David Cromer Will Replace Hal Prince as Director of The Band’s Visit Off-Broadway

David Cromer will step in for Hal Prince and helm the world premiere of The Band’s Visit. The legendary director has withdrawn owing to scheduling conflicts. Based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin, with a book by Itamar Moses and music and lyrics by David Yazbek, the production will now bow in the fall of 2016 at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater. The musical adaptation of the 2007 film had previously been set to run this spring.

An Egyptian Police Band arrives in Israel to play a concert. After a mix up at the border, they are sent to a remote village in the middle of the desert. With no bus until morning and no hotel in sight, these unlikely travelers are taken in by the locals. Under the spell of the desert sky, their lives become intertwined in the most unexpected ways.

Cromer returns to Atlantic where he staged the world premiere of Ethan Coen’s play Women Or Nothing. Broadway credits include the revivals of Brighton Beach Memoirs and The House of Blue Leaves. His additional off-Broadway work includes Adding Machine: A Chamber Musical, Others, Our Town, Really Really and Tribes.