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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Brothers
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat tells the classic Biblical tale of Jacob and his twelve sons. Joseph, one of the youngest and most loved of Jacob’s children, falls out of favor with his jealous brothers as he interprets dreams and receives special gifts from his father. Angry and upset, Joseph’s brothers sell him as a slave to a band of passing nomads. Hoping to rid themselves of Joseph forever, the brothers instead set in motion a powerful string of events which lead to Joseph’s installation as the king of Egypt’s right hand man.
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Get set for a magical rainbow ride through biblical Egypt on the wings of the new National tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Broadway’s Patrick Cassidy and American Idol’s Amy Adams. Audiences will be dazzled not only by the bright, technicolored spectacle, but ... by the blending of various musical styles when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s first collaboration opens at the Merriam Theater (250 S. Broad Street) on Tuesday, February 28th in Philadelphia, and runs through Sunday, March 5th. The blockbuster musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer of Cats, Evita, Phantom of the Opera) and Tim Rice (Aladdin, The Lion King) combines pop, rock country and other musical styles for a multi-textured palette of sound. Originally written as a fifteen minute pop-cantata for a children’s choir, this beloved musical has become one of America’s favorite shows. Since the first production in 1968 the show, based on the biblical tale of Jacob’s son Joseph and his 11 brothers, has proven to be one of the most enduring and endearing shows of all time.
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat- The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Joseph is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams, and his father's favorite son. When he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt, Joseph endures a series of adventures in which his spirit and humanity are continually challenged. He is purchased by the Potifars where thwarting advances from the Mrs. lands him in jail. When news of Joseph's gift to interpret dreams reaches the Pharaoh (wryly and riotously depicted as Elvis), Joseph is well on his way to becoming second in command. Eventually his brothers, having suffered greatly, unknowingly find themselves groveling at the feet of the brother they betrayed but no longer recognize. After testing their integrity, Joseph reveals himself leading to a heartfelt reconciliation of the sons of Israel.
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Synopsis: Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat retells the Biblical story of Joseph as a handsome young man who is his father's favorite child, able to interpret dreams, and the bearer of an amazing coat. These facts lead Joseph's 11 brothers to become insatiably jealous. Thus, they sell Joseph into slavery to some passing Ishmaelites. After refusing the advances of his owner's wife, Joseph is sent to jail. Once in jail, he quickly becomes popular due to his ability to interpret dreams. The Pharaoh soon hears of Joseph's ability and appoints him to the post of number two man in Egypt.
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Back home, the famine had caught up with Joseph's brothers, who, led by the brother Simeon, express regret at selling him and deceiving their father ("Those Canaan Days"). They hear Egypt has food and decide to go there to beg for food and mercy, not realizing whom they will be dealing with ("The Brothers Come to Egypt"). Joseph gives them food and sends them on their way, but plants a golden cup into the sack of his brother Benjamin ("Grovel, Grovel"). When the brothers try to leave, Joseph stops them, asking about the "stolen cup". Each brother empties his sack, and it is revealed that Benjamin has the cup. Joseph then accuses Benjamin of robbery ("Who's the Thief?"). The other brothers, though, beg for mercy for Benjamin, imploring that Joseph take them prisoner and set Benjamin free ("Benjamin Calypso").
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In this retelling of the Biblical story, Joseph is a handsome young man who is his father's favorite child and able to interpret dreams. When his father gives him a multicolored coat to wear, Joseph's 11 other brothers become excruciatingly jealous of him. In a plot to get rid of him, they sell him into slavery.
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