The Visit

Williamstown Theatre Festival, July 2014
Broadway, April 23, 2015

Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Book by Terrence McNally
Directed by John Doyle

Nominated for 5 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score! Based on the satirical play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt as adapted by Maurice Valency, The Visit is about greed, love, and one woman's carefully plotted revenge. The oft-widowed Claire Zachanassian (Chita Rivera), richest woman in the world, returns to the hardship-stricken town of her birth. The locals pray that her wealth will bring them a new lease on life, but her arrival carries a dreadful price. Tony Award® winner Roger Rees co-stars as Anton Schell, the man who scorned Claire years ago. Sardonic and morally complex, The Visit asks "What can your heart afford?"