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Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Based on the Holy Bible - GENESIS CHAPTERS 37-46
Opened November 8, 1972 at the Roundhouse Theatre, (London)
Opened November 18, 1981 at the Entermedia Theatre and ran for 824 performances.
Produced by Zev Bufman & Susan Rose
Choreography by Tony Tanner
Directed by Tony Tanner

Synopsis

Jacob lived in Biblical times and had twelve sons of whom Joseph was his favorite. Joseph's brothers resented the favoritism and the fact that Joseph had high aspirations. Jacob gave Joseph a beautiful coat and that was the last straw for his brothers. The threw him in a pit and were going to leave him when they were approached by Egyptians. They changed their minds and sold Joseph off to slavery in Egypt, telling their father he had been killed by a goat. Through hard work and his ability to interpret dreams, Joseph works his way up the Egyptian social ladder until he is the assistant to the Pharaoh. When a famine strikes, Joseph's brothers end up in Egypt begging Joseph for food. After testing them, Joseph gives them food and reveals his identity and the whole family moves to Egypt.

Song List

Act 1

Prologue
Jacob and Sons
Joseph's Coat
Joseph's Dreams
Ishmaelites
Poor Poor Joseph
One More Angel
Potiphar
Close Every Door
Go Go Joseph

Act II

Pharaoh's Story
Poor Poor Pharaoh
Chained and Bound
Song of the King
Pharaoh (Pharaoh's Dreams Explained)
Those Canaan Days
Meanwhile Back in Egypt (The Brothers Come to Egypt)
Who's the Thief?
Poor Poor Ben
Grovel, grovel
Benjamin Calypso
Joseph all the Time
Jacob in Egypt
Any Dream Will Do
Give Me My Colored Coat ( End of Any Dream )

Info

March 1, 1968 saw the first performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Colet Court School in London. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice had been commissioned by the school's headmaster to create an original musical piece for the end-of-term concert. The result was the first version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - all of fifteen minutes long.

Related

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat MIDI Files

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