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After having listened to the cast recording from the 90s version lo these many years, I finally saw it tonight. Absolutely wonderful. Watching Benanti sing "Will He Like Me" and Levi sing the title number (among so many others)....just wow! Funny. Heartwarming. Lush. And the music and lyrics are simply brilliant. What a great old musical with a cast that is hitting it out of the park!

I really enjoyed The Visit.  I found it quite mesmerizing, and the music was beautiful.

I thought Roger Rees was just great in the part.  Nothing overpowering or over the top in voice or acting, but just a natural portrayal of his character.  A very believable performance.

I know it didn't capture the hearts of the critics when it opened, and it didn't exactly capture the soul of the movie, but I really enjoyed it.  And the audience with whom I saw it, seemed to, as well.

This is a show I really want to get back to NY and see next year.  It was my first Broadway show in the early 70s when I was a kid and would be cool to see it again. Never caught any of the revivals.

Chita, for sure!

Won't go into any more detail about my response…already explained that. Suffice it to say things change daily when it comes to theater so just throwing out a question to confirm the latest news if there is any. In addition….well, for the sake of discussion, sometimes people do miss parts of a thread. So be it. It happens. Maybe not in this particular case. But it does happen.

No need for the bruin to get all wound up about it.

Um, what?  

Was simply meant as a throwaway question/line to reconfirm.  Nothing more, nothing less.

Jeez. Some of the responses to the comments, questions and observations on these boards are  truly mystifying.  I see what people are saying now.

Funny…come over here from the football boards to partake in some civilized theater discussion and what do you get….0 to insult in 0 seconds flat.  Over something totally irrelevant to the subject at hand [rolling eyes and shaking head].

Some theatre fans make the most intense football fans look like the most pious of angels. Increible!  And yeah, that's Spanish….not a typo.   And yes, I know there's an accent missing.  

Like, wow.   

That is fantastic!

">And Jose Llana's rendition of "I Have Dreamed" is perhaps one of the most beautiful I've ever heard.<
Have you heard Martin Vidnovic sing it on the 1977 Broadway cast recording? "

I have actually.  I still think Llana's version is one of the most beautiful I've heard.

Which just goes to show that two people can see the same show and come up with the exact opposite reaction.  

That's theater for ya.

I thought OTTC was fast-paced, witty, and the performances were outstanding from top to bottom.  

The staging, sets and costumes were super, and the audience was with the show the whole time, responding favorably at every turn.  

3 musicals in almost 25 years….constitutes a lot?

Understandably "every musical" was indeed an exaggeration.  But so is saying that it's been happening "a lot."

And when you think on it, you also have The King and I taking best revival twice, in less than 20 years too?  And only a few years after South Pacific was done.  

Too much Rodgers and Hammerstein, as well?

I saw Jose Llana in the 1996 version of TKAI and think his rendition of "I Have Dreamed" is one of the most beautiful (if not THE most beautiful) I have ever heard.

Also caught he and Lea Salonga in Flower Drum Song in L.A. on its pre-Broadway run.  He was great in that too.

Agree.  ^^^  It will play out like the Kristin vs. Kelli showdown.  Which was decided last Sunday night.  But will continue to be a subject of convo.

Almost makes me want to hit NYC when Fiddler on the Roof opens.  So interested to see how Sher stages it.