The Visit at Lyceum Theatre

The New York Times - Somewhat Recommended

"...This blending of bitter and sweet isn't easily digested. Mr. Doyle has increased the dreamy nostalgia factor by keeping young, love-struck ghosts of Claire and Anton (the exquisite Michelle Veintimilla and John Riddle) in view for most of the time, reminding us of a love not only lost but also enduring."

Associated Press - Recommended

"..."The Visit" is sophisticated and beautiful and yet has that typical glorious chilling view of man that you expect from a Kander and Ebb show. It caps a season that already has had a revival of their "Cabaret" as well as their perennial hit "Chicago." It can visit anytime."

Hollywood Reporter - Recommended

"...A second-tier Kander and Ebb score is better than a lot of musical craftsmen's best, which makes The Visit a welcome curiosity, even if it's sure to be a commercial challenge. Finally reaching Broadway after almost 15 years of false starts, the show arrives in a bewitchingly designed production from director John Doyle that magnifies its alluring qualities and masks some of its imperfections. It's an arresting vehicle for the indomitable Chita Rivera, who has stuck with the project throughout its troubled history, and she remains a uniquely steely stage presence at 82 - graceful, dignified and commanding."

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...It remains a weird musical, of course, the revenge theme generally being confined to tragedy. And I don't think Doyle fully solves the most nagging question of this musical, one that has bugged me for 15 years, which is why Claire would not take her old love alive, rather than hanging out in Capri with his decaying body in a decorative coffin. Payback is sweet. But such is her intelligence and passion that, in the moment, you'd think practicality would trump revenge."

NBC New York - Recommended

"...Never trust a woman who travels with her own coffin. That's one big takeaway from "The Visit," the thought-provoking and-there's no other word for the experience-bizarre musical starring Chita Rivera as the richest woman in the world. It's just opened at The Lyceum Theatre."

Time Out New York - Recommended

"...Greed and cowardice are laid bare in this inky moral fable, vividly evoked by yellow shoes and other accessories that appear and spread through the scenography like a golden virus. For all its flaws, though, you would never say the cast and crew of this often hypnotizing, eerie experiment were driven by fear or the lust for lucre."