famous book called "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" [by / as] 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 / go] back to life after death. 'Cats' [first / fast] opened in London's West End in 1981 and on Broadway in New York in 1982. It won numerous awards and [saw / ran] for twenty-one years in the English capital.

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