The Band's Visit
Finished Dec 17, 2023
Huntington Avenue Theatre
The record breaking multi Tony winner and Grammy winner comes to the Huntington Avenue Theatre
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Boredom has never sounded sexier than it does in 'The Band's Visit, the beautiful musical by David Yazbek and Itamar Moses... includes one of the season's most exquisitely wrought score.
The New York Times
Boredom has never sounded sexier than it does in 'The Band's Visit, the beautiful musical by David Yazbek and Itamar Moses... includes one of the season's most exquisitely wrought score.
The New York Times
Finished Dec 17, 2023
Huntington Avenue Theatre
The record breaking multi Tony winner and Grammy winner comes to the Huntington Avenue Theatre
Finished Dec 17, 2023
Huntington Avenue Theatre
The record breaking multi Tony winner and Grammy winner comes to the Huntington Avenue Theatre
WINNER OF THE 2019 GRAMMY AWARDS FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM!
The winner of ten (ten!) 2018 Tony Awards, David Yazbeck, and Itamar Moses's stunning musical is staged by the Huntington Avenue Theatre this winter. Following on from its spellbinding, record-breaking run on the Great White Way, discover the story of an Egyptian police band stranded in the desert after a literary mix-up, it's warm, poignant, and utterly captivating.
What is the story?
Stuck waiting for the next bus and with no hotels in town, it falls on the friendly and curious locals to take in the musicians, where each side discovers more about themselves and their shared humanity.
Adapted from the award-winning 2007 film, Tony-winner Yazbeck has crafted a new original score capturing life, loss and the enchantment of the desert, alongside Moses' touching and heart-warming book. A Critic's pick in the New York Times, prepare to be moved by a show the paper called, 'One of the most ravishing musicals you will ever be seduced by.'
A simple spelling mistake at the Egypt/Israel border sees the Alexandria Police Band redirected to the wrong town, where there is no public transport, nor hotels. Taken in by the charitable restaurant owner as they discuss their predicament, the band are invited to stay at his various relatives' homes overnight. Love is in the air for one member of the band, which culminates in an enchanting evening at the local ice-skating rink. The others realise that their lives are changed forever after this change in circumstance.
TBA
Book by Itamar Moses
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbeck
Directed by David Cromer
Best Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Tony Shalhoub
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Katrina Lenk
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Ari'el Stachel
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical - David Cromer
Best Orchestrations
Outstanding Production of A Broadway Or Off-Broadway Musical
Oustanding Sound Design in a Musical
Simon
Amazing
APT
Brilliant
Eli
Beautiful and not needing the flashy stuff