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Omar Sharif
Katrina Lenk Lyrics

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Michael William Ybarra

4y↑1

Alexis Kelley I........ want to say I disagree, but it’s because I usually like unique shows like this or by Sondheim(my favorites) and others equally.

I’ve seen various shows and tours of Broadway shows over here at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA before(in fact, in the fall when I came back to California, I saw the national tour for Dear Evan Hansen, which I also love so much!).

It be nice to experience New York again, but I acknowledge how expensive it was to go the first time(let alone LIVE there).
However, since I have my own ambitions to compose/lyricize/playwright/orchestrate for the musical theatre someday, if I actually decide to work on Broadway, then I’d probably move to a state that’s close to New York that’s not as costly like Pennsylvania, or something.

Then again, I just learned that California is just as costly, if not more than New York, so what would I know for now. :P

I appreciate your sentiment still, and I would love to get the chance to go there again and see a new show there(maybe the new “play with a musical” Soft Power by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori(which I unfortunately missed when It first premiered here at the Ahmanson Theatre in 2018) when it finally makes it Broadway) someday!

In the meantime, I’m fine with settling for when that new show comes to LA if and when it tours.
Before this pandemic hit, I was SO looking forward to seeing this again at the Dolby theatre on it’s national tour(and maybe when it transfers to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa)!

Ah well, national health comes first, and at least I have the libretto(which I bought at the shows gift shop after The Broadway show), online cast recording, (not to mention some bootlegs scattered somewhere) and memories to comfort me in meantime.
As well as other shows I love just as much! :)

scratches eyeballs

3y↑7

[DINA]
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
Came floating on the jasmine wind
From the west, from the south
Honey in my ears
Spice in my mouth
Dark and thrilling
Strange and sweet
Cleopatra and the handsome thief
And they floated in on a jasmine wind
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
And they floated in on a jasmine wind
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

Friday evening, Omar Sharif
In black and white and blurry through tears
My mother and I would sit there in a trance
He was cool to the marrow, the pharaoh of romance

Sunday morning
Umm Kulthum
Her voice would fill our living room
The ship from Egypt always came
Sailing in on radio waves

And the jasmine wind, deep perfume
Umm Kulthum
And the living room becomes a garden
And the TV set becomes a fountain
And the music flows in the garden
And everything grows

Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
Came floating on a lemon leaf
Flying in on a jasmine wind
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
And we dance with them on a jasmine scented wind
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif

All comments from YouTube:

Free Palestine

5y↑670

I'm an Arab who loves Um Kulthoom and Omar Sharif and I'm crying watching this, no one but Middle Eastern knows what this means to us. I feel proud to be one of those people who wants peace nothing but peace

Sheri Denney

5y↑18

I am not Middle Eastern and cry like a baby everytime I see it. :)

Raul A. Pinto

5y↑44

Omar Sharif was a LEGEND in Latinamerica. He spoke Spanish fluently, so he was always invited to TV shows. I saw him at lease three times on Chilean TV in the 90's... because of that, his films were broadcast all the time. I am a cinephile to the core, and although I am very ignorant in musical theatre, this song captures perfectly the impact of artists on our childhood

Adam Levy

4y↑17

I'm Jewish, and I found out about Um Kulthoom after watching this musical. I have no idea what she says, but her music is quite beautiful!

chelsearoses22

2y↑1

Sending love from the US, California Love 💘 Peace and Light 🌌✨

Chris French

4y↑573

There simply aren't enough good things to say about these performances, but I'm struck by the fact that Katrina Lenk studied as a dancer first, and her ability to interpret every gesture with her entire body -- from her opening posture to her eventual dance -- is remarkable. I especially love how she uses casual, almost dismissive body language at the beginning to kind of 'apologize' for becoming so poetic. Even she resists -- then slowly allows -- herself to get swallowed up by the emotions of it all. This performance should be taught to musical theatre students around the world -- it's an absolute master class.

cuchelo1

4y↑55

The camerawork is also exceptional. I'm not used to it being so in-sync with the performance. Usually they just do a couple wide shots to show the stage and then a mid-shot to get the person singing. They really knew when to focus on just her hand, or over to Tony Shalhoub, then pull back. It was superbly captured.

