is getting to work with her own
two children, Jonathan and Emma
Schwartz. For six years, Jonathan
played the title role but he has
since gone on to Broadway fame
in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
and Aladdin. He even ran The
Amazing Race on CBS’s hit reality
show. Emma, a high school senior,
is a relative newcomer to Joseph,
having just joined the ranks last
season.
The title role was originated by
Timothy Gleason in 1995. Gleason later went on to play Raoul in
Broadway’s longest running musical The Phantom of the Opera. He
was succeeded as Joseph by Billy
Piscopo, who played the role the
longest, donning the colorful coat
for nine years. This past summer
Piscopo returned to PIP and Andrew Lloyd Webber playing quite
a different Joseph – Joe Gillis in
Sunset Boulevard. After Schwartz’s
six seasons in the spotlight, another PIP veteran, Ben Rosenbach,
assumed the role. This year, back
for his second star turn as Jacob’s
favorite son, is Michael Ferlita.
Ferlita is the recipient of Paper
Mill Playhouse’s coveted Rising
Star Award for the dual role of
Jekyll and Hyde. Returning to play
key supporting roles are character
actors Jack Cibrian as Jacob (ten
years) and Art Neill as an Elvisinspired Pharaoh (seven years).
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