Garfield, The Musical with Cattitude
In this musical adaptation of everyone’s favorite sarcastic tubby tabby, Garfield awakens to find his birthday – the most important day of the year – has fallen on a Monday. The horror! To make matters worse, all his friends – Jon, Odie, Arlene, and even his nemesis, Nermal – have completely forgotten it’s his big day. Only his beloved teddy bear, Pookie, understands his disappointment. Feeling rejected, Garfield leaves the comforts of home but soon realizes in the outside there’s no T.V., the food is garbage (literally), and animal control is always just around the corner. In the end, Garfield learns little things like, you know, the value of friendship and that “home is where the heart – and the food – is.”
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Directed by Eric Byrd
Based on the Comic Strip GARFIELD by Jim Davis
Book by Michael J. Bobbitt and Jim Davis.
Music and Lyrics by John L. Cornelius II
©Paws, Jim Davis Michael J. Bobbitt, and John L. Cornelius II
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Garfield, The Musical With Cattitude Edition
The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, the nation’s oldest professional theatre for young audiences, invites the young (and young-at-heart) to take a peek behind the scenes. TCT’s Education Manager, Maddie Burgoon Jones, interviews TCT’s Resident Costume Designer, Jeff Shearer. Learn more about Jeff’s special “pandemic” designs for the show.