In the 1950s Decca records issued a recording of Eliot reading from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. These poems, along with unpublished cat and dog poems (most notably "Grizabella: The Glamour Cat") supplied by the poet's widow, became the musical Cats, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Trevor Nunn, choreographed by Gillian Lynn, and produced by Cameron Mackintosh. Cats opened in London in May 1981, and in New York in October 1982. The spectacular success of both productions led to touring companies that brought Cats to major U. S. cities.