Joseph and the Amazing 1JosephAnd The Amazing Technicolor Dream CoatACT IMUSIC 1: PROLOGUE/ANY DREAM WILL DONARRATORSOME FOLKS DREAM OF THE WONDERS THEYLL DOBEFORE THEIR TIME ON THIS PLANET IS THROUGH.SOME JUST DONT HAVE ANYTHING PLANNEDTHEY HIDE THEIR HOPES AND THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND.NOW, I DONT SAY WHO IS WRONG, WHO IS RIGHT,BUT IF BY CHANCE YOU ARE HERE FOR THE NIGHT,THEN ALL I NEED IS AN HOUR OR TWOTO TELL THE TALE OF A DREAMER LIKE YOU.WE ALL DREAM A LOT.SOME ARE LUCKY, SOME ARE NOT.BUT IF YOU THINK IT, WANT IT, DREAM IT,THEN ITS REAL YOU ARE WHAT YOU FEEL.BUT ALL THAT I SAY CAN BE TOLD ANOTHER WAY.IN THE STORY OF A BOY WHOSE DREAMS CAME TRUE.AND IT COULD BE YOU.JOSEPHI CLOSED MY EYES, DREW BACK THE CURTAINTO SEE FOR CERTAIN WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW.FAR, FAR AWAY SOMEONE WAS WEEPINGBUT THE WORLD WAS SLEEPING.ANY DREAM WILL DO.JOSEPHI WORE MY COATWITH GOLDEN LININGBRIGHT COLORS SHININGWONDERFUL AND NEWCHILDRENI WORE MY COATAHAHAND IN THE EASTTHE DAWN WAS BREAKINGBUT THE WORLD WAS WAKINGANY DREAM WILL DO.AND IN THE EASTAHAHJOSEPHA CRASH OF DRUMS, A FLASH OF LIGHTMY GOLDEN COAT FLEW OUT OF SIGHT.THE COLORS FADED INTO DARKNESSI WAS LEFT ALONEJOSEPHMAY I RETURNTO THE BEGINNNINGTHE LIGHT IS DIMMINGAND THE DREAM IS TOOTHE WORLD AND I WE ARE STILL WAITINGSTILL HESITATINGANY DREAM WILL DO.CHILDRENMAY I RETURNAHAHTHE WORLD AND I AHAH

NARRATORANY DREAMANY DREAM WILL ANY DREAMJOSEPH AND CHILDRENANY DREAM WILL DO.NARRATORANY DREAM ANY DREAM WILLANY DREAMJOSEPH, NARRATOR AND CHILDRENANY DREAM WILL DO.MUSIC 2 (PART 1): JACOB AND SONSNARRATORWAY, WAY BACK MANY CENTURIES AGONOT LONG AFTER THE BIBLE BEGANJACOB LIVED IN THE LAND OF CANAANA FINE EXAMPLE OF A FAMILY MAN.JACOB, JACOB AND SONSDEPENDED ON FARMING TO EARN THEIR KEEP.JACOB, JACOB AND SONSSPENT ALL OF THEIR DAYS IN THE FIELDS WITH SHEEP.JACOB WAS THE FOUNDER OF A WHOLE NEW NATION,THANKS TO THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN HE HAD.HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ISRAEL, BUT MOST OF THE TIMEHIS SONS AND HIS WIVES USED TO CALL HIM ALLDAD!NARRATOR AND WOMENJACOB, JACOB AND SONSNARRATOR MEN OF THE SOIL OF THE SHEAF AND CROOK.NARRATOR AND WOMENJACOB, JACOB AND SONSNARRATORA REMARKABLE FAMILY IN ANYONES BOOK.(BROTHERS shout their own names with NARRATOR.)REUBEN WAS THE ELDEST OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAELWITH SIMEON AND LEVI THE NEXT IN LINE.NAPTHALI AND ISAACHAR WITH ASHER AND DANZEBULUN AND GAD TOOK THE TOTAL TO NINE.NARRATOR, BROTHERS AND WOMENJACOB, JACOB AND SONSNARRATORBENJAMIN AND JUDAH WHICH LEAVES ONLY ONE.NARRATOR, BROTHERS AND WOMENJACOB, JACOB AND SONSNARRATORJOSEPH: JACOBS FAVORITE SON.ALLJACOB, JACOB AND SONSJACOB, JACOB AND SONSJACOB, JACOB AND SONSJACOB, JACOB, JACOB, JACOB AND SONS!MUSIC 2 (PART 2): JOSEPHS COATJACOBJOSEPHS MOTHER SHE WAS QUITE MY FAVORITE WIFE.I NEVER REALLY LOVED ANOTHER ALL MY LIFEAND JOSEPH WAS MY JOY BECAUSE HE REMINDED ME OF HER.

NARRATORTHROUGH YOUNG JOSEPH JACOB LIVED HIS YOUTH AGAIN.LOVED HIM, PRAISED HIM, GAVE HIM ALL HE COULD BUT THENIT MADE THE REST FEEL SECOND BEST AND EVEN IF THEY WEREBROTHERSBEING TOLD WERE ALSO-RANS DOES NOT MAKE US JOSEPH FANS.NARRATORBUT WHERE THEY HAVE REALLY MISSED THE BOAT ISBROTHERSWERE GREAT GUYS BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO NOTICENARRATORJOSEPHS CHARM AND WINNING SMILESFAIL TO SLAY US IN THE AISLES.AND THEIR FATHER COULDNT SEE THE DANGERHE COULD NOT IMAGINE ANY DANGER.HE JUST SAW IN JOSEPH ALL HIS DREAMS COME TRUE.JACOB WANTED TO SHOW THE WORLD HE LOVED HIS SONTO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT JOSEPH WAS THE SPECIAL ONE.SO JACOB BOUGHT HIS SON A COAT,A MULTI-COLORED COAT TO WEAR.BROTHERSJOSEPHS COAT WAS ELEGANT THE CUT WAS FINE.THE TASTEFUL STYLE WAS THE ULTIMATE IN GOOD DESIGN.AND THIS IS WHY IT CAUGHT THE EYE. A KING WOULD STOP AND STARE.WOMENBA BA BA BA BABA BABA BA BA BA BABA BAOO-EE-OOOO-EE-OO-OOKING WOULD STOP AND STARE.NARRATORAND WHEN JOSEPH TRIED IT ONHE KNEW HIS SHEEPSKIN DAYS WERE GONE.NARRATOR AND WOMENSUCH A DAZZLING COAT OF MANY COLORS.HOW HE LOVED HIS COAT OF MANY COLORS.

