The Band's Visit
One hour and 30 minutes, with no intermission
The Band's Visit - 2017 Broadway History , Info & More
Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Broadway)
243 West 47th St. New York, NY
2018 TONY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MUSICAL!
THE BAND'S VISIT is the winner of 10 Tony Awards, making it one of the most Tony-winning musicals in history. It is also a 2019 Grammy Awards winner for Best Musical Theater Album. In this delightfully offbeat story, set in a town that's way off the beaten path, a band of musicians arrive lost, out of the blue. Under the spell of the desert sky, and with beautiful music perfuming the air, the band brings the town to life in unexpected and tantalizing ways. Even the briefest visit can stay with you forever.
With a score that seduces your soul and sweeps you off your feet, and featuring Tony-winning performances and thrillingly talented onstage musicians, THE BAND'S VISIT rejoices in the way music makes us laugh, makes us cry, and ultimately, brings us together.
"The music transports you to a place both exotic and touchingly familiar." - The New York Times
David Cromer directs, with music & lyrics by David Yazbek and book by Itamar Moses.
FINAL BROADWAY PERFORMANCE APRIL 7.
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The Band's Visit is a sweet, haunting stopover in the desert: EW stage review
9 / 10
The Band's Visit is understated, probably better described as charming than life-altering, but its scale reinforces the moral themes of the musical itself. Nothing very important happens, no. A boy learns how to talk to girls, a woman recognizes the ways in which she's become stuck, a couple breaks apart and comes together again. Some of these humans who have lost things and who are lost themselves happen to be Arab, and some happen to be Israeli. It's a quiet, beautiful thing The Band's Visit does, and while I wished there had been more something - more emotional payoff, or catharsis - I also recognize that that's sort of the point. A-
'The Band's Visit': Theater Review
9 / 10
One of the small miracles of The Band's Visit is that this wistful new musical - in which themes of waiting, yearning and inertia play a significant part - weaves such seduction out of ephemeral encounters unfolding over a single uneventful night. As soothing as a cool breeze across desert sands, this gorgeous, minor-key show won a deserved cluster of awards in its premiere late last year at the Atlantic Theater Company. It transfers to Broadway with its delicate alchemy intact, borne aloft by the intoxicating Middle-Eastern rhythms of David Yazbek's original score, and by the soulful performances of an exemplary ensemble.
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by A.A. Cristi - November 9, 2020
On this day in 2017, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, The Band's Visit, opened on Broadway!
by Nicole Rosky - April 7, 2019
Bye, bye Bet Hatikva! As BroadwayWorld reported in February, the 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Band's Visit will play its final performance on Broadway tonight, April 7, 2019. Upon closing, the production will have played 589 regular and 36 preview performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 W 47th Street).
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 21, 2019
The 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical THE BAND'S VISIT, which is currently running on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for their performance of 'Answer Me' live on the Today Show.
by Julie Musbach - March 11, 2019
The 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical THE BAND'S VISIT will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, April 7, 2019.
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 10, 2019
The original Broadway cast recording of THE BAND'S VISIT has won the GRAMMY for Best Musical Theater Album at the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards!
by BWW Polls - February 5, 2019
As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday that the 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Band's Visit will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, April 7, 2019. In honor of the show's run, we want to know which of the show's Tony-winning songs is your favorite! Let us know in our poll down below!
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 5, 2019
On last night's episode of 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' the cast of Tony Award-winning Broadway musical 'The Band's Visit' performed a scaled-down version of 'Omar Sharif' with Katrina Lenk.
by Stephi Wild - February 4, 2019
The 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Band's Visit will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, April 7, 2019. Upon closing, the production will have played 589 regular and 36 preview performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 W 47th Street).
by Stephi Wild - January 20, 2019
Today, January 20, 2019, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, THE BAND'S VISIT celebrates 500 performances on Broadway! The company celebrated on stage at the Barrymore Theatre with a cake by Marissa Gonzales.
by Stephi Wild - November 26, 2018
The Band's Visit is offering a holiday sale through December 5 to all performances January 8 - March 10, 2019. Details are available at TheBandsVisitMusical.com/HolidaySale.
by A.A. Cristi - November 9, 2018
On this day in 2017, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, The Band's Visit, opened on Broadway!
by Julie Musbach - November 9, 2018
No more waiting, the 2018 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, THE BAND'S VISIT, officially celebrates one year on Broadway tonight!
by Julie Musbach - November 8, 2018
On Thursday, December 13 leading NYC arts education nonprofit Inside Broadway and the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of The Band's Visit will present a special Creating the Magicprogram offering an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at Broadway featuring The Band's Visit cast & production crew.
by Harry Haun - October 5, 2018
In his third-floor dressing room at the Barrymore Theater, Ari'el Stachel harbors a priceless little trinket: his brand-new Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Musical.
by Julie Musbach - September 18, 2018
Two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Uranowitz will join the cast of THE BAND'S VISIT as 'Itzik.' Uranowitz will begin performances in The Band's Visit on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.
by Julie Musbach - September 10, 2018
Tony Award-winning Best Musical, THE BAND'S VISIT has recouped its $8.75 million capitalization on Broadway. The new musical began performances on October 7, 2017 and officially opened on November 9, 2017 on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street).
by Julie Musbach - September 6, 2018
Members of the original Broadway cast of the 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, The Band's Visit-including Tony Award winners Katrina Lenk and Tony Shalhoub-will come together for a one-night-only benefit presentation of THE BAND VISITS CARIANI, an evening of scenes from John Cariani's plays. Tony & Olivier Award nominee Moritz Von Stuelpnagel (Hand To God,Present Laughter, Bernhardt/Hamlet) will direct. All proceeds will benefit the Wintergreen Arts Center, in Cariani's hometown of Presque Isle, Maine, which offers arts programs to children and adults in rural northern Maine.
by Michael Dale - August 7, 2018
The last time an actor appeared in a Broadway musical playing a role he had previously essayed on film, it was 1983, when Anthony Quinn opened in the revival of ZORBA. Sharing that unusual distinction with him now is Israeli actor Sasson Gabay who has taken over as leading man of this past season's 10-time Tony winning musical, THE BAND'S VISIT.
by Nicole Rosky - June 30, 2018
Earlier this week, the 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, The Band's Visit, welcomed award-winning Israeli actor Sasson Gabay to the company in his Broadway debut. Gabay reprises the character he created in the 2007 film on which the musical is based.
by Walter McBride - June 27, 2018
The 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, The Band's Visit, welcomes award-winning Israeli actor Sasson Gabay to the company in his Broadway debut this week! Gabay reprises the character he created in the 2007 film on which the musical is based.
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Other Productions of The Band's Visit
| 2016 | Off-Broadway |
Atlantic Theater Company Off-Broadway World Premiere Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2021 | US Tour |
US Tour US Tour |
The Band's Visit - 2017 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Kai Harada |
| 2018 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Katrina Lenk |
| 2018 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Tony Shalhoub |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Itamar Moses |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | David Cromer |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Tyler Micoleau |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | The Band's Visit |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Jamshied Sharifi |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | David Yazbek |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Ari'el Stachel |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Tony Shalhoub |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Katrina Lenk |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Scott Pask |
| 2018 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Musical | Kai Harada |
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