A Taste for Revenge in "The Visit," Starring Chita Rivera

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 20, 2015

Chita Rivera, playwright Terrence McNally, and songwriter John Kander talk about their new Broadway musical, “The Visit.” It centers on Claire Zachannassian, the world’s wealthiest woman, who returns home to her "wretched birthplace" to confront her former lover who captured her heart, then shattered her dreams. She throws her money, her power, and herself into exacting revenge, mowing over anyone who tries to stop her. Playing at the Lyceum Theater.

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