NARRATORIN A CLASS ABOVE THE RESTIT EVEN WENT WELL WITH HIS VEST.SUCH A STUNNING COAT OF MANY COLORS.HOW HE LOVED HIS COAT OF MANY COLORS.IT WAS REDAND YELLOWAND GREEN AND BROWNAND BLUE.WOMENAHAHAHAHAHAHYELLOWGREEN BROWNBLUE

NARRATORJOSEPHS BROTHERS WERENT TOO PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY SAW.BROTHERSWE HAVE NEVER LIKED HIM ALL THAT MUCH BEFORE.GIRLSBA BA BA BA BA BA BABA BA BA BA BA BA BABROTHERSAND NOW THIS COAT HAS GOT OUR GOAT.WE FEEL LIFE IS UNFAIR.NARRATOR AND WOMENAND WHEN JOSEPH GRACED THE SCENEHIS BROTHERS TURNED A SHADE OF GREEN.HIS ASTOUNDING CLOTHING TOOK THE BISCUIT.BROTHERSQUITE THE SMOOTHEST PERSON IN THE DISTRICT.JOSEPHI LOOK HANDSOME. I LOOK SMART.I AM A WALKING WORK OF ART.SUCH A DAZZLING COAT OF MANY COLORS,HOW I LOVE MY COAT OF MANY COLORS.NARRATORIT WAS RED AND YELLOW ANDGREEN AND BROWN AND SCARLET AND BLACK AND OCHER AND PEACH AND RUBY AND OLIVE AND VIOLET ANDWOMENAHAHAHAHAHAHBROTHERSRED YELLOWGREEN BROWNSCARLET BLACKOCHRE PEACH RUBY OLIVE VIOLETNARRATORFAWN AND LILAC AND GOLD ANDCHOCOLATE AND MAUVE ANDCREAM AND CRIMSON AND SILVER AND ROSE AND

BROTHERSLILACCHOCOLATCREAMSILVERJOSEPHI LOOK HANDSOME.I LOOK SMART.I AM A WALK- ING WORK OF ART.SUCH A DAZZLINGWomenAH (ETC)AZURE AND LEMON AND RUSSET AND GREY AND PURPLE AND WHITE AND PINK AND ORANGE ANDAZURERUSSETPURPLEPINKCOAT OF MANY COLORS.HOW I LOVE MY COAT OF MANY COLORS.IT WASJOSEPH AND CHILDRENRED AND YELLOW ANDGREEN AND BROWN ANDSCARLET AND BLACK AND OCHRE AND PEACHBROTHERSRED YELLOWGREEN BROWNSCARLET BLACK OCHRE PEACH

NARRATORAND RUBY AND LEONARD ANDVIOLET AND FAWN ANDJOSEPH AND BROTHERSRUBY LEONARDVIOLET FAWNNARRATORLILAC AND GOLD AND CHOCOLATE ANDMAUVE ANDJOSEPH AND BROTHERSLILAC GOLDCHOCOLATE MAUVEWOMENAHAHNARRATOR, JOSEPH AND BROTHERSCREAM AND CRIMSON AND SILVER AND ROSE AND AZURE AND LEMON AND RUSSET AND GREY AND WOMENAHAHALLPURPLE AND WHITE AND PINK AND ORANGE AND BLUE!MUSIC 3: JOSEPHS DREAMSNARRATORJOSEPHS COAT ANNOYED HIS BROTHERS.BROTHERSBUT WHAT MAKES US MADARE THE DREAMS THAT JOSEPH TELLS USOF THE DREAMS HES OFTEN HAD.JOSEPHI DREAMED THAT IN THE FIELDS ONE DAY THE CORN GAVE ME A SIGN:YOUR ELEVEN SHEAVES OF CORN ALL TURNED AND BOWED TO MINE.MY SHEAF WAS QUITE A SIGHT TO SEE, A GOLDEN SHEAF AND TALL.YOURS WERE GREEN AND SECOND RATE AND REALLY RATHER SMALL.BROTHERSTHIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING WE BROTHERS LIKE TO HEAR.IT SEEMS TO US THAT JOSEPH AND HIS DREAMS SHOULD DISAPPEAR.JOSEPHI DREAMED I SAW ELEVEN STARS, THE SUN AND MOON AND SKYBOWING DOWN BEFORE MY STAR. IT MADE ME WONDER WHY.COULD IT BE THAT I WAS BORN FOR HIGHER THINGS THAN YOU?A POST IN SOMEONES GOVERNMENT, A MINISTRY OF TWO?BROTHERSTHE DREAMS OF OUR DEAR BROTHER ARE THE DECADES BIGGEST YAWN.HIS TALK OF STARS AND GOLDEN SHEAVES IS JUST A LOAD OF CORN.NOT ONLY IS HE TACTLESS BUT HES ALSO RATHER DIM.FOR THERES ELEVEN OF US AND THERES ONLY ONE OF HIM.THE DREAMS, OF COURSE, WILL NOT COME TRUE.THAT IS, WE THINK THEY WONT COME TRUE.THAT IS, WE HOPE THEY WONT COME TRUE.WHAT IF HES RIGHT ALL ALONG?!THE DREAMS ARE MORE THAN CRYSTAL CLEAR. THE WRITING ON THE WALLMEANS THAT JOSEPH SOMEDAY SOON WILL RISE ABOVE US ALL.THE ACCURACY OF THE DREAMS WE BROTHERS DO NOT KNOW,BUT ONE THING WE ARE SURE ABOUT: THE DREAMER HAS TO GO!MUSIC 4: POOR, POOR JOSEPHNARRATORNEXT DAY FAR FROM HOMETHE BROTHERS PLANNED THEIR REPULSIVE CRIME.

BROTHERSLET US GRAB HIM NOWDO HIM IN WHILE WEVE GOT THE TIME.NARRATORTHIS THEY DID AND MADE THE MOST OF IT.TORE HIS COAT AND FLUNG HIM IN A PIT.BROTHERSLET US LEAVE HIM HEREALL ALONE AND HES BOUND TO DIE.NARRATORWHEN SOME ISHAMAELITESA HAIRY CREW CAME RIDING BY.IN A FLASH THE BROTHERS CHANGED THEIR PLAN.BROTHERSWe need cash. Lets sell him IF WE CAN.NARRATOR AND WOMENPOOR, POOR JOSEPH, WHATCHA GONNA DO?THINGS LOOK BAD FOR YOU, HEY, WHATCHA GONNA DO?POOR, POOR JOSEPH, WHATCHA GONNA DO?THINGS LOOK BAD FOR YOU, HEY, WHATCHA GONNA DO?