Arty Zara

5y↑788

Ok just this performance alone is enough to understand why this musical won 10 Tonys

QueenMaj

5y↑874

her face at the end, when the spell over her character breaks and she looks at him like she's realized exactly how much about herself she's just told him, just...UGH i love this

Love Peace

3y↑11

So well put, so well felt: brava! I cry everytime I watch this, having had the joy of 1st seeing it in person. Ms. Lenk owns my heart.

Sarah Weissman

5y↑273

I know VERY little about this show and just watched this. The performances, song itself, and set-up/lack of choreography are so intimate you feel like you're INTRUDING on these two. Absolutely breathtaking.

Sarah Weissman

1y↑2

ML Roberts Thank you for your kind comment! Perhaps I will catch a regional or tour production one of these days.

Nika Vance

5y↑566

Katrina Lenk. Is. Freaking. Incredible.
She deserved 10 Tonys for this performance alone.

Michael William Ybarra

5y↑15

I went to New York for the first time with my family last year, and saw this show as my very first show seen on Broadway, and I wholeheartedly agree!!

Alexis Kelley

4y↑8

@Michael William Ybarra I'm thrilled for you that this was the first Broadway show you ever saw but, at the same time, so sorry for you because nothing will ever compare now, having seen this first.

Michael William Ybarra

4y↑1

Emily Luffman

2y↑17

The trill in her voice as the song arrives at its climax is so incredible. It makes it sound so raw and emotional, like her voice is breaking from the importance of what she’s saying. My favourite thing in music is when the singer decides to sing a line so intensely their voice breaks, forgoing sounding nice for the sake of emphasising the emotion, and this is such a great way to adapt that for the stage, while also being evocative of the culture the show is set within. Just incredible!

Emma Doran

5y↑202

Something I absolutely adore is when she get so into it emotionally that her voice cracks. Like it’s not traditionally beautiful but it’s stunning to me. I saw this show and seeing it live made something different my absolute favorite so g from this show. It was stunning

pattilikestodraw

5y↑1.1K

Tony Shalhoub’s face had me WEEPING. You rarely see a character fall in love with another like that :((

Cata Ciudad

5y↑88

his face is EVERYTHING!! he's such a great actor omg

Laurie Epstein

5y↑100

In my opinion, this show is one of the most accurate portrayals of love that I’ve seen

faithe54

4y↑18

I think he really did fall in love with her!

Selah Armstrong

4y↑9

@faithe54 ME TOO! IN EVERY PICTURE HES SMILING AT HER

Jennifer McDonough

3y↑10

He is SO good. I believed he was in love with her

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stabgod

4y↑209

We dragged our 11 year old son to the theater last night. He would have rather been playing video games, or playing sports with friends, or any other activity restless 11 year olds like to participate in. We just hoped he'd make it through the performance with as few interruptions as possible. By the end of the show, that boy did not move from his chair. His eyes welling from the impact of the final scene. This scene was one of the most powerful in the production and he kept humming it on the way out.

Madeline Scotti

4y↑30

stabgod that magical moment when you fall in love with theater, he will never forget it.

scorpioninpink

3y↑14

I hope more parents do this. I fell in love with Opera when my parents drag me into watching Akhnaten and ever since then, it was my favorite Opera and I rarely miss watching a play, orchestra, ballet, musical, opera, or operatta once a month up until the pandemic started.

Prexify

I’m the 11 year old😭😭

Cata Ciudad

5y↑221

i didn't know this musical, until i saw this performance on tv and fell in love with it... the way she moves, the look on his eyes; it's absolutely hypnotizing

Laurie Epstein

5y↑121

I wish I could watch this for the first time again. Every moment is mesmerizing, unexpected, and gorgeous in the most classic way. What a beautiful performance that stays so true to what art is.

