"of the same title starring Donny Osmond was released, directed by David Mallet and based on Steven Pimlott's 1991 London Palladium production. Osmond had toured North America in the role after opening the Toronto revival in 1992. In the film, Maria Friedman appears as the Narrator, Richard Attenborough as Jacob, Ian McNeice as Potiphar, Joan Collins as Mrs. Potiphar and Robert Torti as Pharaoh. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The story is based on the ""coat of many colours"""
"taken from either Roman Catholic or folk tradition. When the Andrew Lloyd Webber–Tim Rice musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"" was in its infancy in 1972, it was so short that productions needed an added preamble to create a valid showpiece. Frank Dunlop, in the first British theatrical performances of the musical on stage, preceded his Young Vic productions of ""Joseph"" with his own adaptation of the first six Wakefield Mystery Plays, which were credited in the programme. The entire production was a double bill called ""Bible One: Two Looks at the Book of Genesis"". Part I, entitled ""The"
"""Joseph"" began life as a short cantata that gained some recognition on its second staging with a favourable review in ""The Times"". For its subsequent performances, Rice and Lloyd Webber revised the show and added new songs to expand it to a more substantial length. Continued expansion eventually culminated in a 1972 stage musical and then a two-hour-long production being staged in the West End in 1973 on the back of the success of ""Jesus Christ Superstar"". In 1969 Rice and Lloyd Webber wrote a song for the Eurovision Song Contest called ""Try It and See"", which was not selected."
"Any Dream Will Do (song) ""Any Dream Will Do"" is a popular song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"". It is generally the beginning and the concluding song of the musical, sung by the title character of Joseph. The song has been sung by numerous performers. In 1969 it was released on the B-side of the 7-inch single We Will Rock You by child singer Christopher. This recording was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and arranged by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Joe Cuddy's version was a"
"commissioned Lloyd Webber and Rice to write a piece for the school's choir. Doggett requested a ""pop cantata"" along the lines of Herbert Chappell's ""The Daniel Jazz"" (1963) and Michael Hurd's ""Jonah-Man Jazz"" (1966), both of which had been published by Novello and were based on the Old Testament. The request for the new piece came with a 100-guinea advance from Novello. This resulted in ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"", a retelling of the biblical story of Joseph, in which Lloyd Webber and Rice humorously pastiched a number of pop-music styles such as Elvis-style rock'n'roll, Calypso and country music."
"Scotland, where the song debuted at number one, succeeding ""Icky Thump"" by The White Stripes. Downloads and CD single sales raise funds for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity appeal. Any Dream Will Do (song) ""Any Dream Will Do"" is a popular song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"". It is generally the beginning and the concluding song of the musical, sung by the title character of Joseph. The song has been sung by numerous performers. In 1969 it was released on the B-side of the 7-inch"
"Tim Rice Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English author and Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"", ""Jesus Christ Superstar"", and ""Evita""; with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, with whom he wrote ""Chess""; for additional songs for the 2011 West End revival of ""The Wizard of Oz""; and for his work with Alan Menken on Disney's ""Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast"", and the musical ""King"
"Damian was offered the part of struggling singer, Danny Romalotti, on the daytime television series ""The Young and the Restless"". After twelve years with ""The Young and the Restless"", Damian landed the starring role in the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical, ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"". With Damian cast as Joseph, the production set a single day box-office record as well as a historical record for the highest weekly gross for a Broadway revival at the Minskoff Theatre. ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"" had 231 performances at the Minskoff Theatre from November 10,"
"came with a 100-guinea advance from Novello. This resulted in ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"", a retelling of the biblical story of Joseph, in which Lloyd Webber and Rice humorously pastiched a number of pop-music styles. The piece was first presented as a 15-minute pop cantata at Colet Court School in London on 1 March 1968. Lloyd Webber's composer father William arranged for a second performance at his church, Westminster Central Hall, with a revised and expanded 20-minute format; the boys of Colet Court and members of the band Mixed Bag sang at this performance in May 1968. One"
"series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and broadcast on BBC One. The show searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a West End revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"". He was in the bottom two in the first live show on 14 April alongside Chris Crosby, with Crosby having received the lowest number of viewers votes. In the sing-off, they sang ""Bridge over Troubled Water"". Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Ellis and eliminate Crosby. He was again in the sing-off in Week three on 28 April"
"a leading man for Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"" at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End recorded ""Any Dream Will Do"" on 10 March 2007 to be released as a single to raise funds for Children in Need. It was released on 12 June 2007 for download only and entered the UK Singles Chart at No.18 on 17 June 2007. On 18 June 2007 a CD single was released - with third-placed Lewis Bradley and second-placed Keith Jack joining Mead on ""Close Every Door"", another song from the Lloyd Webber/Rice musical. The"
