'The Band's Visit,' hitting the stage in Tucson, reminds us that despite cultural differences and language barriers, we all share the human spirit.
Cathalena E. Burch Sasson Gabai was a bit surprised when Orin Wolf approached him in his native Israel and asked if he would be interested in being a part of a Broadway musical based on the 2007 Israeli film “The Band’s Visit.”
It took Wolf eight years to bring his idea to fruition and once it had been Off-Broadway and then on Broadway, Wolf circled back to Gabai in 2018 and asked him to take over the role of Zakaria on Broadway for Tony Shalhoub. The play as with the film, which swept international film festivals and won numerous awards, has characters speaking Arabic, Hebrew and English, and the music is a combination of Arabic and jazz.
“I think this story is timely ... especially now because people need the connection after such a long time of disconnection,” he added. “They missed it and they forgot how it is to be together in communities. This is especially relevant now, but I think this feels relevant any time because it talks about how much alike we are. In spite of our differences, we are humans who need each other.
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