Avraham Tuvy

5y↑783

I grew up in Israel during those times, the Friday night movie in Arabic was a major event. The whole country was watching it.

B.S. H

5y↑29

That's beautiful

Madeline Scotti

4y↑19

I almost cried reading this.

ShnoogleMan

3y↑7

@Mohamed Amer Why? He’s just talking about his childhood. Why should the actions of the Israeli government be placed onto Israeli children?

Guardian Of Peace

2y↑5

@ShnoogleManGive it a rest, man.

Raphael Teixeira

3y↑29

This is how it's done. One of the best Tony performances ever. I tear up just watching Tony watching her, and everything katrina does is meticulously on point. Just amazing

Mary Kraus

4y↑33

I can only describe her voice as devastating. Not in the way where I think that her voice is terrible, but the notes she sings have so much power and support to them and they feel like they physically hit you.

Mc Kenna

5y↑420

This is the moment when you are talking to a stranger and all of a sudden you realize that they share the same passion for some bit of art that you do... Yet you have never met anyone in your everyday life who even begins to get it. And for that brief moment in time, you are totally in sync; enjoying a delicious bite.

Kenny Walker

4y↑11

This. My heart....

Camila Alvarado

5y↑115

One of the best performances I’ve ever seen, she is just so freaking amazing.... and also no wonder why Tony won the Tony, LOOK AT HIS FACE WATCHING HER
Even after one year, I still get chills

Jabroniville

4y↑12

What's funny is I was as transfixed by her performance as his character was, so I barely noticed him until people here mentioned it. The way he kind of moves his head with her body, like he can't look away, bobbing it with her arm movements, and then just STARING at her with that dumbstruck "Well hell, now I'm in love" look- it's truly great.

Camila Alvarado

4y↑1

Jabroniville YES EXACTLY AAA

ApexPredator 234

5y↑365

Seeing Tony’s face and him almost crying gets me every time. It makes me really believe that it’s also tony tearing up & not just his character

B.S. H

5y↑28

As an amateur theater actor it is one of the most invigorating feelings when you and the person you have a scene with just move each other so deeply. Sometimes you do really have to fight back the tears. It's just so beautiful.

Joey Delgado

5y↑200

Thank you thank you thank you!!! Katrina Lenk is a goddess. (Also, Tony Shaloub is giving a great react performance. He’s looking at her like the rest of us are looking at her. In awe.)

Mary Enojo

5y↑10

Joseph Delgado i teared up when he tears up 3:47 😭

Sheri Denney

5y↑64

Wonderful. There are not enough adjectives to describe this performance. I have seen it probably 50 times and it brings me tears every time. Katrina's performance is haunting and Tony Shalhoub's performance without speaking any words whatsoever is nothing short of amazing.

Urszula Turkiewicz

2y↑10

I love how in the recent years next to the big productions and countless musical adaptions of TV series or hit movies, we get these small, intimate shows like The Band's Visit (which is also a movie adaption!) or Come From Away. no need for bells and whistles, big dance numbers and sparkly costumes, just good material, wonderful cast, true emotions.

Chris Craig

5y↑750

Even her voice crack is amazing like she is so forking talented

Gary Russell

5y↑37

I think her talent was a quick trill or ullulation. Very Good!

levanarchy

5y↑47

it wasn’t a voice crack it was a quick trill which is a very common technique in a lot of israeli music

Maura_The_Rose

5y↑7

I think it's a part of the culture's music

Ben

4y↑37

3:36 It’s usually more of a trill, this was a suuuper well covered crack. It was still absolutely beautiful

Max Overby

4y↑7

Chris Craig after all that I a very hard note to hit that quickly

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BreezingBy

2y↑10

Katrina Lenk is absolutely exceptional here, but credit also has to go to Tony Shalhoub, who barely speaks but says so much just by watching her

six23ist

5y↑281

I love the subtlety of Shalhoub's choreography as a reaction to hers

Just Julia

5y↑9

six23ist Sharone told us that instead of choreography they use a thing called Gaga and I thought that it was really cool

Pusher Love Man

3y↑11

I remember folks were upset about Tony Shaloub winning the Tony that year, but all I could think was:

Look at how much acting he does for this scene alone! Such a great and pure reaction to his scene partner.

