In the musical, Deuteronomy is a male cat, but the new film has made the character female, played by Judi Dench. Deuteronomy has lived "many lives in succession." Cats have nine lives, remember.

For the first time in the Santa Clarita Valley at the Canyon Theatre Guild( CTG), “CATS” with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; ...

After the movie musical was slammed by critics and audiences ... The two walked out together in full bodysuits of their Cats characters, complete with feline-inspired makeup on their faces ...