#Paul giarratano

[ratherchaseamouse]

While it’s way more subtle compared to other Mistoffelees looks, Paul Giarratano’s makeup is one of my favorites! The shading and stripes on the side really frame his face well and it looks natural without lacking character. The little whiskers and black chin are the right amount of detail. The purpose of stage makeup is to be seen clearly, and I’d recognize this face across a football field!

[uppastthejelliclemoon]

Which actor do you imagine for Mistoffelees?

Fergus Logan!Misto my beloved <3

literally this one video gives the absolute PERFECT Mistoffelees vibes, a little aloof but still teasing and playful!! that's exactly the type of Mistoffelees i write, and while I love Jacob Brent's Mistoffelees, Fergus' Misto is the one i have in mind when i write my usual canon-centric Mistoffelees stories!

also though i have to say that Paul Giarratano's Mistoffelees is a very close second <3

[fluffytuffles]

Litsy’s Jellicle Family Headcanons

A few disclaimers before we get into this:

These are based on my experience and opinions after seeing the tour in May 2021. I’ll include a cast list at the bottom if you’re interested. Most of these were approximately formed at the time (I recently reread my thoughts from immediately after seeing the show), but are being finalized and articulated over a year later, so some of it is a bit more recent.

Obviously I went into seeing the tour already with strong opinions and ideas from the 1998 film, so as long as those weren’t contradicted by the tour, or the tour inspired new ideas, I’ve often defaulted to my original ideas. So this is mostly to compare the two productions to each other in terms of my thoughts on the relationships between the characters.

You are not immune to backstage shenanigans.

I’m picking and choosing which “chorus cats” for featured performers are included in the canon.

I didn’t include romantic relationships unless they resulted in a child.

I’m gonna go through the 1998 headcanons pretty quickly because I’ve shared these before.

Feel free to ask questions if you have any, I’d love to share more thoughts and discuss!

1998 film family tree headcanons:

Old Deuteronomy and Grizabella are the parents of Macavity, Munkustrap, & Rum Tum Tugger. They are former mates; she left the tribe when their sons were still young. They still resent her for it by the time of the canon Jellicle Ball.

Macavity and Demeter are the parents of Plato. Mac and Dem were never mated.

Munkustrap and Demeter are the parents of Jemima. Munk and Dem are mates. Munk is also a father figure to Plato.

Coricopat & Tantomile are twins. They have no other family in the tribe.

Exotica Wallflower is Cassandra’s mother. She is also mates with George, but George is not Cassandra’s father.

Gus is Asparagus’s father.

Asparagus and Jellylorum are the parents of Tumblebrutus, Etcetera, & Pouncival, who are littermates. Asparagus and Jelly are mates.

Jennyanydots is the mother of Bombalurina.

Skimbleshanks’s deceased sister was the mother of Mungojerrie & Rumpleteazer, who are littermates. He took them in when their mother died, as their father is unknown.

Skimble and Jenny are the adoptive parents of Mistoffelees and biological parents of Electra. Skimble and Jenny are mates.

Jellicles with no blood/familial relationships in the tribe: Alonzo, Bustopher Jones, Victoria.

2021 tourverse/revivalverse family tree headcanons:

Old Deuteronomy is the father of Macavity, Rum Tum Tugger, and Munkustrap. They are half-siblings.

Macavity and Demeter are the parents of Plato. Mac and Dem were never mated.

Munkustrap and Demeter are the parents of Jemima. Munk and Dem are in a relationship but not mated.

Bombalurina is Demeter’s mother.

Coricopat & Tantomile are twins. They have no other family in the tribe.

Gus is Peter’s father.

Peter and Jellylorum are the parents of Tumblebrutus. Peter and Jelly are mates.

Skimbleshanks adopted Mungojerrie & Rumpleteazer, who are not littermates and whose biological parents are unknown.

Skimbleshanks & Jennyanydots are in an open, unmated relationship, and are the adoptive parents of Pouncival.

Jellicles with no blood/familial relationships in the tribe: Alonzo, Bustopher Jones, Cassandra, Grizabella, Mistoffelees, Victoria.

VISUAL REFERENCES

TOUR CAST LIST

Alonzo (Vinny Andaloro); Bombalurina (Chelsea Nicole Mitchell); Bustopher Jones/Gus/Peter (John Anker Bow); Cassandra (Lexy Bittner); Coricopat (Taylor James Rosenberger); Demeter (Lauren Louis); Grizabella (Tayler Harris); Jellylorum (Kayli Jamison); Jennyanydots (Michelle E. Carter); Macavity/Plato (Aiden Pressel); Mistoffelees (Paul Giarratano); Mungojerrie (Max Craven); Munkustrap (Nick Davis); Old Deuteronomy (Indalecio de Jesus Valentin); Pouncival (Dominic Fortunato); Rumpleteazer (Elana Valastro); Rum Tum Tugger (Zach Bravo); Sillabub (Brianna Kim); Skimbleshanks (Christopher Salvaggio); Tantomile (Alexia Waites); Tumblebrutus (Sean McManus); Victoria (Hyla Mayrose Perillo)

[munkustance]

Rum tum tugger for ask game >;0

My NOTP

Etcetera x Tugger. I just can't see it at all and it makes me a bit uncomfortable. I see her as his biggest fan and somebody she can look up to, not a romantic relationship.

