By Amy Somensky Jul 17, 2007, 0:35 GMT
London: The revival production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opens today at the Adelphi Theatre. The star of the production, Lee Mead, was cast via the reality show Any Dream will Do.
Joining him in the musical is Preeya Kalidas as the Narrator, Dean Collinson as Pharaoh, and Stephen Tate as Jacob/Potiphar/Guru. The ensemble will feature John Alastair, Kate Alexander, Jennifer Ashton, Paul Basleigh, Verity Bentham, James Bisp, Tyman Boatwright, Simon Coulthard, Lucie Downer, Tom Gillies, Emma Harris, Pip Jordan, Louise Madison, Emily Mascarenhas, Sarah Meade, Nathaniel Morrison, Mark Oxtoby, Adam Pearce, Tamlyn Platts, Pippa Raine, Fiona Reyes, Ricky Rojas, Craig Scott, Jonathan Stewart, Kate Tydman, Russel Walker, Neal Wright, and Danielle Young.
The musical features lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. This new staging of the 1990’s London Palladium production, which was directed by Steven Pimlott, will, once again, be designed by Mark Thompson and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast.
This colourful retelling of the biblical story of dreamboat Joseph and his uncanny abilities, favouritism, family rivalry, temptation and that designer coat sings out to young and old alike. With a score which is wall-to-wall hits, including ‘Close Every Door’ and ‘Any Dream Will Do’.
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