Joseph and... to Close out Brooklyn College Broadway Series

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College closes its 2006-07 Broadway series with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Sunday, March 18 at 2pm.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was the second musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (the first being The Likes of Us, which was written in 1965 but didn't receive its first stage performance until 2005). Based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Old Testament, this light-hearted show was first presented in 1968 as a fifteen-minute pop cantata at an all-boys school in England. After highly successful performances at the Edinburgh Festival and in London's West End, Joseph opened on Broadway in 1982 at the Royale Theatre, where it remained for 749 performances. The show was revived on Broadway in 1993 and ran for seven months. The story follows Joseph, the favored son of Jacob, as he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and eventually becomes top advisor to the Pharoah.

Other Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice collaborations include Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. Andrew Lloyd Webber's credits with other lyricists include Cats, Song and Dance, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, and Woman in White. Apart from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice has written lyrics for Chess, Beauty and the Beast, Aida and The Lion King, as well as numerous films. Both Webber and Rice have been honored with multiple Tony, Drama Desk, and Olivier Awards.

About Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts

Founded in 1954, the mission of Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts is to present outstanding performing arts and arts education programs, reflective of Brooklyn's diverse communities, at affordable prices. Brooklyn Center's presentations explore both the classical traditions and the boldest contemporary performances, embracing the world culture that defines Brooklyn. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts welcomes over 70,000 people annually, including 42,000 schoolchildren from over 225 schools, in the 2,400-seat Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
Walt Whitman Theatre on the campus of Brooklyn College
(one block from the junction of Flatbush & Nostrand Avenues)
Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 2pm; Tickets $35, $30, $15

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