Lee Mead, winner of the reality television show 'Any Dream Will Do', has been praised by critics for his preview performance in 'Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'.
Despite a technical hitch which caused the show to be halted ten minutes after the curtain opened, most reviews of Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest production were positive.
The Telegraph said: "What Lee Mead has in spades is charm, crucial in a role that could easily seem unattractively priggish."
"He also looks good in a loincloth and has a powerful and expressive voice. By the end, however, his vocals were beginning to sound a touch frayed and he and the management need to take care he doesn't overstrain his greatest asset like Connie Fisher in 'The Sound of Music'."
The Daily Mail said: "Lee himself is not a natural comedian. He does not move particularly well. But he hurls himself into the honking cacophony and is almost as gorgeous to behold as Joseph's multi-coloured coat."
The Independent said: "Lacking in character and with a tendency to give out towards the end of a line, his voice is not the world's greatest, or even the greatest in the show."
"But Mead more than fulfils the requirements, with a mop of dark curls, a wholesome, sweet manner, and a way of filling a pleated loincloth that will appeal to all sexes."
