Performing the title role in the popular Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice collaboration based on the biblical story of Joseph is Ace Young, a former high-school star athlete, hunky fifth-season “American Idol” contestant and Grammy Award-nominated songwriter.
“I always knew I’d do some big creative things — even at 5 or 6 years old,” Young said Wednesday.
Playing the role of Narrator is Young’s vivacious bride, Diana DeGarmo, also a songwriter who was the runner-up of the third season of “American Idol” and then played the character Angelina Veneziano on “The Young and the Restless.” Her first single, “Dreams,” reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
“I definitely had dreams of being on stage,” DaGarmo said. “I loved performing — I have ever since I was a child.”
About meeting each other as co-performers in the 2009 revival of the musical “Hair,” Young said, “It was almost fate that we’d come together for this magical moment.”
Today, the couple are thrilled to be playing the leading characters in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
“This was an opportunity we could not pass up,” DeGarmo said. “It’s a rare chance for a husband and wife to do a touring show together.”
The stunningly gorgeous couple share the stage with another attractive “character” — the dreamcoat itself. Guarding the coat at all times is Wardrobe Supervisor Jocelyn Cartwright. After a performance is over, “I usually hide it,” Cartwright said.
The dreamcoat’s design was inspired by the 12 stained glass windows Marc Chagall created in the 1960s for the Abbell Synagogue at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem. The dreamcoat’s 12 panels represent Joseph and his 11 brothers.
Attending the Tuesday opening night performing was Nancy Forsthoefel of Kettering. “It was fun!” she said.
“It was truly amazing for the whole house. Everybody had a smile because they were in their happy place — they truly were,” Forsthoefel said.
The show continues through the weekend: today (Oct. 23) and Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $25 to $97 and are available by calling 937-228-3630 or online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.
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