If you're a Pal-level subscriber at Defector, you get access to a premium weekday newsletter called The Cipher, which has a recap of the blog day, links to other sites, and extra takes and bits from staffers. You can change your newsletter preferences or upgrade your subscription at the My Account page. Here, from the Monday newsletter, is a theater review by Lauren. Forget everything you thought you knew about Cats. No, not the music! The music stays. But everything else has been improved upon in the off-Broadway capital-E Event of the summer, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, which is currently running at the shiny new Perelman Arts Center in the shadow of One World Trade.

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