BROTHERSCOULD YOU USE A SLAVE, YOU HAIRY BUNCH OF ISHMALAELITES?YOUNG, STRONG, WELL-BEHAVED, GOING CHEAP AND HE READS AND WRITES!NARRATORIN A TRICE THE DIRTY DEAL WAS DONE.SILVER COINS FOR JACOBS FAVORITE SON.THEN THE ISHMALAELITES GALLOPED OFF WITH A SLAVE IN TOWOFF TO EGYPT WHERE JOSEPH WAS NOT TOO KEEN TO GO.IT WOULDNT BE A PICNIC HE COULD TELL,JOSEPHAND I DONT SPEAK EGYPTIAN VERY WELL.NARRATORJOSEPHS BROTHER TORE HIS PRECIOUS MULTI-COLORED COAT.HAVING RIPPED IT UP THEY NEXT ATTACKED A PASSING BROTHERS GOAT!NARRATORSOON THE WRETCHED CREATURE WAS NO MORE.THEY DIPPED HIS COAT IN BLOOD AND GUTS AND GORE.

NARRATOR AND WOMENOH, NOW BROTHERS, HOW LOW CAN YOU STOOP?YOU MAKE A SORDID GROUP, HEY, HOW LOW CAN YOU STOOP?POOR, POOR JOSEPH, SOLD TO BE A SLAVE.SITUATIONS GRAVE, HEY, SOLD TO BE A SLAVE.MUSIC 5: ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN/HOEDOWNJUDAH(whistles intro)BROTHERSFATHER, WEVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU, A STORY OF OUR TIME.GADA TRAGIC BUT INSPIRING TALE OF MANHOOD IN ITS PRIME.BROTHERSYOU KNOW YOU HAD ELEVEN SONS. WELL, NOW, THATS NOT QUITE TRUE.GADBUT FEEL NO SORROW, DO NOT GRIEVE, HE WOULD NOT WANT YOU TO. You see,BROTHERSTHERES ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN. THERES ONE MORE STAR IN THE SKY.JOSEPH, WELL NEVER FORGET YOU. ITS TOUGH BUT WERE GONNA GET BY.

GADTHERES ONE LESS PLACE AT OUR TABLE,THERES ONE MORE TEAR IN MY EYE,BROTHERS AHAH

GADBUT JOSEPH, THE THINGS THAT YOU STOOD FOR, like truth and light, never die.GADWhen I think of his last, great battle, a lump comes to my throat.It takes a man who knows not fear to wrestle with a goat.BROTHERSOOH OOHWOO WOO OOHGOL-DARN IT! GOL-DARN IT!YIPPY EYE-AYE!BROTHERSHIS BLOOD-STAINED COAT IS TRIBUTE TO HIS FINAL SACRIFICE.GADHIS BODY MAYBE PAST ITS PEAK, BUT HIS SOULS IN PARADISE.So long, little Joe.Adios, buckaroo.I wish I could quit you!ANGELAH, AH, AH, AHJACOBTheres one less place at my table.Theres one more tear in my eye.BROTHERSBUT JOSEPH, THE THINGS THAT YOU STOOD FOR, LIKE TRUTH AND LIGHT, NEVER DIE.CARVE HIS NAME WITH PRIDE AND COURAGEBENJAMINLET NO TEAR BE SHED.BROTHERSIF HE HAD NOT LAID DOWN HIS LIFE WE ALL WOULD NOW BE DAY-ED.(JACOB exits.)(dance break)ALLTHERES ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN. THERES ONE MORE STAR IN THE SKY.JOSEPH THE THINGS THAT YOU STOOD FOR LIKE TRUTH AND LIGHT NEVER DIE.THERES ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN. THERES ONE MORE STAR IN THE SKY.JOSEPH THE THINGS THAT YOU STOOD FOR, LIKE TRUTH AND LIGHT NEVER (JACOB enters.)GADTHERES ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN. THERES ONE MORE STAR IN THE SKY.FATHER, THE THINGS THAT HE STOOD FOR, LIKE TRUTH AND LIGHT NEVER(JACOB exits.)ALLDIE!MUSIC 6: JOURNEY TO EGYPTNARRATORJOSEPH WAS TAKEN TO EGYPT IN CHAINS AND SOLD.WHERE HE WAS BOUGHT BY A CAPTAIN NAMED POTIPHAR.MUSIC 6A: POTIPHARNARRATOR AND THREE MENPOTIPHAR HAD VERY FEW CARES.HE WAS ONE OF EGYPTS MILLIONAIRES.HAVING MADE A FORTUNE BUYING SHARES IN POTIPHAR Pyramids.NARRATOR AND THREE MENPOTIPHAR HAD MADE A HUGE PILE,OWNED A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE NILE,POTIPHARMEANT THAT I COULD REALLY LIVE IN STYLE

NARRATOR AND THREE MENAND HE DID.POTIPHARI did.NARRATORJOSEPH WAS AN UNIMPORTANT SLAVE WHO FOUND HE LIKED HIS MASTER.CONSEQUENTLY WORKED MUCH HARDER EVEN WITH DEVOTION.POTIPHAR COULD SEE THAT JOSEPH WAS A CUT ABOVE THE AVERAGE, MADE HIM LEADER OF THE HOUSEHOLD MAXIMUM PROMOTION.NARRATOR AND THREE MENPOTIPHAR WAS COOL AND SO FINE.POTIPHARBUT MY WIFE WOULD NEVER TOW THE LINE.NARRATOR AND THREE MENITS ALL THERE IN CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE OF GENESIS.POTIPHARDont believe all that you read, dears.NARRATOR AND THREE MENSHE WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT MRS. POTIPHAR AND WOMENEVIL.NARRATOR AND THREE MENSAW A LOT OF MEN AGAINST HIS WILL.HE WOULD HAVE TO TELL HER THAT SHE STILL WAS HIS.POTIPHARYoure mine.NARRATORJOSEPHS LOOKS AND HANDSOME FIGURE HAD ATTRACTED HER ATTENTION. EVERY MORNING SHE WOULD BECKON,MRS. POTIPHARCOME AND LIE WITH ME LOVE.NARRATORJOSEPH WANTED TO RESIST HER TIL ONE DAY SHE PROVED TOO EAGER. JOSEPH CRIED IN VAIN,JOSEPHPLEASE, STOP! I DONT BELIEVE IN FREE LOVE!MRS. POTIPHARPity.(dance break)NARRATORPOTIPHAR WAS COUNTING SHECKLES IN HIS DEN BELOW THE BEDROOOM WHEN HE HEARD A MIGHTY RUMPUS CLATTERING ABOVE HIM.SUDDENLY HE KNEW HIS RICHES COULDNT BUY HIM WHAT HE WANTED. GOLD WOULD NEVER MAKE HIM HAPPY IF SHE DIDNT LOVE HIM.NARRATORLETTING OUT A MIGHTY ROAR

POTIPHAR BURST THROUGH THE DOOR.POTIPHARRoooooaaaaar!

