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

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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. ​

Admin. "Ian 'H' Watkins lives the Joseph dream again | Musical Theatre Review" . Retrieved 30 December 2022. 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.

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In 1999, a direct-to-video film adaptation of the same title starring Donny Osmond was released by Polygram Video, directed by David Mallet and based on Steven Pimlott's 1991 London Palladium production. Osmond had toured North America in the role after opening the Toronto revival in 1992. In the film, Maria Friedman appears as the Narrator, Richard Attenborough as Jacob, Ian McNeice as Potiphar, Joan Collins as Mrs. Potiphar and Robert Torti reprised his role from the 1993 Broadway Production as Pharaoh.

Ishmaelites: Men of the desert, they buy Joseph as a slave, take him to Egypt, and sell him to Potiphar. The production returned to the London Palladium in 2021, playing a limited season from 1 July to 5 September. The production, which was postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saw Alexandra Burke join the company as The Narrator and Yarrow and Donovan return to the roles of Joseph and Pharaoh respectively. [76] Linzi Hateley reprised her role as the Narrator in specific performances, with choreography once again by Joann M. Hunter and produced by Michael Harrison. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT retains all the sparkling wit, style, and melodies of the original Broadway musical. In a nimble eighty-minutes, viewers get a banquet of different musical styles. Jacob is told of Joseph's "death" in a twangy country-western lament; Pharaoh relates his dreams in pure Elvis style (he is The King, after all); the framing of brother Benjamin is set to Caribbean calypso; and the rest is Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular brand of catchy power pop. The multi-ethnic cast (old Jacob evidently had wide-ranging tastes in wives) contributes to the world-beat feel. a b "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat's major production history". Themusicalcompany.com. A Narrator opens the show by introducing Joseph, the dreamer ("Prologue"). Joseph sings an inspiring, but seemingly meaningless song to the audience (" Any Dream Will Do"). The Narrator then draws the audience's attention to Joseph's father Jacob and his 12 sons ("Jacob and Sons"). Jacob favours Joseph over his other sons, and he gives Joseph a multicoloured coat to show his affection for him. Joseph is ecstatic about this gift ("Joseph's Coat"), while his brothers look on with jealousy.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. 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"). The Narrator opens the second act with news that the Egyptian populace has been plagued by dreams that no one can interpret ("Pharaoh Story"). The Butler, now freed and again serving Pharaoh, tells him of Joseph's skill at deciphering dreams ("Poor, Poor Pharaoh"). Pharaoh has Joseph brought to him and describes his dream involving seven fat cows, seven skinny cows, seven healthy ears of corn, and seven dead ears of corn ("Song of the King").

Matt Gibson hails from New York City where he has performed on Broadway in Gypsy (starring Patti Lupone) and off-Broadway in Help (Shed NYC), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Finian’s Rainbow, & New Girl in Town (Irish Rep), and The Underclassman (Duke 42). Joseph declares that Egypt will see seven years of plentiful harvests, followed by an equal period of famine ("Pharaoh's Dreams Explained"). Impressed with what he hears, Pharaoh pardons and frees Joseph, makes him his second-in-command, and puts him in charge of famine preparations ("Stone the Crows"). Television includes: All Star Musicals (ITV); Commercial for Britain’s got talent (ITV); The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS); EastEnders for Children In Need (BBC); Blue Peter (BBC).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)

To hide what they have done, Joseph's brothers and their wives tell Jacob that his beloved son has been killed. As proof, they show him Joseph's coat, which they have torn to pieces and covered in goat's blood ("One More Angel in Heaven"). When the devastated Jacob exits, the brothers and wives cheerfully celebrate Joseph's departure ("Hoedown"). 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) Darren Day: Credits, Bio, News & More | Broadway World". www.broadwayworld.com . Retrieved 30 December 2022. a b Slate, Libby (30 May 1993). "On View: The Many Stages of Michael Damian". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 14 April 2014.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. Composer calls for some new theatres". The Canberra Times. Vol.67, no.21, 008. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 October 1992. p.20 . Retrieved 21 July 2017– via National Library of Australia.