Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [DVD] [1999]

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Phillip Schofield reprises Joseph role". The Telegraph. 18 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 28 April 2018. There is an unspoken understanding that a work of art or entertainment, like a painting or a film, is inherently a product of its time. When writing about it, a critic would reflect on the personal experiences of the creators; what the art world was going through, and what was happening in the wider world at the time. Ishmaelites: Men of the desert, they buy Joseph as a slave, take him to Egypt, and sell him to Potiphar. The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist in full". www.standard.co.uk. 4 November 2019 . Retrieved 30 March 2021.

Antony Hansen | British Youth Music Theatre". britishyouthmusictheatre.org . Retrieved 1 January 2023. For those who are unfamiliar with the Old Testament, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (aka Joseph ) follows the story of Joseph (Euan Fistrovic Doidge), son of Jacob, a polygamist with 12 sons. Joseph has the ability to see and interpret dreams and is his father’s favourite. Jacob gifts Joseph a multi-coloured coat as a marker of his affection. This causes jealousy amongst his brothers, and they seek revenge by selling him into slavery. The book itself is a rather straightforward, somewhat camp, musical retelling based on The Children’s Wonder Book of Bible Stories, that aims to inspire children to dream and follow who they are. Despite this intention, this production leaves much to be desired. Any Dream Will Do second runner-up Lewis Bradley will play 'Joseph' while Lee Mead is on Holiday". London Theatre. 8 June 2016 . Retrieved 31 December 2022. Theatre Includes: Assistant Choreographer and Ensemble in Top Hat (The Mill at Sonning), Cassandra / 1st Cover Bombalurina in Cats The Musical (South Korean Tour); Olga Mara / Featured Ensemble / Cover Lina Lamont in Singing in the Rain (The Mill at Sonning); Ensemble in To Gill ie with Love (Gillian Lynne Theatre, London), June in Chicago The Musical (Phoenix Theatre, London); Cassandra / 1st Cover Bombalurina in Cats The Musical (International Tour); Cassandra / Dance Captain / 1st Cover Bombalurina and Demeter in Cats The Musical (RCCL, The Really Useful Group); Hunyak in Chicago Das Musical (Palladium Theatre, Stuttgart); Kitty / Liz in Chicago The Musical (RCCL / Namco); Lady Mabelle in Once Upon A Mattress (Union Theatre, London); Snow White and The Seven Dwarves (Wolverhampton Grand); Peter Pan (Darlington Civic) Novello published the lyrics and sheet music of the 20-minute version at the beginning of 1969, as the third of their Old Testament pop cantatas. [5] [9] Decca Records, which had already recorded the St Paul's Cathedral version of the musical in the summer of 1968, released the recording in 1969, credited to the Joseph Consortium, following the Novello publication. [5] [9] [13] [14] [15] David Daltrey, front man of British psychedelic band Tales of Justine, played the role of Joseph and lead guitar, and Tim Rice was Pharaoh. Other vocalists included members of the Mixed Bag group, such as Terry Saunders and Malcolm Parry, and the choir of Colet Court School. [13] [14] [15]In February 1973, theatre producer Michael White and impresario Robert Stigwood mounted a further expanded version of the Young Vic production at the Albery Theatre in the West End, where it ran for 243 performances. [21] [22] This Young Vic production of Joseph was recorded for an LP released on the RSO label in 1973. The mystery plays that had preceded the original Young Vic productions were dropped, and instead the musical was preceded by a piece called Jacob's Journey, with music and lyrics by Lloyd Webber and Rice and a book by television comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. [9] Jacob's Journey, which contained a great deal of spoken dialogue, was eventually phased out in favour of a sung-through score that became part of Joseph. [9] The first production of the show in its modern, final form was at the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester, which presented the musical several times from 1974 through 1978. [18] [23] English Cast charts [ edit ] Chart (1973)

Darren Day: Credits, Bio, News & More | Broadway World". www.broadwayworld.com . Retrieved 30 December 2022. The musical opened in Toronto at the Elgin Theatre in June, 1992 until September that same year, with Donny Osmond as Joseph and Janet Metz as the Narrator. [43] Following five years in the role, Osmond was succeeded by David Burnham as Joseph. [44]

Jaymi Hensley to star in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat touring production | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. There is jazz, tap, and pop too, as well as a sudden outbreak of can-can until one brother puts a stop to it (“I said Canaan, not can-can”). It might all be familiar, unthreatening fare, but it excels at its job. As the programme says: if it ain’t broke. The choice to include a full cast of children in this production, who all deliver sound performances, anchors its purpose as a children’s re-telling – but in certain scenes, it plays out as devastatingly strategic.

