<Tr> <Th> Premiere </Th> <Td> 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Productions </Th> <Td> 1968 Colet Court 1971 Young Vic company 1973 West End 1978 West End 1982 Broadway 1991 West End revival 1993 Broadway revival 2003 West End revival 2005 US Tour 2007 US Tour 2007 West End revival 2010 UK tour 2014 US Tour 2014 UK Tour 2015 North American tour 2016 UK tour </Td> </Tr> <P> Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber . The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis . This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly (the first, The Likes of Us, written in 1965, was not performed until 2005). </P> <P> The show has little spoken dialogue; it is almost entirely sung - through . Its family - friendly story, familiar themes and catchy music have resulted in numerous stagings . According to the owner of the copyright, the Really Useful Group, by 2008 more than 20,000 schools and amateur theatre groups had staged productions . </P>

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