"Tim Rice musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat"". The tour began in January 2016 and ran through July 2016. McElderry received very positive reviews for his performances as Joseph. Mark Leslie of the ""Lynn News"" called him ""a shining star"" in the role. Janet Tansley of the ""Liverpool Echo"" wrote that McElderry ""breathed new life into this middle-aged musical"", adding: ""His voice was solid and silken and, simply, faultless, rendering 'Close Every Door' possibly the best version I have ever heard"". Mark Shenton wrote in ""The Stage"" that McElderry ""may just be the best sung Joseph there's ever been,"
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (film) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a 1999 direct-to-video film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name. The plot of the film follows the same story of Joseph's life as the West End musical. The only change is the addition of a very brief framing device in which the actors begin the film as ""teachers"" in a school where the ""students"" become the children's chorus of the musical. 1. ""Prologue"" - Narrator 2. ""Any Dream Will Do"" - Joseph, Children 3. ""Jacob and Sons/Joseph's Coat"" - Joseph, Narrator,"
"be a temporary break from their illustrious theatrical partnership. They did not work together again until the request for this ""pièce d'occasion"" came up, and ""Cricket"" ended up being their final original musical. Prince Edward, the Queen's youngest son, commissioned a short musical from Lloyd Webber and Rice for his mother's 60th birthday celebration. The game of cricket was Tim Rice's favourite pastime – he had a cricket field on the grounds of his home and had his own cricket team – and Rice had a particular passion for this new comic musical about England's national sport. Rice used actual"
"of the charts in Italy and the United Kingdom. ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were developing the ""Evita"" for Broadway in 1976. Both were extremely intrigued by the stories surrounding the life of Eva Perón while researching about her during the mid-1970s. They came to know about her husband Juan Perón, and his affinity for young women, and Rice and Webber decided to use it as one of the backstories behind Eva and Juan's rise to power. In the original musical, the song is performed by the character of"
"the series led to its becoming the first in a series of West End themed talent contests produced by the BBC in collaboration with Lloyd Webber. 2007 saw ""Any Dream Will Do"" search for a new male lead to play Joseph for a production of Lloyd Webber's and Tim Rice's ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"". This was followed in 2008 by ""I'd Do Anything"", which sought a lead to play Nancy and three young performers to play the lead in a production of the musical ""Oliver!"". In 2010, ""Over the Rainbow"" cast Dorothy and a dog to play Toto"
"With rewritten lyrics it became ""King Herod's Song"" in their third musical, ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" (1970). The planned follow-up to ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" was a musical comedy based on the Jeeves and Wooster novels by P. G. Wodehouse. Tim Rice was uncertain about this venture, partly because of his concern that he might not be able to do justice to the novels that he and Lloyd Webber so admired. After doing some initial work on the lyrics, he pulled out of the project and Lloyd Webber subsequently wrote the musical ""Jeeves"" with Alan Ayckbourn, who provided the book and lyrics."
"of one of the main characters. He has participated with theatrical producer Richard Montez, founder of the international theatre ""Cornerstone Arts"", who gave Igor Milić one of the main roles in the musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"", composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, that was performed in Osijek and Slavonski Brod. For the same musical, he directed the orchestra in ""Arena"" in Varaždin. During the year 2013, he did the entire music production for ""Les Miserables."", composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg., for Cornerstone Arts. In 2008, together with Emerik Huđik, he founded the tamburitza school in Erdut, under the auspices"
"with Everything"" in 1962, and in its Broadway transfer the following year. There were seasons with Prospect Theatre Company and the RSC; and he most famously played Joseph in the 1972 London production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"". Later, he succeeded David Essex as Che Guevara in the London production of Rice and Lloyd Webber's ""Evita"", initially opposite Elaine Paige and, subsequently, Marti Webb. Although probably best known as a theatrical actor in his native England, he also played a number of roles in feature films and on television. Having appeared"
"By Jeeves By Jeeves, originally Jeeves, is a 1975 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn, based on the novels of P. G. Wodehouse. ""Jeeves"" is the original 1975 version, which opened on 22 April 1975 and closed on 24 May after 38 performances at Her Majesty's Theatre, London. It is regarded as Andrew Lloyd Webber's only real flop. ""By Jeeves"" is the rewritten 1996 version, which opened 1 May 1996 in London and due to success was extended to February 1997, through three theatres. It premiered in the U.S. in 1996 and on Broadway in 2001. Tim Rice"
"By Jeeves By Jeeves, originally Jeeves, is a 1975 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn, based on the novels of P. G. Wodehouse. ""Jeeves"" is the original 1975 version, which opened on 22 April 1975 and closed on 24 May after 38 performances at Her Majesty's Theatre, London. It is regarded as Andrew Lloyd Webber's only real flop. ""By Jeeves"" is the rewritten 1996 version, which opened 1 May 1996 in London and due to success was extended to February 1997, through three theatres. It premiered in the U.S. in 1996 and on Broadway in 2001. Tim Rice"
"entire family."" Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (film) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a 1999 direct-to-video film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name. The plot of the film follows the same story of Joseph's life as the West End musical. The only change is the addition of a very brief framing device in which the actors begin the film as ""teachers"" in a school where the ""students"" become the children's chorus of the musical. 1. ""Prologue"" - Narrator 2. ""Any Dream Will Do"" - Joseph, Children 3. ""Jacob and Sons/Joseph's Coat"" -"
