Product: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
A Stellar Performance from A Stellar Cast
This is the absolute best DVD production of all of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals. The performances of the cast are excellent with special mention of Donny Osmond's outstanding performance who plays Joseph. The music is good, the interpretation of this biblical story is unconventional, sincere, comical, and yet sad at the same time. Your sympathy is obviously for Joseph but you find yourself being a little more understanding of his brothers' actions.I love the way the show is presented with its opening commencing in a classroom and then you are transported into the world of Joseph, his brothers, and the people of Isreal and Egypt, and then you are brought back into the classroom at the end again. This was done I presume to give the audience an awareness that the advent of this play was really in a school and of course Webber brought it to the world.This production gives something for people of all ages to enjoy. My 8 year-old nephew cannot stop watching it and while this production may not follow the bible to the tee, it is a great way of introducing a biblical story to a young child. For an adult, you will appreciate the performances, the songs and the simplicity in which the show is presented but yet you finish watching it with a sense of awe and utter enjoyment.If you love musicals, this is a must-have. You will have no regrets.