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DAVID YAZBEK ITAMAR MOSES 5. THE BEAT OF YOUR HEART .................... Avrum, Camal, Itzik, Simon
Based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin
6. SORAYA .................................................................... The Band
with
KATRINA LENK TONY SHALHOUB 7. OMAR SHARIF ................................................................. Dina
JOHN CARIANI ARI’EL STACHEL
GEORGE ABUD ETAI BENSON ADAM KANTOR ANDREW POLK 8. HAJ-BUTRUS .............................................................. The Band
BILL ARMY RACHEL PRATHER JONATHAN RAVIV
SHARONE SAYEGH KRISTEN SIEH ALOK TEWARI
9. PAPI HEARS THE OCEAN .................................................... Papi
Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design
SCOTT PASK SARAH LAUX TYLER MICOLEAU KAI HARADA
10. HALED’S SONG ABOUT LOVE ...................................... Haled, Papi
Projection Design Hair & Wig Design Casting Dialect Coach 11. THE PARK ............................................................. Dina, Tewfiq
MAYA CIARROCCHI CHARLES G. LaPOINTE TARA RUBIN CASTING MOUNA R’MIKI &
ZOHAR TIROSH-POLK
12. ITGARA’A ..................................................................... Tewfiq
Orchestrations Music Supervisors Music Coordinator
JAMSHIED SHARIFI ANDREA GRODY & DEAN SHARENOW 13. SOMETHING DIFFERENT .......................................... Dina, Tewfiq
DEAN SHARENOW
Advertising and Marketing Digital Marketing Press Representation Associate Producer 14. ITZIK’S LULLABY .................................................... Itzik, Camal
AKA SITUATION INTERACTIVE POLK & CO. STEVEN CHAIKELSON
Production Management Production Stage Manager Company Manager General Management
15. SOMETHING DIFFERENT (REPRISE) .................................... Dina
JUNIPER STREET RICHARD HODGE TRACY GELTMAN FORESIGHT
PRODUCTIONS THEATRICAL 16. ANSWER ME .......................................... Telephone Guy, Company
Music Director & Additional Arrangements
ANDREA GRODY 17. THE CONCERT ........................................................... The Band
Choreography by
18. AFIFI (BONUS TRACK) .................................................. The Band
PATRICK McCOLLUM
Directed by
DAVID CROMER
World Premiere presented by Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2016.
Original Broadway Cast Recording on Ghostlight Records.
CAST MUSICIANS
KATRINA LENK – Dina ANDREW POLK – Avrum ANDREA GRODY – Conductor / Keyboard
TONY SHALHOUB – Tewfiq BILL ARMY – Zelger JEFF THEISS – Associate Conductor / Keyboard 2
JOHN CARIANI – Itzik RACHEL PRATHER – Julia GEORGE ABUD – Violin / Oud
ARI’EL STACHEL – Haled JONATHAN RAVIV – Sammy ALEXANDRA ECKHARDT – Electric / Acoustic Bass
GEORGE ABUD – Camal SHARONE SAYEGH – Anna OSSAMA FAROUK – Darbouka / Riq
ETAI BENSON – Papi KRISTEN SIEH – Iris PHILIP MAYER – Drums / Arabic Percussion
ADAM KANTOR – Telephone Guy ALOK TEWARI – Simon SAM SADIGURSKY – Clarinet / Saxophone / Flute
HARVEY VALDES – Oud / Guitar
GARO YELLIN – Cello
N E W YO R K T I M E S The rest of The Band, outside Dina’s cafe, plays some music to
wile away the time (SORAYA).
Excerpted Review:
At a restaurant with Tewfiq, Dina reminisces about hearing the
“ THE BAND’S VISIT IS A RAVISHING MUSICAL songs of the great Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum and watching
THAT WHISPERS WITH ROMANCE ” Egyptian movies with her mother as a child (OMAR SHARIF).
But the arrival of Sammy, a married man with whom Dina is
— Ben Brantley having an affair, disrupts the mood of their dinner.
