956 Swiss play by Friedrich Durrenmatt about the worlds wealthiest woman (Rivera), returning to her destitute hometown to offer salvation at a terrible price. Tom Nelis stepped into the shows co-starring role in recent weeks after original star Roger Rees had to bow out due to illness.
Date: Jun 08, 2015
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Tony nominations aren't kind to new American plays
score, although that prize should likely go to Fun Home, with The Visit also a possibility. I was a little sorry not to have seen Roger Rees of The Visit get a nod for a lead, or Bob Balaban and Clare Higgins of A Delicate Balance and Jill Paice of An American in Paris recognized for featured roles.
Date: Apr 28, 2015
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Nail-biting time on Broadway ahead of Tony nominations, with no front-runner for ...
The top candidates for the five openings for best actor in a musical are Brian d'Arcy James for "Something Rotten!", Michael Cerveris in "Fun Home," Matthew Morrison from "Finding Neverland," Roger Rees in "The Visit," Ken Watanabe in "The King and I," Tony Yazbeck in "On the Town," Robert Fairchild
Date: Apr 28, 2015
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Triumphant return of Broadway legend Chita Rivera in 'The Visit'
uropean country. It has fallen on hard times and its citizens are hoping she will use her wealth to help. She agrees but only if they kill her former lover Anton Schell, played by actor Roger Rees (The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby), who abandoned her to marry a shopkeeper's daughter.
Date: Apr 25, 2015
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BWW TV: Out of the Darkness and Into Broadway Lights- Chatting with the ...
In her juiciest role yet, Chita Rivera is Claire Zachannassian, the world's wealthiest woman, who returns home to Anton Schell (Roger Rees) who captured her heart then shattered her dreams. What she does next shocks the town and makes for the most thrilling and intriguing musical in years. This tale
At 88, Mr. Kander needs to make room for one more. The Visit, starring Chita Rivera and Roger Rees, opened on Thursday at the Lyceum Theater (see review on D8). The musical is based on a 1956 play by Friedrich Drrenmatt about what happens when the wealthiest woman in the world (Ms. Rivera) return
Date: Apr 22, 2015
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'The Visit' Arrives on Broadway in Latest Spring Shuffle
Chita Rivera and Roger Rees will reprisetheir toplining roles in the production after playing their respective parts in Williamstown over the summer.Based on the Friedrich Durrenmatt play, The Visit follows the richest woman in the world (Rivera) as she returns to her hometown to exactrevenge o
Date: Jan 08, 2015
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Kander and Ebb's 'Visit' Broadway-bound, with Chita
wealthy woman, widowed multiple times, who revisits her troubled home town. Roger Rees (pictured with Rivera above) is set to costar in the production, which will be directed by John Doyle, whose Broadway credits include stark, acclaimed readings of the Stephen Sondheim musicals Company and Sweeney Todd.