2008 Woodie Awards
Timeless Tale Illuminates Stage
Elizabeth Agobian
Issue date: 3/9/05 Section: A&E
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A spectacle of colors, lights and toe-stepping tunes overwhelmed the Haugh Performing Arts Center Saturday, as Citrus College students presented Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
Students from the Music Theatre Workshop, in collaboration with the Citrus College Concert Choir, Blue Note Swing Orchestra and a children's choir performed in a new production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," directed and choreographed by John Vaughan. Music for the performance was directed and conducted by Michael Skidgel.
"Joseph" has its roots in the Bible's book of Genesis. Chapters 37-46 tell the story of a young man named Joseph living in the land of Canaan. His father Jacob has 12 sons, and Joseph, the youngest, is his favorite. Joseph's brothers resent the favoritism and the fact that Joseph has high aspirations.
Jacob gives Joseph a beautiful rainbow-colored coat, while the rest of his brothers are forced to wear sheepskin. This blatant display of favoritism upsets Joseph's brothers.
When Joseph goes so far as to tell them of a dream he has had in which their stacks of wheat bow down to his stack of wheat, they decide they have had enough.
Livid, the brothers abduct Joseph, obliterate his beloved coat and leave him to die in a pit. At the last minute, a group of Ishmaelites comes trotting by, depicted in Citrus' performance complete with a makeshift camel. Instead of leaving Joseph to perish, the brothers decide to sell him into slavery.
The brothers tell their father an elaborate story about how Joseph was killed by a goat, after which when their tearful, distraught father is out of sight, they celebrate Joseph's absence.
Meanwhile, Joseph has been sold to Egyptians and locked up in prison. His determination and ability to interpret dreams aids Joseph in climbing up the Egyptian social ladder to eventually become an assistant to the Pharaoh, under the title of Minister of Agriculture.
Through his dreams, Joseph saves Egypt from a severe famine that hits the land years later. Suffering from the famine, Joseph's brothers go to Egypt begging for employment and unaware that it is their brother they will be approaching.
Students from the Music Theatre Workshop, in collaboration with the Citrus College Concert Choir, Blue Note Swing Orchestra and a children's choir performed in a new production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," directed and choreographed by John Vaughan. Music for the performance was directed and conducted by Michael Skidgel.
"Joseph" has its roots in the Bible's book of Genesis. Chapters 37-46 tell the story of a young man named Joseph living in the land of Canaan. His father Jacob has 12 sons, and Joseph, the youngest, is his favorite. Joseph's brothers resent the favoritism and the fact that Joseph has high aspirations.
Jacob gives Joseph a beautiful rainbow-colored coat, while the rest of his brothers are forced to wear sheepskin. This blatant display of favoritism upsets Joseph's brothers.
When Joseph goes so far as to tell them of a dream he has had in which their stacks of wheat bow down to his stack of wheat, they decide they have had enough.
Livid, the brothers abduct Joseph, obliterate his beloved coat and leave him to die in a pit. At the last minute, a group of Ishmaelites comes trotting by, depicted in Citrus' performance complete with a makeshift camel. Instead of leaving Joseph to perish, the brothers decide to sell him into slavery.
The brothers tell their father an elaborate story about how Joseph was killed by a goat, after which when their tearful, distraught father is out of sight, they celebrate Joseph's absence.
Meanwhile, Joseph has been sold to Egyptians and locked up in prison. His determination and ability to interpret dreams aids Joseph in climbing up the Egyptian social ladder to eventually become an assistant to the Pharaoh, under the title of Minister of Agriculture.
Through his dreams, Joseph saves Egypt from a severe famine that hits the land years later. Suffering from the famine, Joseph's brothers go to Egypt begging for employment and unaware that it is their brother they will be approaching.