Sunday, October 8, 2023

Review Highlights: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Arizona Broadway Theatre

The Cast
photo courtesy Arizona Broadway Theatre

highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

Click here for more information on this production that runs through November 4

"...Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat continues to be a staple in both professional and amateur theatre. With a fantastic cast, rich and colorful creative elements, and an inspired directorial framing device, Arizona Broadway Theatre is currently presenting a wonderful production that's also a new, fresh take on this classic musical. With its infectious score and engaging performances, ABT's production is energetic and crowd-pleasing and proves once again why this family friendly musical remains a favorite among audiences....Director Ken Urso has done wonderful work with this production. The cast deliver clear, rich, and comical (when appropriate) portrayals, and Urso's directorial vision is solid. Setting the show inside a section of a history museum, where all of the exhibits relate to the story of Joseph, and having the narrator of the musical dressed as a museum tour guide and the children's chorus playing a school group who are visiting the museum that the narrator tells the story to, provides a refreshing take on this classic musical in which every directorial decision makes complete sense."  - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)

"ABT's outstanding new production, directed by Ken Urso...has gathered a strong cast of musical theatre talents to present Joseph’s tale, including Joseph himself, played by Andrew Natale Ruggieri....Supported by the non-stop energy of an outstanding ensemble, all of whom appear to be forever changing from one costume into another, the whole cast makes for a surprisingly thrilling musical theatrical experience that is over all too quickly. However, the one performer you’ll remember the most after exiting the house is Jazmin Noel Moehring as the show’s narrator....Moehring has the most difficult and demanding vocals of all which she handles masterfully"  - David Appleford, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)

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