An Outstanding Performance of Our Favorite Musical
by VenturaPhantomLover on 10/16/17Fred Kavli Theatre-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza - Thousand OaksThis was our eighth time of attending Joseph performances from Los Angeles venues, to local performances and we have even spoken to Donny Osmond praising him for his run as Joseph. So our attitude going to this performance was "been there, done that." We are not fans of hip hop and we heard that the choreographer might be including that into the production. However, from the beginning note of the overture to the curtain call, we were stunned at the excellent quality of the performers, the music, dancing, lighting and of course the story of Joseph. We have never seen such dancing! Maybe I like hip hop after all, especially with the way Benjamin danced, spun and back flipped all over the stage. The children really added to the performance. We have seen two productions without children and it's just not the same; I think at one point I counted more than 40 children on stage. Several times during the show we were brought to tears by the performances and the emotion put into the music, singing and dancing. We cannot praise this production of Joseph enough and we are glad we got to witness it. We may look into buying tickets to see this production again before the end of the run because we can't get it out of our minds days later. If anyone is on the fence about seeing this show, you must go!