The Visit
Lyceum Theatre
Previews Began: March 26, 2015
Opening Night: April 23, 2015
Closing Night: June 14, 2015
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Book: Terrence McNally
Claire Zachanassian, the oft-widowed richest woman in the world, visits her hometown, now in a hopeless, dreary state. The townspeople hope that she brings money to help them with all their problems, and so she does – but it will cost them. She has returned with a mission of vengeance against her former lover, Anton, who impregnated her in their teen years and then gave testimony that forced her from town. The exchange is simple – Anton’s life for one billion dollars – but the town’s decision is understandably difficult.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Prelude…………………………………………………..Orchestra
Out of the Darkness……………………………Townspeople
At Last…………………………………….Claire, Townspeople
I Walk Away……………………………..Claire, Louis Perch,
Jacob Chicken, Rudi
I Know Claire………………………………………………..Anton
A Happy Ending…………………….Mayor, Priest, Doctor,
Police Chief, School Master,
Townspeople
You, You, You……………….Claire, Anton, Young Claire,
Young Anton
I Must Have Been Something……………….Anton Schell
Look at Me…………………..Claire, Anton, Young Claire,
Young Anton, Company
A Masque………………………………..Mayor, Townspeople
Eunuch’s Testimony………Jacob Chicken, Louis Perch
Winter………………………………………………………….Claire
Yellow Shoes………………………….Doctor, Townspeople
A Confession…………………………………Claire, Company
I Would Never Leave You…………….Rudi, Louis Perch,
Jacob Chicken, Claire
Back and Forth………………………..Matilde, Ottilie, Karl
The Only One………………………………………….Frederich
Fear……………………………………………………………..Anton
A Car Ride…………………..Anton, Matilde, Karl, Ottilie,
Young Anton, Young Claire
Love and Love Alone……………………………………..Claire
In the Forest Again……….Anton, Claire, Young Anton,
Young Claire
Finale…………………………………………………Townspeople