Excellent
by Moi on 5/3/22Fisher Theatre - DetroitCast was superb. Play is well written, funny with good message.
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The Band's Visit (Touring)
The critically acclaimed smash-hit Broadway musical The Band’s Visit is the winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, making it one of the most Tony-winning musicals in history. It is also a Grammy Award® winner for Best Musical Theater Album.
With a score that seduces your soul and sweeps you off your feet, and featuring thrillingly talented onstage musicians, The Band’s Visit rejoices in the way music makes us laugh, makes us cry, and ultimately, brings us together.
Cast was superb. Play is well written, funny with good message.
Hard to distinguish the dialogue and music Great music. Delightful script
Worst show ever!! We walked out. Couldn’t understand what they were saying or what the story was even about. Very disappointed that this show was not in the original package that I paid a lot of money for. I was promised and paid for Ain’t Too Proud - the Temptations. A refund for this show would be fair.
The beginning was very slow moving. Storyline was unfamiliar so it was difficult to understand accented words from up in the balcony (What did he/she say?). I was as confused as the band! Sometimes the music overpowered the singing. Thought the best part was when the band came out to play at the end. Afterwards, I went online to listen to words of songs - it helped me understand the story better.
Every character in this show is relatable. A delightful musical that could be set in any small town where strangers come to visit and leave their individual impact on their hosts. The beauty of Middle Eastern music and spoken accents adds depth and builds our curiosity with each scene. And the last song, a beautiful tenor voice, speaks to everyone’s search for connection with another soul or even with a higher power - wow!
Wonderful instruments, wonderful music, wonderful acting. What a lovely show!
The on stage musicians added so much to the performance. The plot which seems so simple at first is a perfect context for delving deep into all aspects of love and life. The tunes are memorable and the lyrical content pure poetry. This has been my favorite show for the past 3 years. Finally seeing it live was even better than I imagined.
Slow moving... the sound was very poor... very amateurish.
Entertaining musical with great actors. I enjoyed the performance.
I saw this show 3X's on Broadway, and traveled to Memphis, TN to see the tour. The tour cast was just as exceptional as the original production. What a beautiful show. Don't miss it!
Really enjoyed! All the cast were perfect in their roles.
This musical is different than any show I have ever seen- and I love it. The unique pacing and traditional music made it stand out from overdone Broadway shows that are very popular now. The story may be simple, but it carries many important lessons that one can experience in their day-to-day lives. One of my favorite shows ever.
This play was one of the worst I've ever seen. Actors dropped their lines, timing was off, everything was slow. It didn't start on time. I almost got up and left. The only bright spot was the band performance at the end. This was a really bad experience.
With the Broadway production of the Band's Visit being such a huge success, and having had such wonderful experiences with Broadway traveling shows, I was ready for a great experience but was sadly very disappointed. The show was flat. Their was NO spark between the lead characters, so little emotion expressed. With no major show stopper songs, coupled with flat emotion and no charisma, the production was a dud. Darn! I had high hopes.
Difficult to follow. After the first 20 min or so we were ready to leave. Audio was poor. The really best part was the band playing after the actual play was over. Maybe I just "didn't get it".
Wish we could get the money back for this. Almost fell asleep in the first 30 minutes. I would classify this as a subpar performance. A full 90 minutes of confusion and the feeling of wanting to leave. I wouldn't call this a play at all.
I was really looking forward to seeing this show and was disappointed. I appreciate the fact that it is a show that is bringing different cultures to the stage, I was really just hoping for a lot more music. The story line was a little hard to follow a couple of times and a little slow. I thought since it was about a band there would have been a lot more music. Would I recommend at this time to anyone, probably not, I think there is room for improvement.
It's easy to see why this musical won so many Tonys! It is not huge and splashy, but more contemplative, with a great score and universal themes about the power of music and kindness. We loved it!
My husband and I saw The Band's Visit on Saturday, March 12 at 2pm. The band music was wonderful however we could not understand much of the heavy accents and every time an actor turned his or her head away from the audience we had a very hard time hearing what they were saying. I think this was true for other folks in our area/section (section F Row 14) because when other parts of the audience were laughing no one was in our section. For us the play was disappointing because we could not hear the talking parts the singing was OK. We did love the band music.
I really enjoyed this play, it was so real and the music was so beautiful. It is refreshing to see a different side of the story between Arabs and Israelis one that doesn't contain war and tension. All the scenes were so close to real-life issues that we all go through and it was easy to relate. It was a delight to see these two would converge and see how music could connect them for a short period of time.