ENSEMBLEAH AHAH AHPOTIPHARJOSEPH, ILL SEE YOU ROT IN JAIL.THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE ARE BEYOND THE PALE.NARRATOR AND WOMENPOOR, POOR JOSEPH LOCKED UP IN A CELLTHINGS AINT GOING WELL, HEY, LOCKED UP IN A CELL.POOR, POOR JOSEPH LOCKED UP IN A CELLTHINGS AINT GOING WELL, HEY, LOCKED UP IN A CELL.MUSIC 7: CLOSE EVERY DOORJOSEPHCLOSE EVRY DOOR TO ME. HIDE ALL THE WORLD FROM ME.BAR ALL THE WINDOWS AND SHUT OUT THE LIGHT.DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH ME, HATE ME AND LAUGH AT ME.DARKEN MY DAYTIMES AND TORTURE MY NIGHT.IF MY LIFE WERE IMPORTANT I WOULD ASK, WILL I LIVE OR DIE?BUT I KNOW THE ANSWERS LIE FAR FROM THIS WORLD.CLOSE EVRY DOOR TO ME. KEEP THOSE I LOVE FROM ME.CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE NEVER ALONE.FOR I KNOW I SHALL FIND MY OWN PEACE OF MINDFOR I HAVE BEEN PROMISED A LAND OF MY OWN.CHILDRENCLOSE EVRY DOOR TO ME. HIDE ALL THE WORLD FROM ME.BAR ALL THE WINDOW AND SHUT OUT THE LIGHT.LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA (etc.)JOSEPHJUST GIVE ME A NUMBER INSTEAD OF MY NAME.FORGET ALL ABOUT ME AND LET ME DECAY.I DO NOT MATTER. IM ONLY ONE PERSON.DESTROY ME COMPLETELY THEN THROW ME AWAY.IF MY LIFE WERE IMPORTANT I WOULD ASK, WILL I LIVE OR DIE?BUT I KNOW THE ANSWERS LIE FAR FROM THIS WORLD.

ALLCLOSE EVRY DOOR TO ME. KEEP THOSE I LOVE FROM ME.CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE NEVER ALONE.FOR WE KNOW WE SHALL FIND OUR OWN PEACE OF MIND.JOSEPHFOR WE HAVE BEEN PROMISEDALLA LAND OF OUR OWN.MUSIC 8: GO, GO, GO JOSEPHNARRATORJOSEPHS LUCK WAS REALLY OUT.HIS SPIRITS AND HIS FORTUNE LOW.ALONE HE SAT, ALONE HE THOUGHT OF HAPPY TIMES HE USED TO KNOW.BRIANHEY, DREAMER! DONT BE SO UPSET.JOEYHEY, JOSEPH! YOURE NOT BEATEN YET.NARRATOR, BRIAN AND JOEYGO, GO, GO JOSEPH YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.HANG ON NOW, JOSEPH, YOULL MAKE IT SOMEDAYDONT GIVE UP, JOSEPH, FIGHT TIL YOU DROP.WEVE READ THE BOOK AND YOU COME OUT ON TOP.NARRATORTHE PRISON WALLS WERE WET AND BLACK,HIS CHAINS WERE HEAVY WEIGHED HIM DOWN.A CANDLE WAS HIS ONLY LIGHT,THE HUNGRY RATS THE ONLY SOUND.BRIANHEY, DREAMER! DONT BE SO UPSET.JOEYHEY, JOSEPH! YOURE NOT BEATEN YET.NARRATORGO, GO, GO, JOSEPH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.HANG ON NOW, JOSEPH, YOULL MAKE IT SOMEDAY.DONT GIVE UP, JOSEPH, FIGHT TIL YOU DROP.WEVE READ THE BOOK AND YOU COME OUT ON TOP.NARRATORNOW, INTO JOSEPHS PRISON CELL WERE FLUNG TWO VERY FRIGHTENED MEN.BAKER AND BUTLERWE DONT THINK THAT WE WILL EVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN.HEY, JOSEPH, HELP US IF YOU CAN. WEVE HAD DREAMS THAT WE DONT UNDERSTAND.ALLBOTH MEN WERE SERVANTS TO PHARAOH THE KING.BOTH IN THE DOG HOUSE FOR DOING THEIR THING.NARRATORONE WAS A BAKER, A COOK IN HIS PRIME.ONE WAS A BUTLER, THE JEEVES OF HIS TIME.JOSEPHTELL ME OF YOUR DREAMS MY FRIENDS AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY SHOW.THOUGH I CANNOT GUARANTEE TO GET IT RIGHT, ILL HAVE A GO.NARRATORFIRST THE BUTLER TREMBLING TOOK THE FLOOR.NERVOUSLY HE SPOKE OF WHAT HE SAW.BUTLERTHERE I WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE VINE.I PICKED SOME GRAPES AND I CRUSHED THEM TO WINE.I GAVE THEM TO PHARAOH WHO DRANK FROM MY CUP.I TRIED TO INTERPRET BUT I HAD TO GIVE UP.JOSEPHYOU WILL SOON BE FREE, MY FRIEND, SO DO NOT WORRY ANY MORE.THE KING WILL LET YOU OUT OF HERE. YOULL BUTTLE AS YOU DID BEFORE.NARRATORNEXT THE BAKER ROSE TO TELL HIS DREAMHOPING IT WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR THEME.BAKERTHERE I WAS STANDING WITH BASKETS OF BREAD.HIGH IN THE SKY I SAW BIRDS OVERHEADWHO FLEW TO THE BASKETS AND ATE EVRY SLICE.GIVE ME THE MESSAGE. LIKE HIS WOULD BE NICE.JOSEPHSAD TO SAY, YOUR DREAM IS NOT THE KIND OF DREAM ID LIKE TO GET.THE PHARAOH HAS IT IN FOR YOU. YOUR EXECUTION DATE IS SET.DONT RELY ON ALL I SAY I SAW.ITS JUST THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN WRONG BEFORE.ALLGO, GO, GO JOSEPH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.HANG ON NOW, JOSEPH, YOULL MAKE IT SOME DAY.SHA-LA-LA JOSEPH, YOURE DOIN FINE.YOU AND YOUR DREAMCOAT AHEAD OF YOUR TIME.GO, GO, GO JOSEPH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.HANG ON NOW, JOSEPH, YOULL MAKE IT SOME DAY.SHA-LA-LA JOSEPH, YOURE DOIN FINE.YOU AND YOUR DREAMCOAT AHEAD OF YOUR TIME.GO, GO, GO, GOGO, GO, GO JOSEPH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.HANG ON NOW JOSEPH, YOULL MAKE IT SOME DAY.SHA-LA-LA JOSEPH, YOURE DOIN FINE.YOU AND YOUR DREAMCOAT AHEAD OF YOUR TIME.NARRATORAHEAD OF YOUR TIME.

