Mideast-themed musical Broadway-bound; Netflix releasing ‘Oh, Hello’

THE SHOW “The Band’s Visit”

THE DEAL After honors in recent weeks from the Drama Critics’ Circle, Lucille Lortel Awards and Obie Awards, it has been confirmed that the new musical “The Band’s Visit” will transfer to Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre in the fall. The musical, which had a short Off-Broadway run produced by the Atlantic Theater Company last winter, is based on a 2007 Israeli film of the same name about an Egyptian police band that gets stranded in the Negev Desert. It has music and lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Itamar Moses and direction by David Cromer. The Off-Broadway cast included Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk and John Cariani.

WHAT Encores!

THE DEAL The 2018 Encores! season at City Center will include concert-style, full-orchestra productions of “Grand Hotel” (which was directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune in 1989), “Me and My Girl” (a 1937 English musical comedy that received a smash revival in the 1980s) and “Hey, Look Me Over!,” a collection of songs from a variety of other rarely seen musicals that Encores! has not yet produced. In November, City Center will present a short-run revival of “Brigadoon,” directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon (“An American in Paris”) and starring Kelli O’Hara, Steven Pasquale and Robert Fairchild.

THE SHOW “Oh, Hello”

THE DEAL Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s eccentric two-man comedy routine “Oh, Hello,” which was filmed at the end of its limited Broadway run, can be viewed on Netflix beginning June 13. Wearing outdated and unfashionable attire (including sandals with socks) and gray wigs, Kroll and Mulaney play Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland, who are single and out of work and have lived together in a rent-controlled apartment on the Upper West Side for decades.

WHAT Obie Awards

THE DEAL J.T. Rogers’ international relations drama, “Oslo” (now running on Broadway), received the Obie Award on Monday night for Best New American Theatre Work (which it shared with Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard’s “Underground Railroad Game”). Bartlett Sher, who directed “Oslo,” and the entire cast were also recognized for ensemble work. The Obie Awards, which are co-presented by the American Theatre Wing and Village Voice and recognize excellence among Off-Broadway shows, were held at Webster Hall, with Lea DeLaria serving as host. Matthew Broderick, Bobby Cannavale and Amy Ryan received awards for their performances in recent Off-Broadway shows.

THE SHOW “Three Tall Women”

THE DEAL Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar winner and former member of the British Parliament who recently played King Lear in London, will return to Broadway next year in a revival of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Three Tall Women,” directed by Joe Mantello and produced by Scott Rudin. Jackson will be joined by Laurie Metcalf (currently in “A Doll’s House, Part 2”). Previews will begin in late February.