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Starting as an Israeli film released to wide acclaim in 2007, The Band’s Visit has taken on a life of its own, morphing into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical in 2017 before embarking on its current national tour, which lands at the Hub’s Citizens Bank Opera House beginning March 24. Starring Sasson Gabay (pictured), who reprises his role from both the Great White Way and the original film, The Band’s Visit tells the tale of an Egyptian police band that finds itself lost in a small town in Israel, a happenstance that ends up gloriously affecting the lives of the generous strangers they encounter there.