AHEAD OF YOUR TIME.JOSEPHAHEAD OF MY TIME.AHEAD OF MY TIME.ENSEMBLEAHEAD OF YOUR TIME.NARRATORAHEAD OF YOUR TIME.

AHEAD OF YOUR TIME.JOSEPHAHEAD OF MY TIME.AHEAD OF MY TIME.

ENSEMBLEAHEAD OF YOUR TIME.NARRATORAHEAD OF YOUR TIME.

AHEAD OF YOUR TIME.JOSEPHAHEAD OF MY TIME.ALL(dictated)AHEAD OF YOUR TIME!ACT BREAKNO INTERMISSION

ACT IIMUSIC 10: A PHARAOHS STORYNARRATORPHARAOH HE WAS A POWERFUL MANWITH THE ANCIET WORLD IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES HE WAS EGYPT WITH A CAPITAL E.WHATEVER HE DID HE WAS SHOWERED WITH PRAISE.IF HE CRACKED A JOKE THEN YOU CHORTLED FOR DAYS.NO ONE HAD RIGHTS OR A VOTE BUT THE KING.IN FACT, YOU MIGHT SAY HE WAS FAIRLY RIGHT-WING.WHEN PHARAOHS AROUNDTHEN YOU GET DOWN ON THE GROUND.IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF NEAR RAMESES,GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES.CHILDRENA PHARAOHS STORY, A PHARAOHS STORY,A PHARAOHS STORY, A PHARAOHS STORY.NARRATORDOWN AT THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE,JOSEPH IS STILL DOING TIME IN JAIL.FOR EVEN THOUGH HE IS IN WITH THE GUARDS,A LIFETIME IN PRISON SEEMS QUITE IN THE CARDS.BUT IF MY ANALYSIS OF THE POSTION IS RIGHT,AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL THERES A NARRATOR AND WOMENGLIMMER OF LIGHT.NARRATORFOR ALL OF A SUDDEN INDESCRIBABLE THINGS HAVE SHATTERED THE SLEEP OF BOTH PEASANTS AND KINGS.STRANGE AS IT SEEMS, THERES BEEN A RUN OF CRAZY DREAMS,AND A MAN WHO CAN INTERPRET COULD GO FAR,COULD BECOME A STAR.WOMEN AND CHILDRENCOULD BE FAMOUS, COULD BE A BIG SUCCESS.COULD BE FAMOUS, COULD BE A BIG SUCCESS.NARRATORSTRANGE AS IT SEEMS,THERES BEEN A RUN OF CRAZY DREAMS,AND A MAN WHO CAN INTERPRETCOULD GO FAR.WOMENSTRANGE AS IT SEEMSOF CRAZY DREAMS.AHWOW!NARRATORCOULD BECOME A STAR.CHILDRENCOULD BE FAMOUS,COULD BE A BIG SUCCESS.COULD BE FAMOUSWOMENAHAHAHNARRATOR, WOMEN AND CHILDRENCOULD BE A STAR!MUSIC 11 (PART 1): POOR, POOR PHARAOHNARRATORGUESS WHAT? IN HIS BED,PHARAOH HAD AN UNEASY NIGHT.HE HAD HAD A DREAM THAT PINNED HIM TO HIS SHEETS WITH FRIGHT.NO ONE KNEW THE MEANING OF THE DREAM.WHAT TO DO? WHATEVER COULD IT MEAN?THEN HIS BUTLER SAID:BUTLERI KNOW OF A BLOKE IN JAILWHO IS HOT ON DREAMS COULD EXPLAIN OLD PHARAOHS TALE.NARRATORPHARAOH SAID, WELL, FETCH THIS JOSEPH MAN.I NEED HIM TO HELP ME IF HE CAN.WOMENPOOR, POOR PHARAOHWHATCHA GONNA DO?DREAMS ARE HAUNTING YOU, HEY,WHATCHA GONNA DO?NARRATORCHAINED AND BOUND, AFRAID, ALONE,JOSEPH STOOD BEFORE THE THRONE.ENSEMBLEAH, AHAH, AHJOSEPHMY SERVICE TO PHARAOH HAS BEGUNTELL ME YOUR PROBLEMS, MIGHTY ONE.

MUSIC 11 (PART 2): SONG OF THE KINGPHARAOHWelcome to Egypt, Joseph.WELL, I WAS WANDRING ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER WHEN SEVEN FAT COWS CAME OUT OF THE NILE, A-HA-HA.ENSEMBLEBAP SHU WA DU WA BAP BAP SHU WA DU WAPHARAOHAND RIGHT BEHIND THESE FINE, HEALTHY ANIMALSCAME SEVEN OTHER COWS THAT WERE SKINNY AND VILE, A-HA-HA.ENSEMBLEBAP SHU WA DU WA BAP BAP SHU WA DU WAPHARAOHAND THEN THE THIN COWS ATE THE FAT COWS,WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD DO THEM GOOD, A-HA-HA.ENSEMBLEOOH

ENSEMBLEBAP SHU WA DU WA BAP BAP SHU WA DU WAPHARAOHBUT IT DIDNT MAKE THEM FATTER LIKE I THOUGHT A MONSTER SUPPER SHOULD.ENSEMBLEBAP SHU WA DU WA BAP BAP SHU WA DU WA

