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

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Silky movements … Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian

https://www.aussietheatre.com.au/news/shane-crawford-announced-as-the-pharaoh-in-joseph-and-the-technicolor-dreamcoat The 2013 UK touring production starred Ian "H" Watkins as Joseph, who had previously playing the role in the West End in 2005. [63] Former X-Factor star Lloyd Daniels, appeared in the 2014 UK Tour as Joseph with Danielle Hope as the Narrator. [64] [65] The 2016 UK touring production starred Joe McElderry as Joseph and Lucy Kay as the Narrator. [66] [67] Former Any Dream Will Do contestant Ben James-Ellis appeared as both Pharaoh and Issachar. [68] The tour started again in February 2019 with Jaymi Hensley taking the lead role, with Trina Hill portraying the Narrator. [69] Jodi Benson, Linzi Hateley, Preeya Kalidas, Jenna Lee-James, Diana DeGarmo, Danielle Hope, Sheridan Smith, Alexandra BurkeJoseph received an Off-Broadway production at the Entermedia Theatre, running from 18 November 1981 through 24 January 1982. Directed by Tony Tanner, the cast starred Bill Hutton as Joseph, Laurie Beechman as the Narrator, and Tom Carder as Pharaoh. [34] [35] 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. Simmons, Paulanne (21 January 2002). "It's Just 'Amazing' ". Brooklyn Paper . Retrieved 28 March 2019.

The brothers’ jealousy is compounded by Joseph's dreams, which suggest that he is destined to rule over them ("Joseph's Dreams"). To stop this from happening, they try to kill him by throwing him down a pit, before changing their minds and selling him as a slave to some passing Ishmaelites. The Narrator comments on how powerless Joseph was to stop this ("Poor, Poor Joseph"). Mayo, Simon. Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat 2016 UK Tour, britishtheatre.com, 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2016. bodyevolutionpt (1 June 1977). "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". David . Retrieved 1 January 2023. Meanwhile, Joseph is taken to Egypt, where he is bought as a slave by the wealthy Potiphar. He works hard and is promoted, eventually running the household. Joseph catches the eye of Mrs Potiphar and although he turns down her advances, Potiphar sees them together and jumps to the wrong conclusion ("Potiphar"). Enraged, he throws Joseph in jail.Wood, John. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Palace Theatre, Manchester, North West End. Retrieved 30 March 2016; Duke, Simon. Joe McElderry to take lead role in Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Chronicle Live (2 September 2015). Retrieved 20 March 2016; and Cheesman, Neil. BGT’s Lucy Kay joins Joe McElderry in Joseph UK Tour LondonTheatre1.com.Retrieved 28 March 2016 The show was revived in the United States in 1993, playing in Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre for 18 weeks, [47] and in San Francisco at the Golden Gate Theatre for an 8-week run, [47] before moving to Broadway, where it played for 231 performances at the Minskoff Theatre from 10 November 1993 to 29 May 1994. [48] The cast featured Michael Damian (Joseph), Kelli Rabke (Narrator), Clifford David (Jacob), and Robert Torti (Pharaoh). [49] [50] Perry, Chris (3 February 2016). The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937–2013. ISBN 9781900203609. Matt grew up in Rhode Island and has dual citizenship in the US and Ireland. He studied drama and journalism and earned a BFA with honors from NYU Tisch. ​ Berko, Roy (November 2016). "Theater Review: 'Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' at Near West Theatre by Roy Berko". Cool Cleveland . Retrieved 8 February 2020.

In December 2022 the production opened in Toronto with Yarrow reprising his role and will run until February 2023. a b "Joseph and the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat the stage musical in London from 27 June though to 7 September 2019". Thisistheatre.com. The bigger surprise is Jac Yarrow, who made his West End debut when the production opened in 2019. He looks like a chiselled biblical superhero in his coat of many colours and belts out ballads that rival the power of Burke’s, including a soaring rendition of Close Every Door. a b c Vocal Selections: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard. 1994. ISBN 978-0-7935-3427-2.Doidge’s boyish charm is repeatedly overpowered by Paulini’s narrator, whose vocal range and command of the stage display the star power that she has always possessed (though it is often unclear if she thinks herself narrator or conductor). Trevor Ashley’s Elvis-impersonating Pharaoh is a glimmer of hope in this production (when you can hear him), exuding jubilance and charm, finally able to deliver the camp tone the show was aiming for, with a Las Vegas-style neon sign hanging from the roof to signal outwardly to the farcicality of it all. Film/TV Credits: Debutante in Beauty And The Beast (Walt Disney Pictures); Ensemble in Funny Girl The Musical (On Screen) (Sonia Friedman Productions); Dancer in Cats – The Movie (Universal Pictures); Dancer for Fantastic Beasts and where to find them (Warner Bros Pictures); Dancer In Wonka (Warner Bros Production); Loreon Tae in Warrior Sisters (Frank Scantori production) Jones, Catherine (3 October 2014). "Dream role for X Factor's Lloyd Daniels". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 30 December 2022. Robert Bradley (31 March 2017). "Andrew Lloyd Webber and "Jesus Christ Superstar" ". Springfield Contemporary Theatre.

With Jason Donovan in the lead, the expanded show was restaged in 1991 at the London Palladium with Steven Pimlott as director and Anthony Van Laast as choreographer, winning the 1992 Laurence Olivier Award for set design. The cast album of this production was the #1 UK album for two weeks in September 1991, and the single " Any Dream Will Do" from it was also the #1 UK single for two weeks in June–July 1991. When Donovan left, former children's TV presenter Phillip Schofield portrayed Joseph. [41] Darren Day would take up the role in 1993. [42] 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.BWW News Desk. "Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young to Lead JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT National Tour; Launches 3/4 in Cleveland". broadwayworld.com.