Shows · The Visit

The Visit

Opened 2015

39 performances

Musical, Contemporary

Claire Zachanassian, now the wealthiest woman in the world, returns to her impoverished hometown of Brachen and offers the citizens a fortune — on the condition that they kill Anton Schell, the man who seduced and abandoned her as a girl decades ago. As the town wrestles with its conscience, the temptation of wealth slowly corrupts even the most upstanding citizens.

Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb, John Kander
Book: Terrence McNally

Productions5 on Broadway

1958

Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway Original, opened May 5, 1958, directed by Peter Brook

189 performances

1973

Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway Revival, opened November 25, 1973, directed by Harold Prince

32 performances

1992

Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway Revival, opened January 23, 1992, directed by Edwin Sherin

45 performances

2011

Ambassador TheatreBroadway Revival, opened November 30, 2011, directed by Carl Andress

1 performances

2015

RevivalBroadway Revival, opened April 23, 2015, directed by John Doyle

39 performances

Recordings 2 recordings

The Visit (demo cast)

2015

The Visit Broadway Records BRYSL-CD02; Yellow Sound Label BRYSL-CD02, released July 10, 2015

United States

The Visit is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. Based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1956 satirical play about greed and revenge Der Besuch der alten Dame, it focuses on the world's wealthiest woman, Claire Zachanassian, who returns to her financially depressed hometown and offers its residents a new lease on life in exchange for the murder of Anton Schell, the man who abandoned her years ago.

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