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A2 Weekend of February 22-23, 2020 The Dalles Chronicle TheDallesChronicle.com Pharaoh (Taylor Beeks), center left, and Joseph (Jacob Vallie), in chains, dance into an unlikely partnership during a dress rehearsal of Its family-friendly story, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” a musical comedy with music composed by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics written familiar themes and catchy by Tim Rice. Mark B. Gibson photos have resulted in nu- ‘Joseph’ predated music merous stagings. “Joseph” was first present- ‘Superstar’ ed as a 15-minute “pop can- Continued from page A1 tata” at Colet Court School in London in 1968, and it was published by Novello and re- students, Browning said. corded in an expanded form “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” by Decca Records in 1969. or “Joseph,” is based on the After the success of the next “coat of many colours” story Lloyd Webber and Rice piece, of Joseph from the Bible’s “Jesus Christ Superstar,” book of Genesis. This was “Joseph” received amateur the first Lloyd Webber and stage productions in the US Rice musical to be performed beginning in 1970, and the publicly; their first collab- first American release of the album was in 1971. oration, “The Likes of Us,” The musical was mounted written in 1965, was not per- formed until 2005, according on Broadway in 1982. Several major revivals, national tours, to Wikipedia. and a 1999 direct-to-video The show has only a few lines of spoken dialogue; it is film starring Donny Osmond almost entirely sung-through. followed. DREAMS Joseph’s brothers gather for a trip to Egypt in search of food. The brothers are acted by, in no particular order, Wesley Parker, Julian Morehouse, Dillon Gibbons, Shaelyn Scott, Izzy Marlinga, Avery Winwood, Tyrin Vice, Taylor Beeks, Alex Rector, Rowen Bierwirth and Asher Young. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” opened Thursday night and continues through this weekend and next. Joseph’s brothers set out on a trip to Egypt in search of food. An imprisoned Joseph laments his fate with members of the Children’s Choir from Chenowith Elementary School. Members of the Children’s Choir are, in no particular order, Grace Neal, Carlie Morales, Alessandra Alejos, Evelyn Cortes, Beatriz Torres, Kadence Gomez- Sorensen, Alexa Ortega Averie Kuehnl and Yaresly Vacquez. Green Home Design + Build now offers gutter services! √ Fabrication & installation of new seamless gutters √ Removal of old gutters √ Leafguard products √ Gutter Cleaning + Build Services + Gutter Installation and Services + Weatherization & Home Performance 541.490.1951 | greenhome-designbuild.com
