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Greed, Justice and Revenge in “The Visit”

Chita Rivera and the cast of “The Visit.” Photo Credit: Thom Kaine

Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s satire is a strange and very dark comedy, in the tradition of theater of the absurd. Dürrenmatt’s The Visit is a troubled vision of injustice and revenge.

Darkness is not unknown in musicals, of course, and Terrence McNally’s book from the play via an adaptation by Maurice Valency, with music and lyrics by…