After a mix-up at the border, an Egyptian Police Band is sent to a remote village in the middle of the Israeli desert. With no bus until morning and no hotel in sight, these unlikely travelers are ...

On Tuesday, San Diego theatergoers will get their first glimpse of “The Band’s Visit, the Broadway musical that swept the 2018 Tony Awards. Based on the 2007 movie of the same name, the musical is the ...

In 2016, The Band’s Visit took the stage for the first time, bringing New Yorkers to Israel with a touching story of what it means to be human. The Broadway show swept the Tony Awards with 10 wins, ...

“How does it feel like to do music?” Late at night, standing facing the sea, Twefiq (Brian Thomas Abraham), the conductor of an Egyptian police orchestra, raises his arms to conduct, and Dina ...

In the all-too-real world, war has returned to the Middle East. But in the make-believe world of theater, where sometimes answers to real-world problems manifest themselves, there is hope. Set in a ...

"The Band’s Visit" forces you to listen harder than any other show, to drink deeply of the joy and the loneliness baked throughout. Rather than exciting you with over-the-top dance numbers and ...

When composer David Yazbek began working on “The Band’s Visit” years ago, he remembers watching the 2007 film that serves as the musical’s inspiration — about a ragtag Egyptian orchestra stranded in ...

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The European premiere of The Band’s Visit welcomes the critics to the Donmar Warehouse tomorrow evening, so be sure to check WhatsOnStage on Friday for our review of the Grammy and ten-time ...