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BWW Review: Stunning THE BAND'S VISIT at Providence Performing Arts Center
(2019)
Abstract
My favorite writing professor loved to say that there are two stories the world: one, a person sets off on a journey; in the other, a stranger comes to town. The second story is precisely the idea behind the 10 Tony Award winning THE BAND'S VISIT. The Egyptian Police Band is on tour, and through a simple language mixup, they wind up in a small town in the Isreali desert . With no way to leave town until the morning, and no hotels available, the police are taken into locals' homes where they start to see into the lives of the people of the village. This is an atypical Broadway musical in that it's very quiet and seemingly simple, but does a fantastic job of showing the struggles of ordinary people, and how two seemingly different groups of people have a lot in common after all.
Keywords
- THE BAND'S VISIT.,
- Providence Performing Arts Center
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 28, 2019
Citation Information
Andria Tieman. "BWW Review: Stunning THE BAND'S VISIT at Providence Performing Arts Center" (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andria-tieman/188/