The David Yazbek–Itamar Moses musical The Band's Visit officially opened on Broadway November 9 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The musical transferred uptown following an acclaimed Off-Broadway world-premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company last year.
Read: HOW BROADWAY’S KATRINA LENK MAKES BIG IMPACT IN SMALL MOMENTS IN THE BAND’S VISIT
Based on the 2007 film by Eran Kolirin, the show follows Egyptian police band, who, after a mix-up at the border, find themselves in a remote village in the middle of the Israeli desert. Over the course of an evening, the band members are led into unlikely friendships with some of the locals, causing their lives to intertwine and change irreversibly.
The cast is made up of Katrina Lenk, Tony nominees Tony Shalhoub and John Cariani, George Abud, Andrew Polk, Bill Army, Adam Kantor, Rachel Prather, Jonathan Raviv, Sharone Sayegh, Ari’el Stachel, Kristen Sieh, Etai Benson, and Alok Tewari.
The Band's Visit features music and lyrics by Yazbek, a book by Moses, and direction by David Cromer. Patrick McCollum choreographs. Broadway previews began October 7.
Read reviews below. Check back for updates.
Broadway News (Elizabeth Bradley)
Entertainment Weekly (Dana Schwartz)
The Hollywood Reporter (David Rooney)
The Huffington Post (Steven Suskin)
The New Yorker (Michael Schulman)
The New York Daily News (Joe Dziemianowicz)
The New York Times (Ben Brantley)
Time Out New York (Adam Feldman)
Musicians include Andrea Grody, Alexandra Eckhardt, Ossama Farouk, Philip Mayer, Sam Sadigursky, Jeff Theiss, Harvey Valdes, and David Garo Yellin.
The creative team also includes Scott Pask (set design), Sarah Laux (costume design), Tyler Micoleau (lighting design), Kai Harada (sound design), Maya Ciarrocchi (projection design), Charles G. LaPointe (hair designer), Jamshied Sharifi (orchestrations), Andrea Grody (music supervisor, music director and additional arrangements) and Dean Sharenow (music supervisor and music coordinator).
Original cast members Laura Bell Bundy, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Kerry Butler star in an evening of songs and anecdotes from their careers.
Some people were on the red carpet, including Cynthia Erivo, Lea Michele, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Enda Walsh is penning the adaptation of the beloved 1968 musical film.
The Irish singer-songwriter visited Russell at the Walter Kerr prior to his December 21 appearance on Saturday Night Live.
The song was penned by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Mark Sonnenblick.
The trio will perform in three special limited engagements for the interactive production.
The RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars winner on why it’s important to have a safe space for drag performers, and how Liza Minnelli became a Drag producer.
A rotating group of comedy and Broadway favorites are performing a collection of short stories penned by Simon Rich.
L. Steven Taylor has played Mufasa for almost 20 years. Stephen Carlile has played Scar for eight. They react to the new prequel movie.
Blocking belongs
on the stage,
not on websites.
Our website is made possible by
displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by
whitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.
Thank you!
