The full cast is set for the Broadway transfer of the musical The Band's Visit, which will open at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre November 9.
Joining the previously announced principal cast are Rent and Fiddler on the Roof star Adam Kantor as Telephone Guy and An American in Paris’ Etai Benson as Papi.
The Band’s Visit, David Yazbek and Itamar Moses’ heartfelt tale of life and love in a small Israeli town, will begin previews October 7. Tickets are available at Telecharge.com prior to the box office officially opening September 4.
Kantor and Benson join Indecent alum Katrina Lenk, Tony nominees Tony Shalhoub and John Cariani, Ari'el Stachel, George Abud, Andrew Polk, Bill Army, Rachel Prather, Jonathan Raviv, Sharone Sayegh, Kristen Sieh, and Alok Tewari.
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Pomme Koch and Madison Micucci will serve as understudies.
Based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin, The Band’s Visit follows the story of an Egyptian police band, who, after a mixup at the border, find themselves in a remote village in the middle of the Israeli desert. With no bus or hotel in sight, the band members are led into unlikely friendships with some of the locals, causing their lives to intertwine in unexpected and spectacular ways.
The show, directed by David Cromer, arrives on Broadway following an acclaimed and sold-out world premiere at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company—with much of the original cast and creative team in tow.
The Broadway creative team includes choreographer Patrick McCollum, set designer Scott Pask, costume designer Sarah Laux, lighting designer Tyler Micoleau, sound designer Kai Harada, projection designer Maya Ciarrocchi, and hair designer Charles LaPointe. Orchestrations are by Jamshied Sharifi, Andrea Grody is co-music supervisor and music director, and Dean Sharenow is co-music supervisor. Casting by Tara Rubin Casting.
The Band’s Visit is produced by Orin Wolf, John Styles, John N. Hart Jr. and Atlantic Theater Company.
Flip through photos of the Off-Broadway staging of The Band’s Visit below:
