Broadway met Sunday school last night at the Hult Center, as I went to the opening night of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat".  The show really plays like those old flannelgraph Sunday School stories come to life via Saturday morning cartoon, with teacher and all (as the musical uses a singing narrator to move the story along). 

What I found most entertaining is that although the story is set in Egypt the musical numbers borrow from a wide variety of genres.  You have the 11 brothers, who sell Joseph as a slave, falsely lamenting his death, to their father, in a country twang.  Later when the family has no food they sing in French accents.  During these numbers the set dressings, and costumes match up the style of music.  So we find the cast dressing in everything from cowboy hats, to cheerleader outfits.

There was one technical glitch I noticed in last night's performance.  Clarissa Grace, who plays the narrator, has a really wonderful voice, and there came a moment in the song "Pharaoh Story" when she hit, and held, a really high note that the Hult's speakers couldn't handle and it hissed out.  I'm not sure if it was a technician error, with letting the levels peak too high, or the Hult's equipment not being up to par, but later in the "Jospeh Megamix" when they do bits from every song, she hit the note again and it sounded fine.

Other then that it was a fun night out.  The show itself is short at only 2 hours including intermission.  Performances continue tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm.  For more information, or to buy tickets click here.  I think anyone who enjoys Veggi Tales will get a real kick out of this show.  It might be a good father/daughter night out.

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