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May 21, 2018 | Josh Rogosin -- After nearly 800 Tiny Desk concerts, The Band's Visit is the first Broadway musical ever to play the series. The crew from the show, which opened last November at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, descended on NPR at 8:30 a.m. — seven musicians, five actors, a wardrobe department, a make-up artist, a publicist, a music director, the composer and even a vlogger. We started early so they could hustle back to Manhattan for a 7 p.m. curtain. The story of The Band's Visit, composer David Yazbek told the Tiny Desk audience, “is about hope and faith and silence and music.“ It tells the tale of Egyptian musicians stranded in a small Israeli village. The townspeople have no choice but to take them in. Eventually, the love of music allows the characters to see past their differences and form an unlikely bond in a single night. The musical was adapted from the 2007 film and has been nominated for 11 Tony Awards.
