{"id":2923,"date":"2012-03-14T11:28:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T15:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2012-03-14T15:39:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T19:39:20","slug":"kennett-high-to-stage-joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=2923","title":{"rendered":"Kennett High to stage Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Kennett High School players take on Andrew Lloyd Weber\u2019s first biblical epic, March 15-17
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By P.J. D\u2019Annunzio<\/strong>, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

KENNETT SQUARE\u2014Kennett High School\u2019s theater troupe is preparing to take their audience on a colorful journey back to ancient Egypt in Andrew Lloyd Weber\u2019s Tony Award-winning musical,\u00a0Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year we try to look for a show that best fits the kids, and this year it was Joseph,\u201d Chorus teacher and Joseph production manager Katie Soukup said.<\/p>\n

Joseph tells the story of its namesake and his experiences relayed in the book of Genesis. It begins with the narrator taking to the stage to give Joseph\u2019s\u00a0back-story: He is a dreamer and is clearly his father\u2019s favorite out of 12 sons. He is given a coat by his father as a token of affection, causing the other sons to become jealous of him.<\/p>\n

Knowing that Joseph is one day destined to rule over them, his brothers kidnap him and sell him to slavers bound for Egypt. Once there, Joseph finds himself the servant of a wealthy man. Comedy ensues when the man\u2019s wife tries to seduce Joseph\u2014only to be caught by the master himself!<\/p>\n

After being thrown in jail, Joseph interprets the dreams of his two cellmates, one of whom escapes execution to \u00a0put a good word in to the Pharaoh, who in turn frees him. Joseph gains the trust of Pharaoh and soon becomes the second most powerful man in Egypt. However, not everything is peachy in desert kingdom.<\/p>\n

After seven years of prosperity, Joseph predicts that Egypt will fall under a period of devastating famine the likes of which no one has ever seen. Will Egypt find a way to endure the famine? Will Joseph continue to prosper under Pharaoh? Will his brothers ever be reconciled?<\/p>\n

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Cast of Joseph, from left to right. Front: Gaby Seamon, Zac Chew, Colby Ball. Middle: Wes Schwartz, Matt Mason, Katlyn Johnson. Back: Max Minka, Natasha Lippians.<\/p><\/div>\n

The answers\u2014as well as Joseph\u2019s coat\u2014are revealed in this stunning production , showcasing a cornucopia of musical styles from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock ‘n’ roll.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun show to do. It has a lot of different styles incorporated in it,\u201d Soukup said. \u201cOne thing that\u2019s different about this show is that it\u2019s all sung\u2014there\u2019s no dialogue. So it just keeps going and going. But even though it\u2019s all music it isn\u2019t a long show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has been entertaining crowds for over four decades. It is as timeless as it is timely, and now it can be seen at Kennett High’s auditorium at these times:<\/p>\n

Thursday March 15th<\/sup> at 7 PM<\/p>\n

Friday March 16th<\/sup> at 7 PM<\/p>\n

Saturday March 17th<\/sup> at 2 and 7 PM<\/p>\n

Tickets can be purchased at http:\/\/kcsd.ticketleap.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kennett High School players take on Andrew Lloyd Weber\u2019s first biblical epic, March 15-17 By P.J. D\u2019Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com KENNETT SQUARE\u2014Kennett High School\u2019s theater troupe is preparing to take their audience on a colorful journey back to ancient Egypt in Andrew Lloyd Weber\u2019s Tony Award-winning musical,\u00a0Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. \u201cEvery year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,450,4],"tags":[79,498],"class_list":["post-2923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-events-2","category-featured","tag-kennett-high-school","tag-musical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}