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- 1 Contrary to some reports, the original movie – which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 – is not based on a true story.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-06-11/ty-article/.premium/the-bands-visit-the-little-israeli-story-that-conquered-broadway/0000017f-e486-d804-ad7f-f5fe28b20000‘The Band’s Visit’: The Little Israeli Story That Conquered ...
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The Band's Visit is a stage musical with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Itamar Moses, based on the 2007 Israeli film of the same name. The musical opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in November 2017, after its off-Broadway premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company in December 2016.
- Itamar Moses
- 2018
Nov 11, 2017 · His new Broadway show, The Band's Visit, attempts to do something that seems almost unfashionable: look at two historically antagonistic cultures and tell a story about their commonality.
Nov 9, 2017 · Directed by David Cromer with an inspired inventiveness that never calls attention to itself, “The Band’s Visit” flows with the grave and joyful insistence of life itself.
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- November 10, 2017
Jun 11, 2018 · ‘The Band’s Visit’: The Little Israeli Story That Conquered Broadway. Seven things you need to know about the musical that just won 10 Tony Awards – from its roots as an award-winning Israeli film to allowing actors to play Middle Eastern characters true to their roots
- Adrian Hennigan
- adrian.hennigan@haaretz.co.il
Nov 17, 2023 · In 2018 — which now seems like decades ago — The Band’s Visit, a 90-minute one-act musical, improbably took Broadway by storm. All the more shocking: the show, based on a 2007 Israeli independent film, contained few of the glamorous trappings of a traditional Broadway musical.
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Nov 9, 2017 · Based on an Israeli film of the same name, from 2007, the musical has a wisp of a plot. The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra, outfitted in nifty powder-blue uniforms and conducted by Tewfiq...