Breaking news for Broadway theatergoers, even — or perhaps
Outside the café,The Band jams on another tune (HAJ-BUTRUS).
especially — those who thought they were past the age of
infatuation: It is time to fall in love again.
Back at Itzik and Iris’ apartment, a conversation about Simon’s
inability to finish his concerto causes Iris to blow up and storm
One of the most ravishing musicals you will ever be seduced
out, her frustration with Itzik finally boiling over.
by opened at the Barrymore Theater. It is called “The Band’s
Visit.” This portrait of a single night in a tiny Israeli desert
Haled is at a roller rink with Papi, Zelger and their dates, Julia
town confirms a lyric that arrives, like nearly everything in
and Anna. After helping Haled with a suspicious security guard,
this remarkable show, on a breath of reluctantly romantic hope:
Papi explains his inability to talk to girls (PAPI HEARS THE
“Nothing is as beautiful as something you don’t expect.”
OCEAN). Haled’s advice in the style of his idol, Chet Baker, helps
Papi to connect with Julia (HALED’S SONG ABOUT LOVE).
With songs by David Yazbek and a script by Itamar Moses,
“The Band’s Visit” is a Broadway rarity seldom found these days
Dina and Tewfiq sit on a lonely bench (THE PARK). She learns
outside of the canon of Stephen Sondheim: an honest-to-God
Tewfiq’s wife died several years ago. When Tewfiq sings for her
musical for grown-ups. It is not a work to be punctuated with
(ITGARA’A), she watches him, trying to understand her feelings
rowdy cheers, despite the uncanny virtuosity of Mr. Yazbek’s
(SOMETHING DIFFERENT).
benchmark score.
Kristen Sieh, John Cariani, Alok Tewari, Andrew Polk, George Abud
While waiting for Iris to come home, Itzik sings to their infant
Directed by David Cromer with an inspired inventiveness that
son as elsewhere Camal plays and sings along (ITZIK’S LULLABY).
never calls attention to itself, “The Band’s Visit” flows with the
grave and joyful insistence of life itself. All it asks is that you SYNOPSIS A young man stands by a phone booth waiting for his girlfriend
to call. After Dina and Tewfiq pass by on their way out, Camal
When Simon comes to say goodnight, Iris returns to the apartment,
causing Itzik to leave Simon alone with the baby. When the baby
be quiet enough to hear the music in the murmurs, whispers insists on using the phone to call the Egyptian embassy and is
We see the projected words: “Once, not long ago, a group of starts fussing again, Simon plays his concerto, finishing it for the
and silences of human existence at its most mundane — and told they will call back later. Meanwhile Papi, preparing for
musicians came to Israel from Egypt. You probably didn’t hear first time, and calming the child.
transcendent. a double-date with his friend Zelger, is approached by Haled
about it. It wasn’t very important.” (OVERTURE)
who, over Papi’s objections, is allowed to join.
[Even in its off-Broadway incarnation at the Atlantic Theater
The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra is stranded at the
Company] this show was always close to perfect musically. Mr.
Tel Aviv airport when the van that was meant to pick them up
Yazbek’s quietly simmering score, which inflects Broadway
does not arrive. Tewfiq, the stern conductor, decides they will
balladry and character songs with a haunting Middle Eastern
take a bus instead.
accent, felt as essential as oxygen.
We meet the townspeople of Beit Hatikva: Papi, a young café
Mr.Yazbek’s melody matches the exquisitely uncertain certainty
employee; Itzik, an aimless married man and his frustrated wife
of the lyrics. That “something different” is the heart-clutching
Iris; Dina, the world-weary café owner; and others (WAITING).
sensation that throbs throughout this miraculous show, as precise
Tewfiq and his band arrive. They ask for directions to the Arab
as it is elusive, and all the more poignant for being both.
