ROCKING FOR THE AGES; `JOSEPH' FINDS PROMISED LAND ON A.V. STAGE.Byline: Romy Jacobson Daily News Staff Writer A biblical rock opera about jealousy, forgiveness and the power of dreams Power of Dreams were a Dublin-based pop/rock band, built around Craig and Keith Walker. They released their critically acclaimed EP "A Little Piece of God" on Keith Cullen's Setanta Records in 1989. will be performed by a Cedar Street Theatre cast of 90 this weekend at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . ``Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' comes from a prolific and talented team: composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Noun 1. Andrew Lloyd Webber - English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948) Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton, Lloyd Webber , creator of ``Cats,'' ``Phantom of the Opera'' and ``Jesus Christ Superstar,'' and lyricist lyr·i·cist n. A writer of song lyrics. Also called lyrist. Noun 1. lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs lyrist Tim Rice, known recently for his songs for Disney's ``Aladdin'' and ``The Lion King'' and for ``Evita,'' also done with Webber. ``It's a show I came out of the theater singing the music,'' director Barbara Coates says of the first time she saw ``Joseph.'' ``To me, that is a sign of a well-written musical, when there's something for you to hum.'' Written by Webber and Rice in 1968, the musical retells the biblical story of favorite-son Joseph, given a multicolored coat by his father but sold into slavery in Egypt by his 11 jealous brothers. In Egypt, Joseph makes good: He interprets the Pharoah's dreams to foretell fore·tell tr.v. fore·told , fore·tell·ing, fore·tells To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict. fore·tell a famine and is put in charge of the land. Performances will start at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at LPAC 1. (audio, compression) LPAC - Lossless Predictive Audio Compression. 2. LPAC - London Parallel Applications Centre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. Tickets are $18. To order tickets or for more information, call (805) 723-5950. Coates, in her 19th year with the Cedar Street community theater group, is assisted by conductor Laura Hemenway, vocal directors Jeff and Debbie Hanson and choreographer Teresa Parker. The staging and lighting is being handled by technical director Jim Tarleton and Randy Brumbaugh. The title role of Joseph will be played by Michael Adam Weltz who has appeared in ``Star Child'' and ``Saturday's Warrior'' in Lancaster. Kirsti McCleary is featured as the narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. . A school psychologist, McCleary played Marion in the Cedar Street Theatre production of ``Music Man'' and Christine in the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. production of ``Phantom of the Opera.'' Cedar Street Theatre veteran Randolph Rogers will play the duel roles of Jacob, Joseph's father; and Potiphar, the wealthy Egyptian in whose house he ends up. Rogers has been seen in ``Cabaret,'' ``Anything Goes,'' ``How to Succeed in Business,'' ``Fiddler on the Roof,'' and ``A Chorus Line.'' Pharaoh will be played by L. Michael Wells, who has appeared in ``Music Man,'' ``Godspell,'' ``Love Letters,'' ``Fantastiks,'' ``You Lucky Girl,'' ``Oklahoma,'' ``Guys and Dolls'' and ``Camelot.'' Other cast members include Marco Aguilar, Joe Barnard, James Burden, Daniel Gusman, Dank Lusk, Leonard Meze, Jeff Stout, Nick Williams and Ralph Williams, as well as 50 children from the El Dorado School Honor Choir and a large cast of singers and dancers. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) ``Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' retells the biblical story of favorite-son Joseph, given a multicolored coat by his father. (2--Color) Joseph (Michael Adam Weltz) lands in jail in a scene from ``Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and their first performed. The Likes of Us, written in 1965, was not performed until 2005. .'' Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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