Cats: The Jellicle Ball made its Off-Broadway debut in June 2024. Its first performances took place at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Lower Manhattan.
The production began previews on June 13, 2024, and opened officially on June 20. It was presented as an immersive reworking of Cats, drawing on New York ballroom culture while preserving the musical’s central idea: Jellicle cats gather for a ball at which one cat may be chosen for rebirth in the Heaviside Layer.
The show’s original engagement was extended twice and ultimately closed in September 2024. That date is easy to confuse with later developments: the production transferred to Broadway in 2026, while the Off-Broadway debut belongs specifically to June 2024. The other listed months and years do not describe its New York debut.