November 18
...serving up your daily dish.
Here's another chance to win two tickets to the Gas Lamp Players' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, playing this weekend in Glen Ridge.
Question: There's a famous theme from another Webber & Rice show referenced in the closing number of “Joseph.” From what show is that theme, and how did it come to be in the score, since “Joseph” is Webber & Rice’s first musical collaboration?
So...I'm curious as to what the answer is...Anybody???
Posted by: Teri Gatto | Nov 18, 2005 3:38:01 PM
From wikipedia:
"Based on the story of Joseph from the Bible, this light hearted show was first presented as a cantata at the Colet Court School in London on March 1, 1968 and lasted twenty minutes. Due to its success, Rice and Lloyd Webber decided to release a small album of the show in 1969, which had been extended. The album didn't do well until Lloyd Webber and Rice released their second musical album, Jesus Christ Superstar, an immediate hit. Joseph and the... was finally produced at a professional level in 1972 by Frank Dunlop and its success transferred it to bigger theatres and wider audiences. It was finally produced on Broadway on January 27, 1982 at the Royale Theatre where it remained for 747 performances."
Posted by: butchcjg | Nov 18, 2005 3:56:20 PM