BROTP

Why is this one difficult???

Like maybe Munkustrap and Tugger but even that I'm not so sure about. Huh. Guess he's just a very romantic cat.

My OTP

Tuggoffelees... duh. It's just *chef kiss*

I don't think I need to explain myself on this one.

My second choice pairing for them

Altugger. It's funny because I have to ways of seeing Tugger and Alonzos relationship.

Absolutly not & Absolutly yes.

I just love their dynamic.

My fluffy pairing for them

Tuggoffelees again. I love the idea of Tugger fonding over Misto like all the time. He has this persona but whenever he sees Mistoffelees he just goes soft.

My angsty pairing for them

On and off Tuggerina. They try to come back to each other but it always fails somehow, but they love each other deaply and they will never stop. It just never works out.

My favorite poly ship for them

Bombatuggeroffelees! Gosh that's a mouthful.

Let me throw Zach Bravo, Chelsea Nicole Mitchell and Paul Giarratano at you.

Absolutely love these three together.

My weirdest pairing for them

Don't know if this is a weird pair but it sure is rare. Demetugger or Tugmeter, whichever is the right one.

Can't even explain it really. I just think it's neat.

[hackto-oshiro]

Fanart of Cats the musical(1998,broadway,shiki)

[was-there-ever]

this is NOT Zach Bravo and Paul Giarratano singing and performing Magical Mr Mistoffelees at the 2pm matinee in its entirety in case anybody was worried 🥰

[junkyard-gifs]

mistoffelees is here to help show off Tugger's assets

or just

(while taking the opportunity to show off his own, naturally. it's what he deserves.)

Paul Giarratano as Mistoffelees and Zach Bravo as Tugger, 2021 US tour, c. 30 April 2022. Footage by @uppastthejelliclemoon.

[lozeyart]

I never posted this!

I drew Paul Giarratano as Mr. Mistoffelees for his birthday awhile back! It was my first attempt at the rainbow jacket so it’s a little rough. I later refined it though!

[yoa-artblog]

A thing I did based on that one TikTok from Zach with Paul!! I just, I love them, tour 6 cast in general are a delight 💖✨

It was interesting to try and draw the actors as much as the characters, got a healthy mix, I believe!

[callicopat]

THE JELLICLE BALL: Featuring Chelsea Nicole Mitchell as Bombalurina,  Paul Giarratano as Mistoffelees, and Alexia Waites as Tantomile. [US Tour 6 - 2022]

[hysterical-cats]

this drawing is for zach and paul everyone else go home

[white-cat-of-doom]

Brian Craig Nelson made his Rum Tum Tugger cover debut yesterday (14 Jun 2022) in US Tour 6, a role that is his principal cover! Congratulations!

With Chelsea Nicole Mitchell as Bombalurina, Elana Valastro out of costume, Christopher Salvaggio as Skimbleshanks, Vinny Andaloro as Mungojerrie (cover), Paul Giarratano as Mistoffelees, Aiden Pressel as Plato, and Dominic Fortunato as Pouncival.

[uppastthejelliclemoon]

Favorite Cats performer you've seen live?

ooooooooo i have a few, so i'll list my top 5!

Zach Bravo: god he's just. the best tugger. everything about him was absolute perfection, and YES i'm slightly biased because i saw him twice and chatted with him, but he's just so wonderful, and will always be one of my favorite tuggers.

Hank Santos: ok so like Zach this is SLIGHTLY influenced by the fact that i talked to him at the stage door, but seriously he was such a good Tugger, his voice was so rockstar, and gave me massive Terrence Mann vibes

Michelle Carter: she's my Jennyanydots. whenever I imagine Jenny, it's going to be Michelle, because she's just it for me. everything about her Jenny, the background interactions, the dancing, the singing, it's just... the best

Paul Giarratano: like Zach, i'm a lil biased because i saw him twice, but his Misto was SO wonderful, and his dancing was so beautiful

Tayler Harris: she's my favorite grizabella after Elaine, hands down. everything about her mannerisms, her character choices, her own interpretation of Griz????? absolutely amazing

and honorable mentions go to: Devon, Lauren, Dan, and Nora, because that group has to be my absolute FAVORITE group of Demeters and Munkustraps (seriously, I'm imaging Dan's slightly goofy, more excitable Munkustrap with Nora's newly arrived, skittish Demeter, and i'm s o b b i n g the hcs that are forming, especially when paired with Zach and Paul's tuggoffelees)(and we all know my feelings about Devonstrap and Lauren!Dem, they're... they're just the perfect demestrap)

[thebroadwaybi]

SHUT THE FUCK UP I LOVE THEM LMAAAOOOO

[soh-da-meatball]

Oh well I never, it’s Paul Giarratano! 💙

Had to draw Paul after seeing his latest insta post cause he’s got the nicest smile and his Mistoffelees is *chefs kiss*

I’ve never drawn something like this before and it was very challenging but fun! Hoping to do more pieces like these in the future ^^

[strawberry-jellicle]

Sorry, tumblr killed the gif quality

US Tour 6: Oct 19, 2021

Zach Bravo as Rum Tum Tugger

Paul Giarratano as Mister Mistoffelees