Well, it seems that JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLORED DREAMCOAT will be coming back to London via another reality TV show produced and starring mega-musical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. In spite of all the critical backlash that Lloyd Webber receives, I must admit that I have a certian fondness for JOSEPH. It was the first Broadway musical that I ever saw. And like other young lads in 1993 who were just discovering musical theater, I immediately committed the entire score to memory by listening to my cassette of the national touring cast with Jason Donovan as Joseph.
Of course, Broadway will soon get its own taste of reality TV/musical theater with "You're the One That I Want," in which Kathleen Marshall (THE PAJAMA GAME) will cast Danny and Sandy in a revival of GREASE! What theater it plays will probably depend on what new musicals of this season bomb, since the revival is supposed to open in July, I believe.
As it happens, I also have a fondness for GREASE! It was the first musical that I was ever in. (I was 12 and played Sonny. That middle performance was not reviewed, but I remember hearing such criticisms as "Thrilling," "Surprising," and "For God's sake, look at the audience and not at your feet.")