<P> The production transferred to Broadway at the Royale Theatre on 27 January 1982 and ran through 4 September 1983, with 747 performances . This production was recorded on the Chrysalis label, and is the first to feature the Prologue (dubbed on the Chrysalis release "You are what you feel"). The producers were Gail Berman and Susan Rose, who were the youngest producers on Broadway . The show received several Tony Award nominations including Best Musical and Best Original Score . Allen Fawcett replaced Hutton as Joseph in June 1982 . David Cassidy took over the role of Joseph in March 1983 and also performed in the touring cast in 1983--1984 . </P> <P> With Jason Donovan in the lead, the expanded show was restaged in 1991 at the London Palladium with Steven Pimlott as director and Anthony Van Laast as choreographer, winning the 1992 Laurence Olivier Award for set design . The cast album of this production was the #1 UK album for two weeks in September 1991, and the single "Any Dream Will Do" from it was also the #1 UK single for two weeks in June--July 1991 . When Donovan left, former children's TV presenter Phillip Schofield portrayed Joseph . </P> <P> The musical opened in Toronto at the Elgin Theatre in July 1992, with Donny Osmond as Joseph and Janet Metz as the Narrator . Afterwards, Osmond toured North America in the role . A major Australian production, based on the 1991 UK version, opened on 31 December 1992 at the State Theatre in Melbourne . It featured Indecent Obsession lead singer David Dixon as Joseph and Tina Arena as the Narrator . The musical then played seasons in Brisbane and Sydney through 1993 . </P> <P> The show was revived in the United States in 1993, playing in Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre for 18 weeks, and in San Francisco at the Golden Gate Theatre for an 8 - week run, before moving to Broadway, where it played for 231 performances at the Minskoff Theatre from 10 November 1993 to 29 May 1994 . The cast featured Michael Damian (Joseph), Kelli Rabke (Narrator), Clifford David (Jacob), and Robert Torti (Pharaoh). </P>

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