Cultural Center where they are to give a concert the following
evening, but it turns out they have come to the wrong town
Never mind its reputation as dullsville. Beit Hatikva is a place
(WELCOME TO NOWHERE). There are no more buses until
you want to visit if you’re looking for signs of new and exciting
the next morning and so Dina invites the musicians to stay the night.
life in the contemporary American musical. In this case, that
includes one of the season’s most exquisitely wrought scores
Dina takes Tewfiq and Haled, a handsome trumpet player, to her
by Mr.Yazbek.
apartment. She tells them how she ended up alone in this boring
town (IT IS WHAT IT IS). Dina invites Tewfiq to go out with
Whenever the show sings, Mr.Yazbek’s music transports you to
her and, after some prodding by Haled, he agrees to go.
a place both exotic and touchingly familiar.
At Itzik’s place, Simon, the assistant conductor and clarinetist,
There’s not a performance, or a sung note, that feels out of key
and Camal, a wary violinist, have stilted conversation over
here.When the ensemble delivers the show’s final number, “Answer
dinner with Itzik, Iris and Avrum, Iris’ father. As a baby fusses
Me,” the music takes on a transcendent harmonic shimmer that
in the other room, Avrum, who used to be a musician himself,
stops the heart. An answer is hardly guaranteed, but there’s
tells the story of how he met Iris’ mother, his late wife (THE
untold enchantment in the asking.
BEAT OF YOUR HEART).
Sharone Sayegh, Katrina Lenk,
Jonathan Raviv, Tony Shalhoub, Andrew Polk
The young man still waits by the phone. But when it finally 1. OVERTURE ITZIK
TIME IS LIKE
IRIS
JUST WAITING FOR
WAITING WAITING ITZIK
TIME IS LIKE IN BORING
DINA
BUILD SOME BUILDINGS
rings, Camal gets to it first. It is the embassy; Camal is told they SYRUP SOMETHING AN OCEAN PUT SOME JEWS IN
cannot help. He leaves the young man to his phone. Tewfiq and 2. WAITING AND I’M THE BUG TO HAPPEN, PAPI
DINA/ITZIK/PAPI
STUCK IN THE +IRIS/ AVRUM/ ANNA/ LIKE IN BARREN
Dina return and talk outside of her apartment. She expresses SYRUP, FOR ANYTHING TO ZELGER JULIA TEL MAN THEN BLAH BLAH BLAH
PAPI
her fear that if something happens between them it will end in WAITING, HAPPEN, YOU JUST TO WAITING I CAN’T ITZIK
WHAT’S NEW HERE, JUST KIND OF TRYING WAITING — WAIT HAPPEN FOR CONTROL LIKE IN BULLSHIT ITZIK
disaster, like everything else she does. Tewfiq responds that his TO FIND OUT TO FIND OUT SOMETHING MY BEIT HATIKVA!
YOU’RE WAITING
wife’s death was his fault; the result of their only son’s suicide I’M WAITING WHAT I’M DOING WHAT I’M DOING LIFE PAPI
WRONG WRONG FOR TO HAPPEN SO LIKE IN BLAND DINA/ITZIK/PAPI
for which Tewfiq blames himself. Haled returns and the three CAUSE THAT’S WHAT
SOMETHING I’M HERE YOU ARE IN RENOWNED
WE DO HERE— BEIT HATIKVA
of them go inside. SAME AS WE DO EVERY DAY ENSEMBLE TO JUST DINA
AHHH… HAPPEN DRIFTING LIKE IN BASICALLY BLEAK AND BEIGE GO AHEAD, LOOK AROUND BEIT HATIKVA
AHHH… JUST RIGHT AND LUCKY YOU,YOU HAVE FOUND
FOR SOMETHING, BEIT HATIKVA
In Dina’s apartment, Haled plays “My Funny Valentine” on the I DON’T KNOW, SOMETHING BLAH BLAH BLAH
WELCOME TO NOWHERE
trumpet. Tewfiq says goodnight and goes to bed. Alone with TO HAPPEN,YOU KNOW, DINA ALONG.
JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK, +ANNA JULIA DINA PAPI/ITZIK
Haled, Dina laments all her missed opportunities (SOMETHING STICK A PIN IN A MAP HNNNNNN PAPI
TO HAPPEN THERE’S TWO KINDS OF WAITING FOR TEL MAN WITH A “B.”
DIFFERENT REPRISE). Then she begins to kiss Haled. JUST WAITING, THERE’S THE KIND WHERE YOU’RE ANYTHING +AVRUM OF THE DESERT
FOR SOMETHING TO CHANGE, EXPECTING SOMETHING TO BUILD A ROAD TO THE
MIDDLE OF THE DINA/ITZIK/PAPI
JUST A CHANGE— NEW OR EVEN STRANGE HAPPEN WELCOME TO NOWHERE
Still waiting by the phone, the young man yearns for his love BUT THIS KIND OF WAITING, AND YOU FOR DESERT HNNNNNN
AVRUM YOU KEEP LOOKING OFF OUT INTO SOMETHING POUR CEMENT ON THE
(ANSWER ME). When at last she calls, the residents of SPOT IN THE
Beit Hatikva and visiting musicians join in to express their
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE
WE’RE MOVING IN A CIRCLE,
THE DISTANCE
EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THE WAIT WAIT WAIT
YOU
WAIT... DESERT 4. IT IS WHAT
THAT’S BEIT HATIKVA.
private longings. AROUND AND AROUND WITH VIEW IS NEVER GONNA CHANGE. IT IS
THE SAME SCENERY
GOING BY DINA AVRUM ZELGER/ ITZIK 3. WELCOME TO DINA/ITZIK/PAPI
WELCOME TO NOWHERE. DINA
BUT NO ONE’S COMPLAINING
YOU WAIT... JULIA/ ANNA/
IRIS/ TEL MAN NOWHERE DINA
I WAS ROMANTIC
AND YOUNG AND STUPID
WE’RE EXPERTS AT WAITING— PAPI
DINA Behold, where there was once only desert, the I MET MY HUSBAND,
WAITING town of Beit Hatikva. See! Apartments. Gaze
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT PETAH TIKVAH YOU KNOW HOW THESE THINGS GO.
ENSEMBLE FOR upon! My café. While you’re here, be sure to
SOMETHING SUCH A CITY, EVERYBODY LOVES IT.
OHHH… go back and forth between my café and the YOU’VE GOT YOUR STORY
FOR FOR LOTS OF FUN, LOTS OF ART, LOTS OF
AHHH... apartments. So much to explore. YOU’RE IN YOUR MOVIE
ANYTHING SOMETHING CULTURE,
THAT’S PETAH TIKVAH— WITH A “P.” YOU ARE THE HERO
ITZIK + SAMMY TO HAPPEN PAPI
WHERE YOU ARE, THIS IS NOT PETAH YOU THINK YOU KNOW—
TIME’S LIKE A RIVER, SOMETIMES YOU WAIT... JUST FOR TIME PICK A SANDHILL OF YOUR CHOOSING
WAITING ANYTHING IS TIKVAH
TIME IS AN OCEAN YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
FOR TO A SUCH A CITY, NOBODY KNOWS IT.
THIS SOFA IS MY BOAT ITZIK YOU THINK IT ALL WILL HAPPEN
ANYTHING HAPPEN RIVER, NOT A FUN, NOT A ART, NOT A CULTURE,
AND I’M JUST DRIFTING RIGHT ALONG TAKE SOME BRICKS THAT YOU THINK IT ALL WILL GO
I’M I’M SOMETIMES THIS IS BEIT HATIKVA— WITH A “B.” NO ONE’S USING
Adam Kantor
The next morning, Tewfiq, Simon, Haled, Camal and the rest
of the band say farewell to Dina, Papi and Itzik. As the town of
Beit Hatikva fades away, we see The Band warming up. Tewfiq
stands before them. He raises his baton...drops his arms...and
we go to black.
