Arizona Broadway Theatre is a year-round professional year-round theatre. ABT produces 7 mainstage musicals through the year. Utilizing a mix of local and national talent, ABT prides itself creating an arts experience for Phoenix and the greater Phoenix area. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the opening production of ABT’s 19th Season. Other shows in the season include: White Christmas, On The Town, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and Clue the Musical. Tickets available at azbroadway.org.
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00:00 Lexi, you are in your realm.
00:02 You are like home 'cause you are a broad,
00:05 you grew up on Broadway singing.
00:07 So what's going on down there?
00:09 - I am, Brad.
00:12 So this is so exciting because I consider this place
00:15 like a second home.
00:16 My husband has musically directed here.
00:18 It's an amazing, beautiful theater right here in Glendale.
00:22 And we have the artistic director, Curtis Overby,
00:25 here with us, who's gonna tell us a little bit more
00:27 about the Arizona Broadway Theater.
00:29 So Curtis, thank you so much for chatting with us,
00:31 first of all, but you guys have an amazing theater here.
00:34 Tell us a little bit about the history.
00:36 - Yeah, so we opened up in 2005
00:37 and we actually weren't in this building.
00:39 We were actually in the tent, is what we like to call it,
00:42 right across the Peoria Sports Complex with Anything Goes.
00:47 And luckily and fortunately, 19 years later,
00:50 we are here and thriving
00:53 and doing really great performances, I think.
00:56 - Oh, absolutely.
00:57 Well, this is, like you said, your 19th season.
01:00 That's so exciting.
01:01 And you're starting off with a classic,
01:04 "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
01:06 Tell me about that.
01:07 - Yes, so we had it on the schedule before that,
01:10 you know, that naughty thing, that COVID thing.
01:14 We had it on our schedule and we just,
01:16 after talking to the executive producer
01:18 and the artistic producer, we were like,
01:19 we have to bring it back.
01:21 We have to make sure that we give the folks
01:23 this wonderful classic show.
01:24 And so that's what we did.
01:26 And we have wonderful cast, some from New York,
01:28 some from local talent,
01:30 and they are doing such an incredible job.
01:33 - And I love that you fly some people in.
01:36 You fly in the amazing talent
01:38 that they have in New York City,
01:39 but you utilize the amazing local talent
01:42 here in Arizona as well.
01:43 - Absolutely.
01:45 I'd say most of the time it's like a 70/30 split, you know.
01:49 We like to bring people in, like you said,
01:51 but we also like to utilize the talent pool
01:53 that we have here.
01:54 We have some incredible talent here in Phoenix
01:56 and we love to use those people.
01:58 - Yeah, oh, absolutely.
01:59 Yeah, get the locals in here.
02:01 Everybody, you know, we got plenty of talent here in Phoenix
02:03 but you guys don't just do
02:04 these full-scale theater productions.
02:07 You also have concerts.
02:08 You have some incredible holiday things coming up.
02:11 Tell me a little bit about that stuff.
02:12 - For sure.
02:13 We have on Monday nights,
02:15 the main stage productions are dark on Mondays,
02:18 like most theaters.
02:20 And then we have some concerts on Monday,
02:23 which are outside gigs.
02:24 And then we have our New Year's Eve extravaganza.
02:27 And of course our holidays starting up in November.
02:30 So, yeah.
02:30 - So much good stuff going on.
02:32 Well guys, make sure you stick around
02:33 because we are gonna go and get a little preview,
02:36 a little taste of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
02:39 coming up next.
02:40 So Brad, back to you guys.
02:41 Stay tuned.
02:42 - I hope you're performing with them, Lexi, are you?
02:45 - You know what?
02:49 I might get on stage.
02:49 I don't know.
02:50 Do you have an extra Technicolor coat for me?
02:52 - I'm on it.
02:53 - All right, I love it.
02:54 - Perfect, done.
02:55 I'll be up there.
02:56 - All right, we'll see you in just a little bit.
02:56 So I love it.
02:58 Hey, let's toss it back out to Lexi,
03:00 who is with the Arizona Broadway.
03:02 - Hey Brad.
03:06 Yeah, I am so excited to be standing here
03:09 with two of the stars of their upcoming production
03:12 of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
03:15 So we have Andrew here, who is Joseph,
03:18 and Jasmine, who is the narrator.
03:20 So Andrew, tell me a little bit about what it's like
03:22 to play this iconic role,
03:23 especially because you're in from New York City, right?
03:25 - Yes, that's correct.
03:26 Yes.
03:27 It's amazing.
03:29 Following in someone like Donny Osmond's shoes,
03:31 it's such an honor to get to do this eight shows a week.
03:34 And here on the Arizona Broadway Theater stage,
03:36 it's even so much more fun.
03:38 - And this is the one and only Technicolor Dreamcoat, yes?
03:41 - Yes, it sure is.
03:42 - Well, it looks beautiful.
03:43 I love that.
03:44 And it definitely gets shown off in the show,
03:46 along with all these other amazing costumes
03:48 that you see up here on the stage.
03:50 And Jasmine, you are local, correct?
03:52 - I am, yes.
03:53 - That's so exciting.
03:54 So tell me for you, the narrator is such an iconic role.
03:58 Kind of, what is the narrator's role in the show?
04:01 - Me and the director, Ken Urso,
04:04 we kind of wanted to make her a little bit more involved
04:06 in other versions.
04:07 She's usually kind of stands off to the side
04:09 and tells the story as a narrator does.
04:12 But to make it more exciting for me and the audience,
04:15 doing this eight times a week,
04:16 we wanted her to be a little bit more involved.
04:18 So I tell the story of the show,
04:21 but I also kind of act out with the characters
04:24 and I get to interact with the kids on stage.
04:26 Not here today.
04:27 It's too early for them.
04:28 They're in school, but it's a blast.
04:31 We have definitely taken it into our own hands
04:33 and molded her into just a more exciting
04:35 kind of omnipresent character in the show.
04:38 - I love that.
04:39 Okay, so Andrew,
04:40 there are so many different costumes up here.
04:42 I mean, I see a police officer.
04:44 I mean, we have wigs.
04:46 We have a chef back here.
04:48 Kind of give me a little overview really quickly
04:50 for those who haven't seen the show.
04:51 - So it is about 12 brothers.
04:55 Joseph is the favorite son of Jacob
04:58 and basically he is sold because he's the favorite
05:01 and the brothers are jealous.
05:03 And I think you have to come see the show
05:06 to find out what happens in the end.
05:07 I don't wanna give too much away.
05:08 - I like that.
05:09 I like that.
05:10 We're not gonna give too much away here,
05:11 but the show runs until November 4th.
05:13 You can get your tickets at azbroadway.org
05:16 because you do not want to miss the show.
05:18 There's so much great stuff coming around.
05:21 You can obviously sit, you can have dinner,
05:23 you can have a cocktail.
05:24 There's a beautiful bar out there
05:25 and just enjoy this gorgeous, iconic show.
05:28 So, all right guys, I know we're going in a little early,
05:30 but I wanna make sure we get the full experience.
05:32 So why don't you go ahead and get in your places
05:35 and let's get this performance on the road.
05:38 Let's do it guys.
05:39 Here we go.
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