Donny Osmond’s ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ to stream for free. Here’s how to watch

Since April, The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel has given people their theater fix amid the coronavirus pandemic, airing productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber and NBC musicals for free every Friday

Now, the channel is ending the way it started: streaming Donny Osmond’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” 

What’s going on 

• With Broadway and theaters shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Shows Must Go On has given millions of people their theater fix. 
• Previously, the channel has streamed “The Sound of Music Live!” “Peter Pan Live!” “The Wiz Live!” “Hairspray Live!” “By Jeeves!” “Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Royal Albert Hall Celebration,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” the “Phantom” sequel “Love Never Dies,” the 2012 U.K. arena tour production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” starring Osmond. 

• “Joseph” will again be streaming on the channel starting July 10 at noon MT, according to Broadway World. The production will be available for 48 hours.

About ‘Joseph’

• This is a 1999 direct-to-video adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical. Osmond played the role of Joseph for 2,000 performances throughout the 1990s, the Deseret News previously reported. 
• Osmond has said that he was initially surprised to have landed the role. To prepare for his audition, he purchased a tape of the music, planning to listen to it during a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York. But he ended up falling asleep and waking up just before landing, according to the Deseret News. But even still, his little preparation was enough to land him the role. 

• “When I made the commitment, I realized that everything else — like recordings, concert tours — had to be put on the back burner,” Osmond told the Associated Press in 1992. “The way I work, when I do something, I really focus into it.”

Raising money

• Over the months, all of the productions have been free to stream. But donations from The Shows Must Go On streams have helped a number of organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Actors Fund, Acting for Others, Broadway Cares and Actors Benevolent Fund, the Deseret News previously reported.

Moving forward

• The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel is taking a break from streaming full shows, although it will continue to air clips from various shows throughout the summer, according to Broadway World. 
• The channel will take a “brief hiatus” and return with “all-new seasons of exciting shows,” Broadway World reported.