Review: The hairball that is 'Cats' returns to Broadway

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical has its die-hard fans but it also makes some folks turn up their noses in disgust.

The return of the hairball musical opened Sunday at the Neil Simon Theatre and it is still a goofy, overly cheesy dose of feline gruel.

Under the direction of the original master, Trevor Nunn, "Cats" hasn't aged much, despite initially landing here under the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

Original scenic and costume designer John Napier has once again set the show in a garbage dump and his new costumes consist of the same old legwarmers and spiked hair that must have been pretty cool when "Three's Company" was new.

On the low-tech side, why is Bustopher Jones' tail apparently tied to his back with fishing line?

Why it had an almost 18-year run on Broadway is as baffling to me as why cats find stray light bouncing off a mirror amazing.