Our house is a very, very fine house with two cats in the yard ... ."

Re: "Cats" and Webber's music. I actually like many of the songs, but when I saw "Cats" on the road, the orchestra drowned out just enough words that I could not quite understand most of the lines. (It was partly sloppy diction, but mostly over-orchestration.)

It was not until PBS aired "Cats," with captions available, that I really could appreciate many of the lyrics.

Cal.