LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” holds a special place for Chicago theatergoers because it had much to do with making the city’s downtown a center for stage entertainment.
The “Joseph” production that featured Donny Osmond and played in Chicago for years during the 1990s was extremely successful. It brought in Midwest tourists and made so much money for nearby restaurants and hotels that the then-Mayor Richard Daley encouraged the renovations of old downtown movie houses to create a Loop theater district.