Katrina Lenk, Tony Shalhoub Rachel Prather, Etai Benson, Ari’el Stachel
MIN EL FARAH ITGARA’A
ITGARA’A
ITGARAHOUM When you drink, drink deeply. P R O D U C ED B Y D E A N S H A R E N O W A N D D AV I D YA Z B E K
INTA EL WIHDA
INTA EL FARAH Drink deeply of the moonlight
ITGARAHOUM Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by DEAN SHARENOW
drink deeply of the dark
of the loneliness
13. SOMETHING of the joy.
Executive Producer: KURT DEUTSCH
DIFFERENT Pro Tools Engineer: IAN KAGEY
You will never drain the moonlight
DINA you can never end the dark. Vibromonk Piano Technician: MIKE MICCIO
IS THIS A HYMN? IS THIS A LOVE SONG?
SOMETHING ANCIENT BY A POET, Recorded November 12-13, 2017 at Vibromonk and Steel Cut Audio, Brooklyn, NY
MAYBE HAFIZ? MAYBE RUMI?
In your eyes, the flash of joy
IS HE SINGING ABOUT TWO HEARTS in your mouth, the sweet shock of honey. Mixed and Mastered at Steel Cut Audio
SEARCHING IN THE DARKNESS?
OR IS HE SINGING ABOUT FISHING? You are the joy Music Supervisors: ANDREA GRODY and DEAN SHARENOW
you are the loneliness. Music Director and Additional Arrangements: ANDREA GRODY
THE TUNE SEEMS SAD, BUT ARE THE
WORDS SAD? Music Coordinator: DEAN SHARENOW
WHAT’S HE SAYING? IS HE PRAYING? Drink deep. Orchestrations by JAMSHIED SHARIFI
AND WHY DOES IT GET TO ME?
IS HE LONELY, MAYBE, REACHING Electronic Music Design: BILLY JAY STEIN and HIRO IIDA
— DY
OUT FOR SOMEONE? Music Preparation: PETER FOLEY
LOOK AT ME. MAYBE I’M THE ONE
WHO’S FISHING.
Production Stage Manager: RICHARD HODGE
EVERY DAY YOU STARE TO THE WEST, Company Manager: TRACY GELTMAN
TO THE SOUTH Associate General Manager: JALAINA ROSS
YOU CAN SEE FOR MILES BUT THINGS
NEVER CHANGE Assistant Company Manager: BRIAN TUCKER
THEN HONEY IN YOUR EARS, SPICE IN Stage Manager: CHARLENE SPEYERER
YOUR MOUTH Assistant Stage Manager: ASHLEY-ROSE GALLIGAN
NOTHING’S AS SURPRISING AS THE
TASTE OF SOMETHING STRANGE
Package Design: STEPHANIE LAYTON
AND HERE’S THIS MAN, RIGHT Cover Art: AKA | Photos by SOPHY HOLLAND and MATTHEW MURPHY
HERE BESIDE ME
KIND OF DEEP, AND KIND OF CUTE IN Show Press: POLK & CO. – MATT POLK, WAYNE WOLFE, JEFFREY FAUVER and MOLLY WYATT
HIS SERGEANT PEPPER SUIT
IS THIS MY SHEIK? IS THIS MY Music and Lyrics © 2017 Yeidlesounds (BMI).
OMAR SHARIF?
WELL I KNOW IT’S SOMETHING DIFFERENT. Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk
The Band’s Visit opened on Broadway November 9, 2017 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
WHO IS THIS MAN RIGHT HERE
BESIDE ME? GHOSTLIGHTRECORDS.COM /GhostlightRecords @GhostlightRcrds
CLOSER BY AN INCH OR TWO MY LOVELY THINGS.
CHEEK WOULD TOUCH HIS EAR INSIDE THE HOUSE THERE IS A ROOM: 15. SOMETHING IF I TRY, I MIGHT TAKE OFF LIKE A SPARROW
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WHAT IS HE THINKING, WHAT DOES
HE WISH FOR?
A BABY SLEEPS, A DADDY SINGS.
