Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1993 Los Angeles Cast)
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Composer: Andrew Lloyd WebberComposer: Tim Rice
Performer: Michael Damian
Performer: Robert Torti
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
Published: 1993
CD Release Date: 1993-06-22
Music Label: Really Useful Records/Polydor (Decca Broadway)
Product features:
- Manufactured in the E.E.C.
- A Double Play CD with 22 track
- Prologue
- Any Dream Will Do
- Medley
- Joseph's Dream
- Poor, Poor Joseph
- One More Angel in Heaven
- Potiphar
- Close Every Door
- Go, Go, Go Joseph
- Pharaoh Story
- Poor, Poor Pharaoh
- Song of the King (Seven Fat Cows)
- Pharaoh's Dreams Explained
- Stone the Crows
- Those Canaan Days
- Medley
- Who's the Thief
- Benjamin Calypso
- Joseph All the Time
- Jacob in Egypt
- Finale
- Joseph Megamix
Free Music Notes for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1993 Los Angeles Cast)
Free Music Review: Breezy Cheesy Webber score
Hit: 5 Stars
Even a "Sondheim snob" like myself can kick back with a piece of fluff, particularly when it's a well-scored one. "Joseph" is Webber and Rice at their least pretentious, writing a fun version of the Biblical Joseph to a pop-rock score. The musical stylings are wonderfully mixed, from the country-tinged "One More Angel" to the dance "Go Go Go Joseph," to the reggae styled "Benjamin Calypso." The recording includes (as far as I can tell) the entire show, and it's a hoot.
Kelli Rabke demonstrates a silky smooth-voiced naarator, while Michael Damien carries Joseph's songs (including the sorrowful "Close Every Door") quite capably.
There's not much depth in this show (what DOES "Any Dream Will Do" really mean?), but it's fun, reasonably accurate to the source material, and a great way to while away the hours. Don't play any drinking games with the colors in Joseph's coat, though: with 29 of 'em (at my last count), you'll wind up under the table! (I'm not talking from personal experience or anything :) )
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1993 Los Angeles Cast) Poster
The original Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, has celebrated a triumphant comeback on the West End stage! Following in the foot steps of the Sound Of Music, the part of Joseph and the Pharaoh are being played by Lee Mead and Dean Collinson, the winners of the BBC1 talent search show Any Dream Will Do. The album features the 22 tracks of the original Joseph album featuring Jason Donovan and includes his number one single from 1991 'Any Dream Will Do', as well as Lee Mead's equally successful version of the same track in 2007. Polydor.If you were to think this 1993 Los Angeles revival cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat sounds a lot like the 1991 London revival cast and the 1992 Canadian revival cast, you'd be right. All three use the glitzy version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's school-cantata-turned-musical based on the biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors, which debuted with the London revival in 1991 and became the basis for most subsequent productions, as well as the video version. Yes, the "Joseph Megamix" is here, along with the witty lyrics and catchy melodies that borrow freely from country, calypso, French cafés, and Elvis--as well as favorites "Any Dream Will Do," "Close Every Door," and "Go, Go, Go Joseph." And orchestral credits, cover art, and running time are almost exactly the same, leading one to believe that the various casts recorded their vocals over the same prerecorded orchestral tracks.
So is there any difference between the three? Yes, the singers, most notably the role of the narrator and the title character. The London production starred Linzi Hateley as the narrator and Australian pop singer Jason Donovan as Joseph. For the 1992 Canadian cast, former teen pop sensation Donny Osmond took over the title role, with Janet Metz as the narrator. For this 1993 Los Angeles cast, Michael Damian was Joseph and Kelli Rabke the narrator. All the narrators are solid, though Hateley is probably the best overall. The biggest difference is Osmond, the clear winner with a terrific voice and irresistible warmth, contrasted with Donovan's somewhat thick and heavy singing and Damian's rather deliberate pronunciation. You really don't need more than one of these Josephs, and the Canadian cast is the one to have. --David Horiuchi
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