Bookmans is giving you a chance to go see dinner and a show at the Broadway Palm in Mesa! We're giving away five pairs of tickets to Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat--all you have to do is head over to our Facebook page or send us a tweet and tell us why you should be one of the five lucky winners for a pair of tickets (which includes a buffet meal). We'll pick the five best answers on Friday at noon!

 

 

This internationally acclaimed musical/dance extravaganza is featured at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre from July 8 through August 23 in Mesa. This lively and colorful musical parable travels through ancient Egypt as a boy, Joseph, blessed with prophetic dreams, is sold into slavery by his conniving brothers. But in true rags to riches fashion, Joseph overcomes these tremendous odds, and dares modern audiences to dream of doing the same. A blazing cornucopia of musical styles, and featuring such song favorites as “Any Dream Will Do,” “Close Every Door,” and “Go, Go, Go Joseph,” this Old Testament romp emerges as both a timely and timeless tale of tragedy and triumph.

The story of a young man in Canaan with dream-reading abilities, Joseph receives a rainbow-colored coat as a gift from his father. Joseph's brothers are less than pleased by their father's favoritism, abduct Joseph, destroy his coat, and sell him into slavery. Fortunately, Joseph uses his talents to impress the Pharaoh and is appointed the Minister of Agriculture. When a famine hits, Joseph's brothers come looking for employment. Not recognizing their younger brother, Joseph plans a surprise for his jealous brothers before revealing himself.

The cast for the Broadway Palm production features Patrick Darab as Joseph and local favorite Mark Kleinman as Jacob. Patrick Darab hails from North Carolina and is a recent graduate from UNC Greensboro School of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree in Opera Performance and Musical Theater. Mark Kleinman, an ariZoni award winner, has performed extensively in both operatic and musical theater repertory around the world.

The cast features New York actors Sam Hay, Alex Herrera, Kevin Korcynski, Courtney Love, Alex Kanter and Corey Moreno, along with local actors Chris Matesevac, Jordan Daniels, Connor Wince and Jensen Clifford. Local actresses Paige Tamarkin, Emma England and Victoria Fairclough portray the wives along with New York actresses Megan Cone and Brooke Dairman. Virginia Caveliere, who currently appears in the Broadway Palm production of Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano and appeared in last summer’s High School Musical, plays The Narrator.

 

 

In addition to a cast of professional performers, this production features local children from the East Valley Children’s Theatre, Chandler Children’s Choir and Scottsdale Children’s Choir. Each choir, which will perform for two weeks, will delight audiences with their talent and youthful exuberance.

The production is directed and choreographed by St. Louis based Millie Garvey with musical direction by JR McAlexander, set design by David Snyder, lighting design by Russell A. Thompson and costume design by John P. White and Mary Atkinson.

The Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre is located at 5247 E. Brown Road, on the southeast corner of Brown and Higley Roads in the Alta Mesa Plaza. The theater is easily accessible from the Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) or the US 60 (Superstition Freeway) via the Higley Road exits. Parking is free. Performances are Tuesday through Saturday evenings with a dinner buffet 5:30 p.m. and show at 7:30 p.m. Matinees are Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday Matinees with a luncheon buffet at 11:45 a.m. and show at 1:15 p.m. A Sunday twilight performance includes a dinner buffet at 5:30 p.m. and show at 7:00 p.m. The Broadway Palm is fully ramped and handicap accessible. Hearing devices are available free of charge.