"Close Every Door ""Close Every Door"" is a song from the musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"" by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is the penultimate song of the first act of the musical, sung by Joseph while imprisoned for his supposed relationship with Potiphar's wife. Along with ""Any Dream Will Do"", it is one of the most popular songs from the musical. In addition to voicing Joseph's despair at being jailed for a crime he did not commit, the song appears to contain oblique references to the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. Lyrics such as"
"Close Every Door ""Close Every Door"" is a song from the musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"" by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is the penultimate song of the first act of the musical, sung by Joseph while imprisoned for his supposed relationship with Potiphar's wife. Along with ""Any Dream Will Do"", it is one of the most popular songs from the musical. In addition to voicing Joseph's despair at being jailed for a crime he did not commit, the song appears to contain oblique references to the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. Lyrics such as"
"asked lyricist Richard Stilgoe to help him revive the idea as a concert for schools, in the style of Lloyd Webber's breakthrough musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe presented two songs the following summer at the Sydmonton Festival. The director Trevor Nunn watched the performance and offered to help develop the material from something ‘twee’ to something with more ‘spectacle and theatre magic’. Together, Lloyd Webber, Stilgoe and Nunn developed the story to include the idea of trains and coaches racing. The choreographer Arlene Phillips was brought onboard along with the designer John Napier, who"
"Jesus Christ Superstar (album) Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. The album musical is a musical dramatisation of the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, beginning with his entry into Jerusalem and ending with the Crucifixion. It was originally banned by the BBC on grounds of being ""sacrilegious"". The album's story is based in large part on the Synoptic Gospels and Fulton J. Sheen's ""Life of Christ"", which compares and calibrates all four Gospels. However, greater emphasis is placed on the interpersonal relationships of the major characters, in particular,"
"the piece with Rice as Auctioneer. Hannah Waddingham and Adam Brazier also appeared. The performance was recorded live and released as a double album by Really Useful Records and Polydor. The Likes of Us The Likes of Us is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The original book was by Leslie Thomas. It is based on the true story of Thomas John Barnardo, a philanthropist who founded homes for destitute children. During his lifetime, nearly 60,000 children were rescued and provided with training that prepared them to be self-sufficient. Although the musical, the"
"he was arguably the first Joseph in Asia who played the title role in Webber and Rice's """"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"""" in 1972, a play directed by now famous off-Broadway director Loy Arcenas. He was also involved in many musical theater productions in the 70s which played at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Meralco Theater. These include acting stints with Lerner-Loewe's """"My Fair Lady"","" Webber-Rice's """"Jesus Christ Superstar"","" Leonard Bernstein's """"Mass"","" and Schwartz's """"Godspell""."" He also rose to become musical director in some musicals such as """"The King and I"","" """"The Great White Way"","" and"
"contained a great deal of spoken dialogue, was eventually phased out in favour of a sung-through score that became part of ""Joseph"". The first production of the show in its modern, final form was at the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester, which presented the musical several times from 1974 through 1978. A recording of the full musical was released on the MCA label in 1974, again featuring Bond, Reeves and Waller. This is the earliest recording of ""Joseph"" to eventually be issued on CD. Waller also appeared on another recording in 1979, featuring Rice as the Narrator and Paul Jones as"
"Remastered [Complete on 2 CDs]' and/or 'Original Artwork and Libretto'. This information is not found on the inner packaging.)"" Jesus Christ Superstar (album) Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. The album musical is a musical dramatisation of the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, beginning with his entry into Jerusalem and ending with the Crucifixion. It was originally banned by the BBC on grounds of being ""sacrilegious"". The album's story is based in large part on the Synoptic Gospels and Fulton J. Sheen's ""Life of Christ"", which compares and"
"Cliff Richard. Rice has collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"", ""Jesus Christ Superstar"", ""Evita"", ""Cricket"", and ""The Likes of Us"". For The Walt Disney Company, Rice has collaborated individually with Alan Menken and Elton John, creating productions including ""Aladdin"" (winning an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the song ""A Whole New World"") and ""The Lion King"" (winning the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song for ""Can You Feel the Love Tonight""). In 1996, his collaboration with Lloyd Webber for the"
"during the run of the show, as well as understudying both White and English. Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Australian Cast Recording) Jesus Christ Superstar or Jesus Christ Superstar – Original Australian Cast Recording is an album released in late 1972 on MCA Records. ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" is a rock opera created by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1970. The earliest Australian version was staged from May 1972 to February 1974. This album features Trevor White (as Jesus), Jon English (as Judas) and Michele Fawdon (as Mary Magdalene). Together with other cast members, they performed vocals for a studio"
"2012.). Michael Grandage's revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ""Evita"" replaced the show, beginning previews on 2 June 2006 before completing a twelve-month run on 26 May 2007. Brian Wilson performed his album ""Pet Sounds"" for the last time in the UK at the Adelphi in November 2006. From 6 July 2007, the Adelphi was home to another Lloyd Webber revival, ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"". The actor playing Joseph, Lee Mead, was cast by winning the BBC television show ""Any Dream Will Do"", and starred alongside Preeya Kalidas and Dean Collinson. 9 March 2010 saw the premiere of the"