[ATTENDED: December 27, 2014] Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sarah and her mom love Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. So when I saw that it was playing at the State Theatre for $7/ticket (as part of the Plays in the Park program) I decided to get tickets for all five of us (why not subject the kids to musicals as well?).
I knew the music a little from Sarah playing it, but I didn’t know it that well. I always thought it was very funny that someone made a huge production out of what is a rather short Bible story. But it’s a good story and one that I remember from my religion classes, so it seemed like a good afternoon of fun.
And it was. This was the company’s 20th production of the show (who knew?). And many of the people had been with the show for many many years. So it was like a well-oiled machine.
The only thing that we all agreed we didn’t like so much was Joseph (Michael Ferlita). Not that he was bad, but that he was a bass. And Joseph isn’t a bass. It was weird, and at times hard to understand–it came across as more operatic than musical-y. The rest of the performers were very good (as was the orchestra). I was also delighted that the many of the men were kind of chunky–something you don’t often see on stage. (more…)
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