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Broadway's The Visit Announces More Casting

Members of the Williamstown Theatre Festival company will reprise their roles in the Kander and Ebb musical.

Chita Rivera as Claire Zachanassian in Kander and Ebb's The Visit at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Chita Rivera as Claire Zachanassian in Kander and Ebb's The Visit at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Kander and Ebb's The Visit, coming to Broadway's Lyceum Theatre this spring, has announced additional cast members to join the headlining stars Chita Rivera and Roger Rees.

The musical's Broadway production will now feature Jason Danieley, Matthew Deming, Diana Dimarzio, David Garrison, Rick Holmes, Tom Nelis, Chris Newcomer, Aaron Ramey, Timothy Shew, and Michelle Veintimilla, all of whom will reprise the roles they performed last summer at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

The Visit, one of the final musicals of the legendary songwriting pair John Kander and Fred Ebb, tells the story of Claire Zachanassian (Rivera), the oft-widowed richest woman in the world. She returns to the hardship-stricken town of her birth, where the locals pray that her wealth will bring them a new lease on life, but the carefully plotted renewal she offers carries a dreadful price. The show is based on the 1956 play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

Directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle, the musical features a book by Terrence McNally and choreography by Graciela Daniele. Performances will begin March 26 in advance of an April 23 opening.

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