The stage of the Tyrone Area High School becomes the land of Egypt on April 25 and 26 with the production of the revived Broadway musical \u201cJoseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.\u201d
\nThe musical was a collaboration between lyricist Tim Rice and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, the famous duo who also wrote such productions as Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. The musical consists of two acts, a cast of 17 men, one narrator, one woman, a chorus, 17 songs and instrumentation.
\n\u201cWe had auditions, and they were very difficult to do because there are 11 brothers, and each one of them is fantastic, and each one of them could have been Joseph easily,\u201d said Cathy Young, TASD teacher and musical director and producer. \u201cHe is the youngest brother, and so we have an eighth grader playing the same age as Joseph would have been in the Bible, which is 13, I believe. Josh Shaffer is 13, and he\u2019s doing an excellent job. That was one of the hardest ones to cast is the lead.\u201d
\nThe plot of the musical is taken from a biblical story in which Joseph is the favorite son in the family. His brothers become very jealous of him when their father gives Joseph a coat of many colors, so the brothers sell Joseph into slavery in Egypt. He has a unique gift of interpreting dreams which helps Joseph to save the country and come into favor with the Pharaoh. He is reunited with his estranged brothers in the end.
\nThere are no speaking parts in the musical, so another lead role is the narrator who sings many songs to explain to the audience what is going on in the show.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s the same with the female lead which is the narrator. She sings all the leading parts, and that\u2019s Melody Garthwaite who made it for state chorus.\u201d
\nYoung commented most of the other parts were easy to cast, and students cast as the brothers are going to \u201csteal the show.\u201d
\nMany members of the community are helping to make the production of the musical a complete success. Sue O\u2019Brien is making all of the costumes. Nancy Sloss and Cindy Bennett from The Tyrone Community Players are working with some of the cast members on building characterization. Choreographer Tara Penick is teaching the entire cast dance steps to the major songs in the musical.
\n\u201cShe\u2019s so good with them. She can give them stuff to do where they look like they know what they\u2019re doing,\u201d said Young of choreographer Penick.
\nPractice is held every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Some students have an extensive dance background whereas others do not, so they are hard at work and will continue to put in long hours until the nights of the show.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re really excited,\u201d said Young. \u201cI\u2019m just thrilled to be working with all of these people who are involved and helping me out.\u201d
\nCall 684-4240, ext. 3703 for ticket information. Reserved seats are $7, and general admission seats are $5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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