The Cinematic Mind

2y↑9

One of the best deserved Best Actress wins in the history of the Tonys.

TheHumorousReader

3y↑12

I remember watching this the first time not having an idea about the Band's Visit. I was so mesmerized with this performance I must have not blinked. Katrina Lenk and Tony Shalhoub's performance was magnetic.

Pusher Love Man

3y↑11

I saw this musical 5 times on Broadway during its short run. Just couldn't stay away from a show this good.

I'm glad more people are discovering it as the years go on-it just gets more perfect the more you dive into it!

Baker John

2y↑5

Absolutely breathtaking. Stunning performance fused with emotion and sensuality. The connection between the two of them is palpable.

Jon Doeringer

3y↑13

THIS is why I always watch the Tony's. I'm not much of a theater person, and I only like certain musicals. But there will generally be one or two performances that will make me glad I stuck around! Everything about this is amazing.

Just watching

4y↑26

I can't get over how much stage presence Katrina Lenk has

Isabella Martinez

5y↑29

Everything about this performance.... god it's so wonderful. The subtlety, the beauty- this is theatre. this is art.

Alexis Kelley

4y↑16

Weeping. How can this be? I'm watching a performance that is twice removed? First from the actual Broadway performance to the Tony Awards, and then on YouTube via a computer screen? This can't be happening! There is no one to compare this actor to. It is nearly impossible to be a one-of-a-kind original in today's world, but Katrina Lenk is the most astonishing performer I have ever witnessed. Believe me when I say, I have seen a lot of them, having worked on 17 Broadway shows. Nothing she does is expected and yet, when you see it, it seems she has made the only inevitable choice. I could watch her all day.

Stanley Weinberg

3y↑7

As amazing as this performance is, and it IS amazing, Katrina's face when she looks into Tony's eyes when the song ends...is solo touchingly human. I'm crying crying while writing about it. Sobbing when watcing it.

QueenMaj

5y↑54

Every time i watch this I find something new to love and I'm mesmerized all over again. The emotion she puts into every word and gesture is incredible. I'm in love 😍

Alessia Ughetti

4y↑1

I agree

Hannah Jones

5y↑11

Every time I watch this I get chills. Incredible performance. She absolutely deserved that Tony 💛

Pablo Barrionuevo

46w

Que belleza de cancion y que fantastica esta cantada por Katrina. Desde ARGENTINA que amamos los musicales les envio mis mas sinceras FELICITACIONES. Me llega hasta el corazon.

missluckystar100

3y↑11

This is, without a doubt, my single most favorite piece of theatre I’ve ever seen. I find myself coming back to watch it regularly. It is absolutely breathtaking.

Tracie Bates

4y↑10

What I love about this musical, is it shows a difference of life and how culture life and how people can affect others by this and there personal experiences

scratches eyeballs

3y↑7

Keona Welch

2y↑4

I still cry, and I've watched this 100s of times. It's just so beautiful. ♡

Josh A

2y↑2

Don’t know the musical nor the culture but certainly when I saw her transcended by something that obviously means so much to her character that I immediately became enveloped in this stunning visual representation of nostalgia.
Absolutely stunning.

Neil Palik

5y↑38

Fiiiinally! Thaaaank You for posting!!! I searched for this immediately after I saw it. Katrina Lenk weaves a magical spell with face,form and voice. Haunting music. Chill Bumps!! She Rocks.

Khristian Vazquez

2y↑3

Saw this musical today and thought it was the tour version just the fact that they didn’t need these huge dance scenes just subtle movements with hand shoulders and body made every song poetic in every way. This video doesn’t do it justice until you see it live.

