Friday, March 23, 2012

Fun Details You Might Not Know About Joseph!


BACKGROUND OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER & JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
MUSICAL
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lyrics by Tim Rice.
STAGE PRODUCTIONS
Originally produced in 1968 as a 20-minute oratorio performed by children at a private school in London, an expanded version of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT followed as a record album and was subsequently performed as a full-scale production in London in 1973. JOSEPH was first performed in the United States in 1976 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It was revived off-Broadway in 1981 in a production starring Bill Hutton and later, David Cassidy and ran for 824 performances. Recent productions have starred Donny Osmond in Toronto and Michael Damian on Broadway. A production for television was filmed in 1999 starring Donny Osmond and Maria Friedman.
(Taken from the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization web site.)
http://www.rnh.com/show_detail.asp?id=JO
AWARDS
1982 Tony Awards *
 7 Nominations including Best Musical, Book and Score
1992 Laurence Olivier Awards (London) *
2 Awards for Best Set Design and Best Costume Design

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