Michael Greif takes on ‘If/Then’
Some choices are no-brainers.
Israeli producer-director Uri Paster has four movie and theater projects planned this year
When Dallet Norris signed on to direct Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber\’s \”Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\” for the fourth time in his career, he decided that the classic Bible tale turned classic musical needed some updating. So, for the new touring production, which opens at the Pantages Theater on June 20, he cast an \”American Idol\” finalist (Amy Adams from Season Three) as the narrator, gave the characters computers and turned hedonistic Egypt into a South-Beach style party town replete with a sun-glasses-clad Sphinx backdrop — and the brothers use cell phones to call their father, Jacob, and to deliver the news of Joseph\’s fake demise.
Jerry Herman doesn\’t play favorites with his musicals. Ask him to rank \”Mame,\” \”Hello, Dolly!\” or \”La Cage aux Folles\” and he\’ll tell you, \”I love them all.\”
Marcia Seligson is the prime mover and shaker behind Reprise, a new theater organization determined to mount local, first-class revival productions of Broadway musicals.