Product: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 2.0
Doesn't do the show justice
I have read many of the reviews of this movie/DVD and I think every single one of you who rate this movie above a 3 have probably not seen the actual production and are very VERY ignorantI was in the Toronto production of Joseph with Donny Osmond in 1997 (I performed in the last live show he ever performed) and this movie sucks. There will never be a better Pharoh as Jonny Seaton. Also, in the live production the wigs and makeup actually looked real. Donny IS Joseph for all you people who thought his performance was lacking (I performed with two different actors playing that role, and saw several others believe me I know!) Since there is no intermission in the video I understand why thy had to cut the entreact, but the key ingredient which would have made this video is the Megamix. In the live production the megamix was a crazy dance partyish thing that had highlights of every song in the show (the megamix was used for curtain calls) and it was one of my favourite parts of the show!!! Also, the children played a much bigger role in the stage production. I also felt the singing wasn't as good as I had hoped. Another point is the moments of humour created between the conducter and the brothers during canan days is missing. I believe what made this movie draggy and boring was the fact that it wasn't taped live - You have prerecorded music which you are lip syncing too, there is no way you could possible have the same energy and expression as when you are doing it live. This movie was just lacking the Theatre charm. Personally, those of you who like this movie fine, like it, but I wish this was just a tape of a performance - sure there's no flashy special effects but at least it would be the production as most of us theatre people love.P.s. I would have given this movie a rating of 1 star, but a bad movie is better than no movie!!And just a quick reply to a review I read: for your information Any Dream Will Do is suppose to be at the beginning, not the end. The ending version is a reprise - don't be ignorant.