Joseph (blah blah blah) Dreamcoat Revival?

[ClapYo'Hands]

I agree completely. The only good thing about the change is that it avoids "God, thy willy's hard."

[AEA AGMA SM]

In the temple scene Jesus does sing "MY temple should be a house of prayer" not "the temple" or "God's temple"

To me that sets right there that the character believes he is the son of God

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

It shows that he's a socially-minded reformer who has come to expect the Temple to be a place of worship, not a market. The temple he knew isn't there. "My temple should be a house of prayer..." The bread slices both ways, AEA AGMA SM.

[Starship]

I'd give it a day and this thread's main discussion will be on a completely different topic.

[tourboi]

Going back to JOSEPH and the post about it not lasting long on Broadway in the 90's....

It was always marketed as a limited engagement in NY, as advertised in the TV spot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQVXciXe5t8

Prior to hitting Broadway, that specific production (led by Michael Damien) played for a while in LA quite successfully, and San Francisco at the Pantages and Golden Gate Theatres respectively. You could almost classify it as a three-city tour. It's possible that the production recouped a significant amount before even hitting Broadway.