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Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1992 Canadian Cast)
Tim Rice
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1992 Canadian Cast)
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists
 
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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat completed the transition from cantata for schoolkids to big-budget glitzfest with Steven Pimlott's 1991 London revival. Here's the 1992 Canad...  more »

     
   
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All Artists: Tim Rice
Title: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1992 Canadian Cast)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 2
Label: Decca Broadway
Original Release Date: 4/19/1994
Release Date: 4/19/1994
Album Type: Cast Recording
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists
Style: Musicals
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 731451726620

Synopsis

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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat completed the transition from cantata for schoolkids to big-budget glitzfest with Steven Pimlott's 1991 London revival. Here's the 1992 Canadian version of that show, and even if it's not an ideal recording--Janet Metz as the narrator is no match for Laurie Beechman in the original Broadway cast and there's a little too much synthesizer in the orchestrations--this CD is valuable for the performance of former teen pop idol Donny Osmond as the title character. He's in excellent voice, and was so right for the role that he was selected to preserve it for the 2000 video production. And of course the songs are still here, showcasing Rice's witty lyrics and Lloyd Webber's chameleon tendencies--dabbling in country, calypso, French cafés, and a King-like pharaoh--as well as favorites "Any Dream Will Do," "Close Every Door," and "Go, Go, Go Joseph." This production also includes the "Joseph Remix" (also known as the "Joseph Megamix"), a nine-minute medley of themes arranged with a heavy beat that was used for a kind of onstage aerobics routine as the show's postscript. --David Horiuchi

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One of the Best
Arthur Knowles | Keene, NH USA | 08/07/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)

"One of the best versions of the show. I've listened to several different casts albums and many of the characters are solid. The one consistent stand out performer in any of the versions I've heard is Donny Osmond as Joseph. He does a particularly good job on this album. If you have to have one copy of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat... it should be this one."