“I’ve made five albums that have nothing to do with musical theater,” he continues. The rhymes in “The Band’s Visit” are accurate enough to get laughs (awful/falafel; marrow/Pharaoh) but not obsessively mitered. Mr. Yazbek would, of course, love a hit, but his pleasure in the work itself acts as a kind of professional prophylaxis. Still, after certain performances, when company members gather outside the Barrymore or beneath its stage for a jam session of Arabic music, Mr. Yazbek sometimes joins in. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAnd so, after a while, with a huge smile, did Mr. Yazbek.

Source: New York Times November 01, 2017 13:52 UTC