Olney Theatre Center Extends JOSEPH.. Through April 3

For a second time, the Helen Hayes Awards Recommended© Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Olney Theatre Center has been extended - to Sunday, April 3. The performances during the extension week are Thursday, March 31 through Saturday, April 2 at 8 p.m., and matinees on Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat plays the Mainstage now through April 3. Tickets start at $26, with discounts available to groups, seniors, military, and students. Call the Box Office at 301.924.3400 or visit olneytheatre.org for tickets and information. See
the attached Fact Sheet for more information.

The first full-length musical by legendary theatrical team Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice began as a 20-minute "pop cantata" written by 19- year-old Webber for a British school choir to perform in 1968. He asked his friend Rice to write the lyrics for Joseph..., and eventually the musical was produced on the London stage five years later. The show crossed the
pond in 1982 to play on Broadway.

Director David Hilder's vision for this production of Joseph marries the bigscale impact of the musical with the personal sentiment of the story: "When I think of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, I think of a show as big as its title - splashy, flashy, big dance numbers, terrific music...it all feels epic, gigantic. And yet when I read the story - both the text of the show and the section of the Old Testament from which it's drawn - what strikes me is much simpler and, fundamentally, more personal. Here is the tale of a young man of great gifts, punished for
having them, who stays true to himself, and by doing so, achieves great things. It's a powerful story we all can learn from."

In addition to Hilder, the rest of the creative team includes Christopher Youstra (Musical Director), WendySeyb (Choreographer), Eugenia Furneaux-Arends (Scenic Designer), Ivania Stack (Costume Designer), Dan Covey (Lighting Designer), GW Rodriguez (Sound Designer), and Renee E. Yancey (Stage Manager).

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