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John Cullum, Chita Rivera to Headline The Visit Benefit Concert

Chita Rivera
(© David Gordon)
Chita Rivera
(© David Gordon)

Tony Award winners Chita Rivera and John Cullum will headline a one-night-only Actors Fund benefit concert performance of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s The Visit at the Vineyard Theatre on November 30 at 7:30pm.


Carl Andress will direct the performance, which will be choreographed by Ann Reinking and have musical direction by David Loud. Additional casting will be announced shortly.


The show, based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play and featuring a book by Terrence McNally, centers on Claire Zachanassian (Rivera), who was driven from her hometown in disgrace when she was 17, having been betrayed by her lover Anton Schell (Cullum). Several decades and seven husbands later, Zachanassian has become the richest woman in the world, yet her hometown has fallen on hard times. When Zachanassian returns with an offer to save the town, salvation comes with an outrageous price tag.

Rivera’s many Broadway credits include Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie, Sweet Charity and West Side Story.

Cullum’s many Broadway credits include The Scottsboro Boys, Shenandoah, and On the Twentieth Century. He is also well known for his work on the television series Northern Exposure.

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