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Andrew Lloyd Webber and ‘CATS: The Jellicle Ball’ Honored at PAC NYC Benefit

Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) hosted a special benefit celebration on June 3, honoring Andrew Lloyd Webber and the acclaimed production of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball." See photos from the event.

BroadwayWorld·Jun 6, 2026·via BroadwayWorld

Andrew Lloyd Webber and ‘CATS: The Jellicle Ball’ Honored at PAC NYC Benefit

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Michael Bloomberg honored the legendary composer during an evening celebrating the Tony-nominated production.

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On Wednesday evening, June 3, the Perelman Performing Arts Center [PAC NYC] hosted a benefit celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber and the extraordinary production of CATS: The Jellicle Ball , which first played PAC NYC’s inaugural season in 2024, now nominated for 9 Tony Awards. Check out photos of the event.

The evening included a pre-show reception where Board Chair Michael Bloomberg honored ALW, followed by the performance, with additional remarks by PAC NYC Executive Director Khady Kamara Nunez,

Also present was PAC NYC Artistic Director and co-Director of Cats, Bill Rauch, co-director Zhailon Levingston, and choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles.

Supporters of PAC NYC who joined in on the festivities were Laurence Fishburne and Jennifer Nettles [star of PAC NYC’s upcoming Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo] who served as the guest judges for the evening performance, as well as Lena Waithe, Ben Vereen, Kenny Leon, Larry Owens, and Susan Stroman, among others.

Photo credit: Bloomberg Philanthropies

CATS- THE JELLICE BALL and Andrew Lloyd Webber celebrated at Perelman Performing Arts Center

CATS: The Jellicle Ball

With ongoing productions of the acclaimed Cats revival and Masquerade, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber is currently at work on a new musical about the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911. Watch him discuss the show on The Tonight Show.

CATS: The Jellicle Ball is celebrating Pride unlike any other show on Broadway with charity partnerships, community engagements, and a special screening of Paris is Burning.

DJ WEBZ aka Andrew Lloyd Webber made a guest appearance in the DJ booth alongside original CATS star Ken Ard, who portrays DJ Griddlebone in the production of Cats: The Jellicle Ball. Check out photos here!

A special guest took to the DJ booth at CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL on Broadway this week as composer Andrew Lloyd Webber made a surprise appearance at the Broadhurst Theatre. Watch the video!

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photos-Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-and-CATS-THE-JELLICLE-BALL-Celebrated-at-PAC-NYC-Benefit-20260605)._

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