DIFFERENT BREEZE.
VERY SOON. VERY SOON. THAT’S THE
IS HE SINGING ABOUT WISHING? THANK GOD HE IS A LUCKY MAN
A BUSY MAN, A HAPPY MAN.
(REPRISE) SOUND OF LONGING.
ARE YOU THERE? ARE YOU THERE?
SOMETHING NEW I’VE NEVER SEEN THANK GOD THE GIFT WAS GIVEN HIM WILL YOU ANSWER ME?
BEFORE TO FINISH ALL THE THINGS HE PLANS. DINA
THROUGH THESE WALLS I BUILD, IS IT A HYMN? IS IT A LOVE SONG? SAMMY
THESE GATES I PROTECT I’M SORRY, SON. I DON’T KNOW WHY THE MUSIC IS SO BEAUTIFUL IN MY DREAMS, MY BELOVED LIES
SOMETHING NEW I DIDN’T NOTICE THIS GIFT HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ME. IT MELTS AWAY SO QUICKLY BESIDE ME.
I WAS HOPING FOR IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE HOW I TRY
NOTHING IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS I END UP DRIFTING ON THE SEA. AND YOU’RE STANDING IN THE SILENCE SAMMY/ZELGER
SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T EXPECT. STANDING IN THE DARKNESS WHEN THE SUN LIGHTS THE ROOM, I
WE FELL IN LOVE,YOUR MOM AND I, SINGING ABOUT WISHING. FIND IT’S ONLY ME—
LOOK AT THOSE HANDS, THOSE ARE WE MADE OUR PLANS AND STARTED LIFE
NOT YOUNG HANDS BUT NOW WE FIGHT AND BACK AWAY, EVERY DAY YOU STARE TO THE WEST, (One by one, the people join in:)
BUT THEY MOVE LIKE THEY ARE THE LOSER AND THE LOSER’S WIFE. TO THE SOUTH
SWIMMING THROUGH THE MUSIC YOU CAN SEE FOR MILES BUT IT ONLY ME,
THROUGH THE MUSIC CAMAL ALL STAYS THE SAME ONLY ME,
AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT I FEEL AND I GUESS I AM A YA LEYL,YA LEYLIA THEN HONEY IN YOUR EARS, SPICE WITH THE WORLD AROUND ME.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT I KNOW PATIENT MAN IN YOUR MOUTH…
ALL I KNOW IS I FEEL SOMETHING I GUESS I HAVE THE TA’ALA ILAYA TELEPHONE GUY
DIFFERENT. GIFT TO BE.
A QUIET ROOM, A YA HABIBI 16. ANSWER ME ONLY YOU,
WHEN THE SUN AND MOON AND
TEWFIQ SLEEPING CHILD STARS ARE GONE
ITGARAHOUM YOU NEED THIS GIFT YA LEYL TELEPHONE MAN WHAT’S LEFT IS ONLY YOU.
IF YOU’RE LIKE ME. HERE I AM. HERE I AM. AND THE
DINA LIGHT IS DYING— ALL
HE MAKES ME FEEL SOMETHING A GREAT BIG HOUSE THERE IS SOMEWHERE WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? WILL YOU ANSWER ME?
DIFFERENT. THAT’S FULL OF SUN AND WILL YOU ANSWER ME? ANSWER ME.
LOVELY THINGS. ALL ALONE IN THE QUIET,
14. ITZIK’S LULLABY INSIDE THE HOUSE, THERE IS A ROOM.
A BABY SLEEPS, A DADDY SINGS.
AH, MY EARS ARE THIRSTY
FOR YOUR VOICE, FOR YOUR VOICE. 17. THE CONCERT
CAN YOU ANSWER ME?
ITZIK IF I TRY, MAYBE I CAN SEE YOUR SHADOW
A GREAT BIG HOUSE THERE IS SOMEWHERE IN THE SODIUM LIGHT THAT
THAT’S FILLED WITH SUN AND MASQUERADES AS MOON.