![]() Avrum (David Studwell) is Iris’ father who relishes a chance to remember his recently deceased wife. We see Papi (Coby Getzug), befriended by Haled, who longs to speak to Julia (Layan Elwazani) who is just as shy as he is.Īlong with them are several memorable personalities. Simon (James Rana) is the clarinetist whose concerto has just the prelude, but that musical interlude mesmerizes those who listen. Haled (Ali Louis Bourzgui) is the ladies’ man and trumpeter of the band who likes to woo women with “My Funny Valentine.” There is the Israeli, Itzik (Clay Singer), who is unemployed with an unhappy and grieving wife, Iris (Kendal Hartse). It is also a story of the importance of music in all our lives and our need for friendship.Īlongside Dina and Tewfiq are a wonderful array of characters. ![]() In the process, we see how differences can fade away and finding common bonds can happen even in two disparate groups. The character of Dina wears her heart on her sleeve, and is in perfect contrast to Tewfiq who only briefly reveals his own heartaches. This is show where the characters often don’t have a great deal to say, but their souls become visible with just a few words, perhaps a brief song and wonderfully subtle acting, with one exception. Like a seven-course dinner, it’s on to the next, wonderful flavor. They tell their story, and then they are over-brief, wonderful interludes with just the right ingredients to fill up our senses. The songs here are like poems sung to music. This is not a traditional musical with big production numbers with dozens of “gypsies” in bright costumes. A relationship between the band conductor, Tewfiq (Gabay), and one of the women in the town, Dina (Dacal), is the focus of the storyline. Some of the townspeople open their homes to the group giving them food, shelter, and friendship. When they arrive, they are stranded at least until another bus can get there the next day. The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra from Egypt is trying to get to the city of Petah Tikvah, but the clerk mistakenly gives them tickets for the tiny desert town of Bet Hatikva. The plot starts in an Israeli bus station in Tel Aviv in 1996. This production stars renown New York musical actress, Janet Dacal as Dina, and Israeli actor, Sasson Gabay as Tewfiq, reprising his role from the film. You just wanted to savor the sweet and the bittersweet flavor the musical left in your heart. As an Off-Broadway show, it also won many awards. The cast album also won a Grammy in 2019. It is one of four musicals to win the unofficial “Big Six” Tony Awards (it won 10 total)-Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, and Best Direction in a Musical. Directed by David Cromer, the musical opened to wide acclaim on Broadway in 2017 after it was a smash Off-Broadway production. With music and lyrics by David Yazbek and book by Itamar Moses, the musical is based on the Israeli film of the same name with a screenplay by Eran Kolirin. The North American Tour of the award-winning musical “The Band’s Visit” has returned to the Kennedy Center. Sasson Gabay (Tewfiq) and Janet Dacal (Dina) in “The Band’s Visit” at Kennedy Center.
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