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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Tim Rice...
...black decade, irretrievably scarred by war and violence. What sometimes is forgotten is that it was also a period of energy, exuberance and, occasionally, even joy. All of those qualities come together in this 1968 British musical, which began the careers of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and which is now being revived off Broadway. Originally written as a 25-minute work to be performed by children, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is now 90 minutes long, and the cast is definitely adult...
With such material, who could go wrong? Probably lots of people, but Webber and Rice are not among them. They have not aimed so high as they did in their later Jesus Christ Superstar or Evita, but compared with those hits Joseph is better rounded, more buoyant and totally unpretentious. Despite its several transformations and elongations, it retains the child like wonder that it must have had when it was performed by children...
...country and western song in one scene, sombreros for a Mexican mariachi number in another. Joseph, played with spirit if not much conviction by Bill Hutton, is a blond beachboy in shorts and a cutoff shirt. Nothing is sacred, yet at the same time nothing is profaned. Webber and Rice have written a show merely to amuse and entertain, and they have succeeded...
...concert? No, they have come to rescue a friend, Scorpio, who is in Cassadine's clutches. They are Luke and Laura. Apparently account for the show's "youth appeal." Luke wears a shirt with cutoff sleeves and a gold chain. Laura is illegitimate daughter of Dr. Lesley Webber. Dr. Rick Webber adopted her when he married her mother but now Rick and Lesley are divorced. Pity. Who is Dr. Rick Webber? Notice Laura wears Woodstock Indian headband. Youth appeal? Learn that Luke stole her heart forever by raping her on a deserted dance floor...