Debra Brabenec

1y↑2

❤️❤️I can't love this enough!!❤️❤️

Pomegranate Of Hell

4y↑8

I had the privilege of seeing this live while it was still on Broadway while with my highschool. And it was breath taking, this show and it's cast was amazing.

Arali69

4y↑3

I have wanted to see this show since I saw this very performance at the Tony Awards. She blows me away! What a performer!

Dennis Crudden

3y↑3

What an extraordinary melody. I am in awe.

Riley Haveman

5y↑5

i should really get into this musical, every time i seem to come back to this performance. goosebumps every time i watch, without fail

a d

3y↑3

Wow. She's so outstanding.

MacawGod

5y↑9

i watched this on broadway with its original cast in december of 2017. i wish i could watch it again everyday.

Jillian Hamel

5y↑11

Such a beautiful song...brings me to tears!

Raymond Cottman

39w↑1

Love this performance

Dylan Smith

3y↑9

While I was devastated that Mean Girls lost, 3 years later, I now realize why they won. This is a beautiful number.

Ryan Thompson

4y↑2

That performance was so moving. Why have I never seen this before!

Lee Love

5y↑21

Saw this in NYC last week. Incredible, awesome, wanted it to go on and on.

signalred

5y↑1

this is the only song i’ve fully listened to but it made me fall in love with the show. so beautiful!!

Gemini Domme

4y↑3

That was intense! Magnificent!

Leia Jules

3y↑2

this is art, it’s incredible

flamingkitten1

3y↑5

I have watched this video at least a couple dozen times. It's was only today that I realized there are people dancing in the background. She is so captivating I didn't even see them.

godswiph

4y↑9

She might be one of my favorite musical theatre characters of the 21st century... right up there next Leslie Odom's Aaron Burr.

Debra Brabenec

5y↑2

I'm SO glad this got put back- it had disappeared for a long time and I love it so much!

victor dunson

4y↑2

An incredibly beautiful show.

Ben

33w↑1

Her acting is outrageously good

Jacob Garofalo

5y↑1.3K

AKA the moment i stopped rooting for Mean Girls to get best musical.

Lily Wendt Serfass

5y↑49

THIS IS SO REAL

BreezingBy

5y↑65

Mean Girls never stood a chance (Almost everyone I talked to agreed that Spongebob was most likely a distant second place to Band’s Visit

ixarix

5y↑36

Agreed. This was a flawless performance. After seeing it I started rooting for The Band’s Visit too.

iHeart Gaming and Whose Line

4y↑18

really, I stopped rooting for Frozen the second I found out who was doing the music for this musical

Pusher Love Man

3y↑11

I saw all the Best Musical nominees that year at least twice each, and I was always rooting for The Band's Visit to win.

I kept telling folks "I know it's less well-known, but trust me: it deserves all the awards!"

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John Cornelius

3y↑9

Great moment to remember: the people and their government often do not match. Person to person; soul to soul; heart to heart. When we will learn?

Marquis de Hoto

5y↑11

I'm not someone who is very fond of musicals... but this song .... I need to watch it😅

Brianna Melamed

5y↑3

Upon hearing this for the second time today, It sounds more amazing.

Anita Backrub

4y↑1

such a beautiful song.....

Breadway

4y↑6

This performance instantly made me stop rooting for mean girls, although it is also an amazing musical rendition of the movie, but Katrina Lenk deserved her tony, and this song is better than most of mean girls’s songs

SLY SPY

4y↑3

Tony Shalhoub , The guy's just terrific.....!

ka li

3y↑2

Chills 👏 every 👏 time 👏

Courtney Stanley

5y↑1

i saw this on broadway and i’ll never forget it

wattleskin

5y↑3

Could watch this magic again and again and again............Beautiful!

BreezingBy

5y↑7

One of the best shows I’ve ever seen

Julie De Leon

4y↑1

Omar Sharif a very well -respected actor.

ssy

3y↑1

I'm glad I watched this show in 2019, miss it~

Dean Parker

4y↑7

Kind of insane this was the only best musical nominee that was actually original during that year.