PHARAOHTHE THIN COWS WERE AS THINAS THEY HAD EVER, EVER, EVER BEEN.ENSEMBLEOOHBASSESOOM-BA DUM-BA DUM-BA DUM-BA DUMPHARAOHTHIS DREAM HAS GOT ME BAFFLED,HEY, JOSEPH, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?PHARAOHNOW, YOU KNOW THAT KINGS AINTSTUPID,BUT I DONT HAVE A CLUE.SO DONT YOU BE CRUEL, JOSEPH,HELP ME NOW IM BEGGIN OF YOU!ENSEMBLEOOH, STUPID!OOH, STUPID!OHH, JOSEPH!AHPHARAOHI WAS STANDING DOING NOTHING IN A FIELD OUT OF TOWNWHEN I SAW SEVEN BEAUTIFUL EARS OF CORN, A-HA-HA.ENSEMBLEBAP SHU WA DU WA BAP BAP SHU WA DU WAPHARAOHTHEY WERE RIPE AND THEY WERE GOLDEN AND YOU GUESSED ITRIGHT BEHIND THEM THERE WERE SEVEN OTHER EARSTHAT WERE TATTERED AND TORN, A-HA-HA.ENSEMBLEBAP SHU WA DU WA BAP BAP SHU WA DU WAPHARAOHTHEN THE BAD CORN ATE THE GOOD CORN MAN, THEY CAME UP FROM BEHIND. YES, THEY DID!ENSEMBLEBAP SHU WA DU WA BAP BAP SHU WA DU WAPHARAOHBUT, JOSEPH, HERES THE PUNCH LINE.ITS REALLY GONNA BLOW YOUR MIND. Flip your lid!PHARAOHTHE BAD CORN WAS AS BAD AS IT HAD EVER, EVER, EVER BEEN.ENSEMBLEOOHBASSESOOM-BA DUM-BA DUM-BA DUM-BA DUMPHARAOHTHIS DREAM HAS GOT ME ALL SHOOK UP,TREAT ME NICE AND TELL ME WHAT IT MEANS.HEY, HEY, HEY,PHARAOHJOSEPH,WONT YOU TELL POOR OLD PHARAOHWHAT DOES IT MEAN?OH, YEAH!ENSEMBLEBA BA BA (etc.)OH, YEAH!MUSIC 12: PHARAOHS DREAM EXPLAINEDJOSEPHSEVEN YEARS OF BUMPER CROPS ARE ON THEIR WAY.ENSEMBLEOoh!JOSEPHYEARS OF PLENTY, ENDLESS WHEAT AND TONS OF HAY.ENSEMBLEAah!JOSEPHYOUR FARMS WILL BOOM.THERE WONT BE ROOMTO STORE THE SURPLUS FOOD YOU GROW.AFTER THAT THE FUTURE DOESNT LOOK SO BRIGHT.EGYPTS LUCK WILL CHANGE COMPLETELY OVER NIGHT.AND FAMINES HANDWILL STALK THE LANDWITH FOOD AN ALL-TIME LOW.NOBLE KING THERE IS NO DOUBTWHAT YOUR DREAM IS ALL ABOUT.ALL THESE THINGS YOU SAW IN YOUR PAJAMASARE A LONG-RANGE FORECAST FOR YOUR FARMERS.JOSEPHAND IM SURE ITS CROSSED YOUR MIND,WHAT IT IS YOU HAVE TO FIND:FIND A MAN TO LEAD YOU THROUGH THE FAMINEWITH A FLAIR FOR ECONOMIC PLANNIN,WOMENWOMENAHAHAH

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JOSEPHBUT WHO THIS MAN COULD BE I JUST DONT KNOW.JOSEPH, ENSEMBLE AND CHILDRENWHO THIS MAN COULD BE I JUST DONT (KNOW.)WHO THIS MAN COULD BE I JUST DONT (KNOW.)WHO THIS MAN COULD BE I JUST DONT (KNOW.)WHO THIS MAN COULD BE I JUST DONT (KNOW.)WHO THIS MAN COULD BE I JUST DONT KNOW.MUSIC 13: STONE THE CROWSNARRATORPHARAOH SAID:PHARAOHWELL, STONE THE CROWS, THIS JOSEPH IS A CLEVER KID.WHOD HAVE THOUGHT THAT FOURTEEN COWS COULD MEAN THE THINGS HE SAID THEY DID?JOSEPH, YOU MUST HELP ME FURTHER; I HAVE FOUND A JOB FOR YOU.YOU SHALL LEAD US THROUGH THIS CRISIS, YOU SHALL BE MY NUMBER TWO.NARRATORPHARAOH TOLD HIS GUARDS TO FETCH A CHISEL FROM THE LOCAL STOREWHEREUPON HE ORDERED THEM TO CUT THE CHAINS THAT JOSEPH WORE.JOSEPH GOT A ROYAL PARDON AND A HOST OF SPLENDID THINGS:A CHARIOT OF GOLD, A CLOAK, A MEDAL AND SOME SIGNET RINGS.WOMENOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OO OO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OO

NARRATORJOSEPH,PHARAOHS NUMBER TWO.JOSEPH, EGYPT LOOKS TO YOU.JOSEPH,PHARAOHS NUMBER TWO.JOSEPH,EGYPT LOOKS TO YOU.JOSEPH!WOMEN AND CHILDRENJOSEPH,PHARAOHS NUMBER TWO.JOSEPH, EGYPT LOOKS TO YOU.JOSEPH,PHARAOHS NUMBER TWO.JOSEPH,EGYPT LOOKS TO YOU.AHNARRATORSEVEN SUMMERS ON THE TROT WERE PERFECT JUST AS JOSEPH SAID.JOSEPH SAW THAT FOOD WAS GATHERED, READY FOR THE YEARS AHEAD.SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE FOLLOWED; EGYPT DID NOT MIND A BIT.THE FIRST RECORDED RATIONING IN HISTRY WAS HIT.WOMENOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOWOMENJOSEPH, HOW CAN WE EVER SAYALL THAT WE WANT TO ABOUT YOU?WERE SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME OUR WAY,WE WOULD HAVE PERISHED WITHOUT YOU.PHARAOHJOSEPH, WE ARE THE PERFECT TEAM.OLD BUDDIES, THATS YOU AND ME.I WAS WISE TO HAVE CHOSEN YOU.YOULL BE WISE TO AGREE.WOMENJOSEPH, HOW CAN WE EVER SAYALL THAT WE WANT TO ABOUT YOU?WERE SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME OUR WAY,WE WOULD HAVE PERISHED WITHOUT YOU.PHARAOHWE WERE IN A JAMWOULD HAVE BAFFLED ABRAHAM.BUT NOW WERE A PARTNERSHIP ITS JUST A PIECE OF CAKE.WOMENGREATEST MAN SINCE NOAH.ONLY GOES TO SHO-AH:JOSEPHANYONE FROM ANYWHERE CAN MAKE IT IF HE GETS A LUCKY BREAK!

