After a five-year hiatus, the much-loved tradition of sleepovers at the American Museum of Natural History has returned.

Director and Tony nominee Saheem Ali teases the bold production — and the wildlife they encountered while putting it on.

“Nothing,” admits Rose Tysdale, the museum’s manager and Christmas tree convener with Ashley Mason and Lindsey Massecar.

Wildwood Park for the Arts and Praeclara are staging “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” the first collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics).

My hope is to use technology not as a distraction but as an invitation, bringing audiences back into direct relationship with ...