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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
If you live in the area I'd love to have you join us for our Youth Ministry's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a Broadway musical based on the biblical story of Joseph.
Today our pastoral team surprised the cast with pizza. They were working hard rehearsing and were happy to see the food. We got to watch them run through a song which was great. My kids can't wait to see them all perform.
Shows are March 28 & 29 and April 4 & 5. You can purchase tickets here.
Update: I've gotten questions from people who don't understand how we can do this production at our church. In most cases they've seen the Broadway show or watched a film version of it (I'm told there's one that stars Donny Osmund). I can understand the concern, but the way we stage it is totally different. Dave Mays, whose wife Cathy does an outstanding job directing many of our musical productions explains:
The play Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is based on the biblical story of Joseph from the book of Genesis. For the most part, the script is faithful to the biblical account; however, regardless of how a script is written, it can be directed and performed in a very different way. Unfortunately the Donny Osmund production of Joseph, which many people have seen, was performed in a way that did not honor God. But we believe there is enough in the script that is true to the biblical account to enable it to be produced in a God-honoring way, and that has been our objective.I think Cathy and her team have accomplished this objective with every production they've done. Another reason we chose this show is that it's familiar enough that guests are willing to come see it. We've found events like this to be a good way to introduce people to the church.
Finally, I would advise people, regardless of their faith, to avoid anything involving Donny Osmund. Hope that helps.
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Comments (3)
Just curious, but why avoid anything with Donny Osmund? I wikipedia'd him and he doesn't seem like a bad person.
Posted by Janaan | May 24, 2008 10:51 PM
RE:Just curious, but why avoid anything with Donny Osmund? I wikipedia'd him and he doesn't seem like a bad person.
- 'Cos self-professed 'Christian' groups such as this one tend to be shockingly intolerant. Bearing in mind that the writer says 'I'm told there's one that stars Donny Osmond...' - he clearly hasn't seen it, so how can he comment? This is blatant religious bigotry.
Posted by Rachel | December 10, 2008 4:45 PM
It's not because we are intolerant, it happens to be because we have a standard that we live by. When we embrace things below that standard we are lowering our own standard. Satan tries to tear down those standards by using people to say we are intolerant and to discourage us from being faithful in our walk with God. However, it is possible to not accept THINGS in other people's lives WITHOUT being intolerant. There IS a difference. I believe that Josh Harris and Dave Mays' explaination of why they are performing this production is a GREAT example of the difference between a high standard and intolerance.
Posted by Julie | July 17, 2009 10:56 AM