The Band's Visit (musical)

The Band’s Visit
Broadway Promotional Poster
Music	David Yazbek
Lyrics	David Yazbek
Book	Itamar Moses
Setting	Negev, 1996
Basis	The Band's Visit by Eran Kolirin
Premiere	November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11): Linda Gross Theater
Productions	2016 Off-Broadway 2017 Broadway 2019 North American Tour 2022 London
Awards	Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

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.

The Band's Visit has received critical acclaim. Its off-Broadway production won several major awards, including the 2017 Obie Award for Musical Theatre, as well the year's New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical. At the 72nd Tony Awards, it was nominated for 11 awards and won 10, including Best Musical. The Band's Visit is one of four musicals in Broadway history to win the unofficial "Big Six" Tony Awards, which include Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, and Best Direction of a Musical. It won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.