Broadway NewsThe Band's Visit Opens on Broadway November 9David Yazbek and Itamar Moses’ new musical celebrates its Broadway premiere at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
By
Olivia Clement
November 09, 2017
David Yazbek and Itamar Moses’ The Band's Visit celebrates its official opening on Broadway November 9. The new musical arrives on Broadway following an acclaimed and sold-out world premiere at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company last year.
Previews for The Band's Visit began October 7. The musical features music and lyrics by Yazbek, a book by Moses, and direction by David Cromer. Patrick McCollum choreographs.
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.
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).
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First Look at Tony Shalhoub and Katrina Lenk in The Band's Visit Broadway Bow
First Look at Tony Shalhoub and Katrina Lenk in The Band's Visit Broadway Bow
The new musical by David Yazbek and Itamar Moses began performances October 7.
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Tony Shalhoub and Katrina Lenk
Matthew Murphy
George Abud, Harvey Valdes, Ossama Farouk, Sam Sadigursky, and Garo Yellin
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Matthew Murphy
Tony Shalhoub
Matthew Murphy
Sharone Sayegh, Katrina Lenk, Jonathan Raviv, Tony Shalhoub, and Andrew Polk
The Band's Visit is produced by Orin Wolf, StylesFour Productions, Evamere Entertainment, Atlantic Theater Company, David F. Schwartz, Barbara Broccoli, Frederick Zollo, Grove•REG, Lassen Blume Baldwin, Thomas Steven Perakos, Marc Platt, The Shubert Organization, The Baruch/Routh/Frankel/Viertel Group, Robert Cole, DeRoy-Carr-Klausner, Federman-Moellenberg, FilmNation Entertainment, Roy Furman, FVSL Theatricals, Hendel-Karmazin, HoriPro Inc., IPN, JAM Theatricals, The John Gore Organization, Koenigsberg-Krauss, David Mirvish, James L. Nederlander, Al Nocciolino, Once Upon A Time Productions, Susan Rose and Paul Shiverick. Allan Williams serves as executive producer.
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