Rarietty

3y↑2

It's based on a movie though, just not as popular of a franchise as Mean Girls, Spongebob, or Frozen ofc

scorpioninpink

3y↑2

I can appreciate musicals adopted from movie compare to a lot of jukebox musicals which are just lazy when it comes to song writing. At for &Juliet in London, although also a Jukebox musical, had an interesting concept. I blame Mamma Mia for all of the jukebox musical popping up left and right in Broadway. Although I love Mamma Mia.

SomeBradenStuff

3y↑7

and that's how you win a Tony

franciscosauceda95

4y↑2

Just watched The Band's Visit in Houston last night. It was so much fun!

Timmy House

5y↑46

Yeah in retrospect this musical absolutely deserved best musical score and book, though I will still insist to the day I die that Ethan Slater only didn’t get best actor because he was playing spongebob and the tony voters were biased.

chapps.

5y↑1

Ikr:(

Joshua Azenberg

5y↑8

Or they didn't think he was as good as Tony Shaloub...

Kavy B

4y↑5

Timmy House Ethan was fantastic but tony is way more polished.

Molly McDade

Ethan Slater and Gavin Lee were robbed

Pusher Love Man

@Kavy B Plus, he'd been nominated for 3 Tonys before this and lost every time, while Ethan was nominated for the first time.

So it was also the need to award a guy who somehow hadn't won yet!

Anisa Sobhani

5y↑58

I HAVE BEEN WAIIIIIITTTIING AND SEARCHING FOR THIS SICE I WATCHED IT ON THE DAY 😭😭😭 THANK YOU 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Cata Ciudad

SAMEEEEE

cassiopeia

5y↑36

finally managed to upload this amazing performance!! 💕 (but i might have it unlisted for a while idk)

Violet Bailey

best song ever!

Lily Evans

5y↑14

OMG thanks for uploading I've been looking for this for sooooo long

Open Sesame

4y↑1

OHHHH OH OH I GOT CHILLS HELP ME WHOOO MY SPINE 🤯💕🎶

Anita Backrub

2y↑1

So beautiful

Love Peace

GODDESS SUBLIME on Earth to lift us to Heaven, Katrina Lenk, I adore you.

johntlew

2y↑1

WOW!

Alexandra Bonner

3y↑1

Singing this song for thespians! Can wait

Michael McLeod

41w

love it that The Boss is the following act.

cassiopeia

5y↑21

english subtitles are up now - thank you to ciani for submitting them, sorry it took so long to notice the submission whoops 😬😬

Cameron Nye

I cannot wait to see her in Company

John Flynn

1y↑1

Katrina Lenk is a Doll.
Great Actress.

sad yeehaw

5y↑7

I've been watching videos on the bands visit ever since Rachel Prather sent me a signed playbill 😂😂

Avigail Paz

4y↑2

im israeli and i wanted to say that her hebrew accent is so heavyyy

אביחי סופר

1y↑1

The Israeli accent is perfect!

piecesofme

2y↑1

This is really great. But I was underwhelmed by her performance in Company.

meghanj28

Yeah, I think she was miscast in Company. She’s phenomenal in her other roles. I loved Indecent

Charlie Patterson

5y↑45

Why didn’t they introduce the show as “a few years ago an Egyptian band went to perform in Israel. You probably didn’t hear about it, it wasn’t very important” full stop

Melizma Tea

5y↑1

I saw Katrina Lenk in "Indecent" and she was a standout amongst a great cast - she was so charismatic, a fantastic actress. But this song kept me from seeing the show. I hate it. I don't want to rain on anyone else's parade - different things appeal to different people and if anyone is entranced or moved by this I seriously think that's great - we need to feel that. But it annoys the hell out of me and I avoided the show all because of that. I think it's the accent and it just seemed overwrought. I recently saw another person performing the song, who is not even close to being as talented as Katrina, but she did it so much better, surprisingly. Then I regretted missing the show. I'm sure Katrina was amazing in the rest of the show - I probably shouldn't have let that one song keep me away. But it just bugged the hell out of me.