Korean Actor Shines in Musical `Cats

By Chung Ah-young

Staff Reporter

Without a doubt, ``Cats'' is still one of the world's biggest musical success stories of all time.

The musical has been synonymous with a theatrical milestone created by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who took T.S. Eliot's ``Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' and set the poems to music.

The sold-out musical is now touring Korea before going to other Asian countries such as Thailand, Macao and China.

Dazzling audiences during the world tour, it offers Korean musical buffs another view point, which should not be missed.

In the feline fantasy, there is one cat looking just like other cats under the magic-like heavy make-up.

However, when he takes off his make-up, he looks ``special'' among other troupe members.