NARRATORTHIS COULD BE THE HAPPY ENDING,PERFECT PLACE TO STOP THE SHOW.JOSEPH, AFTER ALL, HAS GOT ABOUTAS FAR AS HE COULD GO.BUT IM SURE THAT JACOB AND HIS OTHER SONS HAVE CROSSED YOUR MIND.HOW HAD FAMINE HIT THE FAMLY JOSEPH LEFT BEHIND?WOMENOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOOO-EE-OO-EEOO-EE-OOMUSIC 14: THOSE CANAAN DAYSBENJAMINDO YOU REMEMBER THE GOOD YEARS IN CANAAN?THE SUMMERS WERE ENDLESSLY GOLD.ASHERMais ois!BENJAMINTHE FIELDS WERE A PATCHWORK OF CLOVER.RUEBENAll over.BENJAMINTHE WINTERS WERE NEVER TOO COLD.WED STROLL DOWN THE BOULEVARD TOGETHER.NO HINT OF THIS TRAGIC DECLINE.NOW THE FIELDS ARE DEAD AND BARE.NO JOIE DE VIVRE ANYWHERE.ET MAINTENANT, WE DRINK A BITTER WINE.BROTHERSTHOSE CANAAN DAYS WE USED TO KNOW.WHERE HAVE THEY GONE? WHERE DID THEY GO?EH BIEN, RAISE YOUR BERETSTO THOSE CANAAN DAYS.BENJAMINDO YOU REMEMBER THOSE WONDERFUL PARTIES?THE SPLENDOR OF CANAANS CUISINE,THOSE EXTRAVAGANT, ELEGANT SOIREES,THE GAYEST THE BIBLE HAS SEEN.ITS FUNNY, BUT SINCE WE LOST JOSEPHJACOBJosephBENJAMINWEVE GONE TO THE OTHER EXTREME.NO ONE COMES TO DINNER NOW.WED ONLY EAT THEM ANYHOW.I EVEN FIND IM MISSING JOSEPHS DREAMS.BROTHERSTHOSE CANAAN DAYS WE USED TO KNOW.WHERE HAVE THEY GONE? WHERE DID THEY GO?EH BIEN, RAISE YOUR BERETSTO THOSE CANAAN DAYS.BENJAMINITS FUNNY, BUT SINCE WE LOST JOSEPHJACOBJosephBENJAMINWEVE GONE TO THE OTHER EXTREME.PERHAPS WE ALL MISJUDGED THE LAD.PERHAPS HE WASNT QUITE THAT BAD.AND HOW WE MISS HIS ENTERTAINING DREAMS.BROTHERSTHOSE CANAAN DAYS WE USED TO KNOW.WHERE HAVE THEY GONE? WHERE DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID (gasp) THEY GO?EH BIEN, RAISE YOUR BERETSTO THOSE CANAAN DAYS!MUSIC 15: THE BROTHERS IN EGYPT/GROVEL GROVELNARRATORSO BACK IN CANAAN THE FUTURE LOOKED ROUGH.JOSEPHS FAMLY WAS FINDING IT TOUGH.BROTHERSFOR THE FAMINE HAS CAUGHT US UNPREPARED.WE ARE THIN, WE ARE ILL, WE ARE GETTING SCARED.ITS ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE WEEP.WE ARE DOWN TO OUR VERY LAST SHEEP.ISAACHARWE WILL STARVE IF WE HANG AROUND HERE,DANAND IN EGYPT THERES FOOD GOING SPARE.NAPTHALITHEYVE GOT CORN, THEYVE GOT MEAT, THEYVE GOT FOOD AND DRINKS.LEVIAND IF WE HAVE THE TIME WE COULD SEE THE SPHINX.NARRATORSO THEY FINLLY DECIDED TO GOOFF TO EGYPT TO SEE BROTHER JOE.SO THEY ALL LAY BEFORE JOSEPHS FEET.BROTHERSMIGHT PRINCE, GIVE US SOMETHING TO EAT.NARRATORJOSEPH FOUND IT A STRAIN NOT TO LAUGH BECAUSENOT A BROTHER AMONG THEM KNEW WHO HE WAS.JOSEPHI SHALL NOW TAKE THEM ALL FOR A RIDE.AFTER ALL THEY HAVE TRIED FRATRICIDE.I DREAMED THAT IN THE FIELDS ONE DAY THE CORN GAVE ME A SIGN.YOUR ELEVEN SHEAVES OF CORN ALL TURNED AND BOWED TO MINE.JOSEPHI DREAMED I SAW ELEVEN STARS,THE SUN AND MOON AND SKYBOWING DOWN BEFORE MY STARAND NOW I REALIZE WHY.WOMENLA LA LA LA LA LA (etc.)JOSEPHHOW DO I KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM? YOU COULD BE SPIES.TELLING ME YOU ARE HUNGRY THAT COULD BE LIES.HOW DO I KNOW WHO YOU ARE?WHY DO YOU THINK I SHOULD HELP YOU? WOULD YOU HELP ME?WHY ON EARTH SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU? IVE NO GUARANTEE.BROTHERSGROVEL, GROVEL, CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.WORSHIP, WORSHIP, BEG KNEEL SPONGE CRAWL.BROTHERSGROVEL, GROVEL, CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.WORSHIP, WORSHIP, BEG KNEEL SPONGE CRAWL.NARRATORGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVELBROTHERSWE ARE JUST ELEVEN BROTHERS, GOOD MEN AND TRUETHOUGH WE KNOW WE COUNT FOR NOTHING WHEN UP NEXT TO YOU.HONESTYS OUR MIDDLE NAME.LIFE IS SLOWLY EBBING FROM US, HOPES ALMOST GONE.ITS GETTING VERY HARD TO SEE US FROM SIDEWAYS ON.GROVEL, GROVEL, CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.WORSHIP, WORSHIP, BEG KNEEL SPONGE CRAWL.BRTOHERSGROVEL, GROVEL,CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.WORSHIP, WORSHIP,BEG KNEEL SPONGE CRAWL.NARRATORGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVEL

JOSEPHI RATHER LIKE THE WAY YOURE TALKING, ASTUTE AND SINCERE.SUDDENLY YOUR TRAGIC STORY GETS ME RIGHT HERE.BROTHERSTHIS IS WHAT WE HOPED YOUD SAY.JOSEPHALL THIS TUGGING AT MY HEARTSTRINGSSEEMS QUITE JUSTIFIEDI SHALL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU CAME FORAND LOTS MORE BESIDE.BROTHERSGROVEL, GROVELCRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.WORSHIP, WORSHIPBEG KNEEL SPONGE

