#i forgot if thats my tag or not

the band’s visit has such beautifully poetic lyrics.  i think that omar sharif really showcases this, though a number of other songs do as well, but instead of just saying things, it engages the senses, multiple senses - jasmine wind, honey in my ear, spice in my mouth, the music flows in the garden.  and then answer me????  “if i try, maybe i can see your shadow”.  haled’s song about love?  “two suns, no shadow” and “two streams of water that become the sea”.  the dialogue from the park?  “this is the park. it’s not look like a park, you have to imagine. you see, this, this is the grass. and there is where the children play. and this, this is the sea. do you hear the sea?”  the lyricism is so evocative and there’s such strong throughlines and specific thematic motifs addressed again and again.  they not only act as an expression of the characters’ thoughts on the basest level but engage the listener’s senses again and again.  the poem that was translated into itgara’a, yazbeck wrote “when you drink, drink deeply.
drink deeply of the moonlight.  drink deeply of the dark.  of the loneliness.  of the joy.”  and the cast delivers all of the weight and reverence to these songs that they deserve.  it’s just.  the band’s visit is beyond gorgeous musically and lyrically.  it’s deceptively simple without the theatrics of commonly seen in contemporary musical theatre, but written complexly with deep characters and themes, delivered by incredible performers.  there’s one vast broad theme found in the lyrics, the plot, the instrumentation, the direction, and it’s connection, trying to connect, failing to connect, yearning to connect.  the show explores each and every avenue that has to do with this theme, and it’s one of the best scores in recent memory for this reason.