A major Australian production, based on the 1991 UK version, opened on 31 December 1992 at the State Theatre in Melbourne. It featured Indecent Obsession lead singer David Dixon as Joseph and Tina Arena as the Narrator. The musical then played seasons in Brisbane and Sydney through 1993. [45] [46] In November 2022, the London Palladium production opened in Melbourne, Australia. The production will then move to Sydney opening at the Capitol Theatre on the 11 February, 2023. [77] Gareth Gates stars as 'Joseph' from 9 Feb 2009". London Theatre. 8 June 2016 . Retrieved 30 December 2022. Admin. "Ian 'H' Watkins lives the Joseph dream again | Musical Theatre Review" . Retrieved 30 December 2022.Joseph was first presented as a 15-minute " pop cantata" at Colet Court School in London in 1968, and was published by Novello and recorded in an expanded form by Decca Records in 1969. After the success of the next Lloyd Webber and Rice piece, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph received amateur stage productions in the US beginning in 1970, and the first American release of the album was in 1971. The musical had its professional premiere, as a 35-minute musical, at the Haymarket ice rink during the Edinburgh International Festival in 1972. It was Part Two of Bible One, a Young Vic Theatre Company production presented by the National Theatre of Great Britain. [1] While still undergoing various modifications and expansions, the musical was produced in the West End in 1973. In 1974, its full modern format was performed at the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester and was also recorded that year. The musical was mounted on Broadway in 1982. Several major revivals, national tours, and a 1999 direct-to-video film starring Donny Osmond followed. In song and showmanship too, it transitions from a solid show to a storming one by the end of the first half, and every performance oozes personality and mischief from hereon in. The seduction scene, in which Burke plays Potiphar’s lascivious wife, has a kitschy whiff of Carry On, while the Pharaoh’s song is pure Las Vegas gold. A heartbroken Joseph laments his situation (" Close Every Door"). Two prisoners, both former servants of the Pharaoh, are put in his cell. Joseph interprets their strange dreams and predicts the Butler will return to Pharaoh's service, while the Baker will be executed. As Joseph questions his predictions, the other prisoners encourage Joseph to follow his own dreams ("Go, Go Joseph"). BWW News Desk. "Meet The Cast of MCP's JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT!". broadwayworld.com.

The piece was first presented as a 15-minute pop cantata at Colet Court School in London on 1 March 1968. [3] [8] [9] Lloyd Webber's composer father William arranged for a second performance at his church, Methodist Central Hall, with a revised and expanded 20-minute format; the boys of Colet Court and members of the band Mixed Bag sang at this performance in May 1968. [9] [8] [10] [6] One of the children's parents in that audience was Derek Jewell, a Sunday Times music critic; he reviewed the piece in the newspaper, calling it a new pop oratorio and praising its innovation and exuberance. [4] [11] By its third performance, at St Paul's Cathedral in November 1968, the musical had been expanded to 35 minutes. [12] [6] Narrator: A character not of the time or place of the action. The Narrator tells the story through word and song, guiding the audience gently through the story of Joseph and his brothers, usually gives meaning to the story with his/her words. In early productions this character was usually played by a man; later productions have featured a woman in the role. The Narrator sometimes doubles as various characters. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat moves West End run to 2021 | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com . Retrieved 29 May 2020. Jones, Catherine (3 October 2014). "Dream role for X Factor's Lloyd Daniels". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 30 December 2022.

Mayo, Simon. Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat 2016 UK Tour, britishtheatre.com, 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2016.