BROTHERSTHANK YOU, THANK YOU,CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.THANK YOU, THANK YOU,BEG KNEEL SPONGE CRAWL.NARRATORGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVEL

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU,CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.THANK YOU, THANK YOU,BEG KNEEL SPONGE CRAWL.NARRATORGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVELGROVEL, GROVEL

NARRATORJOSEPH HANDED THEM SACKLOADS OF FOODAND THEY GROVELLED WITH BASE GRATITUDE.NARRATOR AND WOMENTHEN UNSEEN JOSEPH NIPPED OUT AROUND THE BACKAND PLANTED A CUP IN YOUNG BENJAMINS SACK.WHEN THE BROTHERS WERE READY TO GOJOSEPH TURNED TO THEM ALL WITH A TERRIBLE STARE AND SAIDNARRATOR, WOMEN AND JOSEPHNO!NO!NO!NO! (Direct segue - )MUSIC 16: WHOS THE THIEF?JOSEPHSTOP YOU ROBBERS, YOUR LITTLE NUMBERS UP!ONE OF YOU HAS STOLEN MY PRECIOUS GOLDEN CUP.NARRATORJOSEPH STARTED SEARCHING THROUGH HIS BROTHERS SACKS.EVERYONE WAS NERVOUS, NO ONE COULD RELAX.WOMENWHOS THE THIEF? WHOS THE THIEF? WHOS THE THIEF? WHOS THE THIEF?NARRATORIS IT REUBEN?IS IT SIMEON?IS IT NAPTHALI?IS IT DAN?

BROTHERS, WOMEN AND CHILDRENNO!NO!NO!NO!IS IT ASHER?IS IT ISAACHAR?IS IT LEVI?WHOS THE MAN?IS IT ZEBULUN?IS IT GAD?IS IT JUDAH?IS IT HIM?NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NARRATORCOULD IT BE, COULD IT BE, COULD IT BE, COULD IT BE,COULD IT BE, COULD IT BE,COULD IT POSSIBLY BEJOSEPHBENJAMIN!ENSEMBLEYES! YES! YES!JOSEPHBENJAMIN, YOU NASTY YOUTH, YOUR CRIME HAS SHOCKED ME TO THE CORE.NEVER IN MY WHOLE CAREER HAVE I ENCOUNTERED THIS BEFORE.GUARDS, SEIZE HIM! LOCK HIM IN A CELL.THROW THE KEY INTO THE NILE AS WELL.NARRATOREACH OF THE BROTHERS FELL TO HIS KNEES.BROTHERSSHOW HIM SOME MERCY, O, MIGHTY ONE, PLEASE.HE WOULD NOT DO THIS. HE MUST HAVE BEEN FRAMED.JAIL US AND BEAT US, WE SHOULD BE BLAMED.LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA .MUSIC 17: BENJAMIN CALYPSOBROTHERS (EXCEPT BENJAMIN)OH NO, NOT HE.HOW YOU CAN ACCUSE HIM IS A MYSTERY.SAVE HIM, TAKE ME.BENJAMIN IS STRAIGHTER DAN DE TALL PALM TREE.JUDAHI HEAR DE STEEL DRUMS SING DEIR SONG.DEYRE SINGING, MAN, YOU KNOW YOU GOT IT WRONG.I HEAR DE VOICE OF DE YELLOW BIRDSINGING IN DE TREE, DIS IS QUITE ABSURD!BROTHERSOH YES, ITS TRUE.BENJAMIN IS STRAIGHTER DAN DE BIG BAMBOO.NO IFS, NO BUTS.BENJAMIN IS HONEST AS COCONUTS.JUDAHSURE AS DE TIDE WASH DE GOLDEN SANDBENJAMIN IS AN INNOCENT MAN.SURE AS BANANAS NEED DE SUNWE ARE DE CRIMINAL GUILTY ONES!BROTHERSOH NOJUDAHLIMBO!BROTHERS NOT HE.HOW YOU CAN ACCUSE HIM IS A MYSTERY.SAVE HIM, TAKE ME.BENJAMIN IS STRAIGHTER DAN DE TALL PALM TREE.LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LA LA LAMUSIC 18: JOSEPH ALL THE TIMENARRATORAND JOSEPH KNEW BY THIS HIS BROTHERS NOW WERE HONEST MEN.THE TIME HAD COME, AT LAST, TO REUNITE THEM ALL AGAIN.JOSEPHCANT YOU RECOGNIZE MY FACE?IS IT HARD TO SEE?THAT JOSEPH WHO YOU THOUGHT WAS DEAD,YOUR BROTHER, IS ME!GIRLSLA LA LA LA LA LA (etc.)

NARRATOR, BROTHERS AND WOMENJOSEPH, JOSEPH, IS IT REALLY TRUE?JOSEPH, JOSEPH, IS IT REALLY YOU?JOSEPH, JOSEPH.MUSIC 19: JACOB IN EGYPTENSEMBLE AND CHILDRENSO JACOB CAME TO EGYPT, NO LONGER FEELING OLD.AND JOSEPH WENT TO MEET HIM IN HIS CHARIOT OF GOLD.OF GOLD OF GOLD OF GOLD.MUSIC 20: ANY DREAM WILL DO (FINALE)JOSEPHI CLOSED MY EYES, DREW BACK THE CURTAINTO SEE FOR CERTAIN WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW.FAR, FAR AWAY, SOMEONE WAS WEEPING,BUT THE WORLD WAS SLEEPING.ANY DREAM WILL DO.JOSEPHI WORE MY COATWITH GOLDEN LININGBRIGHT COLORS SHININGWONDERFUL AND NEW.AND IN THE EASTTHE DAWN WAS BREAKINGAND THE WORLD WAS WAKINGANY DREAM WILL DO.CHILDRENI WORE MY COATAHAHAND IN THE EASTAHAHJOSEPHA CRASH OF DRUMS, A FLASH OF LIGHTMY GOLDEN COAT FLEW OUT OF SIGHTALLTHE COLORS FADED INTO DARKNESS I WAS LEFT ALONE.

JOSEPHMAY I RETURNTO THE BEGINNINGTHE LIGHT IS DIMMINGAND THE DREAM IS TOO.THE WORLD AND I,WE ARE STILL WAITING,STILL HESITATING.ANY DREAM WILL DO.ENSEMBLEMAY I RETURNAHAHTHE WORLD AND IAHAHJOSEPH, NARRATOR AND BROTHERSGIVE ME MY COLORED COAT,MY AMAZING COLORED COAT!GIVE ME MY COLORED COAT,WOMENAHAHAH

ALLMY AMAZING COLORED COAT!MUSIC 21: MEGAMIX