Shows · The Band's Visit
The Band's Visit
Opened 2017
589 performances
Musical, Contemporary
The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra, a group of Egyptian musicians, arrives in Israel to play a concert but accidentally takes the wrong bus and ends up stranded in a tiny, forgotten desert town. Over one quiet night, the musicians and the lonely townspeople — including the melancholy cafe owner Dina — connect across their cultural divide through music, food, and shared loneliness, discovering that what unites them is far greater than what divides them.
- Music
- David Yazbek
- Lyrics
- David Yazbek
- Book
- Itamar Moses
Productions1 on Broadway
Songs3 songs
Omar Sharif, Something Different, Answer Me
The Band's Visit is a stage musical with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Itamar Moses, based on the 2007 Israeli film of the same name. The musical opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in November 2017, after its off-Broadway premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company in December 2016. The Band's Visit has received critical acclaim. Its off-Broadway production won several major awards, including the 2017 Obie Award for Musical Theatre, as well the year's New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical. At the 72nd Tony Awards, it was nominated for 11 awards and won 10, including Best Musical. The Band's Visit is one of four musicals in Broadway history to win…
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