Tom Kitt/Yorkey Musical "The Visitor" starring David Hyde Pierce

And Ari’el Stachel.

Is there a thread about this?

https://www.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/19-20-Season/The-Visitor/

Directed by Daniel Sullivan

In my mind, this is the pair's last chance to prove they aren't a one-hit wonder. It sounds promising.

I agree that Kitt & Yorkey are totally hit-or-miss, but for The Visitor they're actually working with source material (the book/story was my biggest problem with If/Then), and Kwame Kwei-Armah is co-writing the book with Yorkey. Both those things make me optimistic.

However, Daniel Sullivan has never directed a musical (at age 79), and his recent plays have varied in quality.

Anyone have any insights into the return or not of this show?

The show's first preview has been delayed by a week to 10/14, with matinee cancellations on 10/16, 10/17, 10/23, and 10/24:

"Over the past 18 months, conversations and commitments around equity and anti-racism have deepened across our organization and our industry. Our production of THE VISITOR brings up important questions about race, representation, and identity, and we’ve taken the time as a company to listen to each other and discuss, to respond to these issues, and to continue to develop THE VISITOR with changes that reflect how our broader culture has grown.

To do this work thoughtfully, we gave extra time to our process and have decided to delay our first preview by a week. Our first preview will now be on October 14.

The work on this show has been compelling for us, and we’re looking forward to sharing it with you."

THE VISITOR SCHEDULE SHIFT (publictheater.org)

I know it's an intimate musical, but Daniel Sullivan is such an odd choice to direct this. I wonder if that has anything to do with the delay.

You know, I try to be understanding of the covid issues theatre are facing. But The Public has pissed me off far too many times with moves like this pre-pandemic.

Like when they canceled the final week of sold out HAMLET'S matinees because the cast was "tired". Leaving those of us with tickets unable to see it.

And now they've canceled the preview seats we had, and offered us to rebook at the end of the run - a higher price.

Do they issue a refund, or the process of rebooking for you? No. They put it in your account to rebook on your own - if you can find a similar seat at the same price - or encourage you to donate it. How much money did Oskar make during the pandemic while staff was laid off?

I've requested a refund, and I'll try to nab a rush ticket on TodayTix. If not, I'm not meant to see it. I'm tired of supporting the Public when they pull stunts like this.

I'm not seeing a price difference. Except for Amex tickets, seats were always $90 throughout the run, and still are.

Updated On: 9/29/21 at 11:29 AM

Broadway61004 said: "I completely understand wanting to work these discussions into the rehearsal process and I think it's great the production is doing this. The part that's unacceptable is this needed to be planned into the rehearsal process from the beginning, not just decided a week before the first preview that they needed more time. Part of the production team's job during a rehearsal process is to plan rehearsal time so that they're ready for the first performance. Like any other job, they have deadlines, in this case the first preview. And it's not as though these topics haven't been brought up for the last 18 months, so they had plenty of time to adjust their rehearsal period prior to a week out from the start of performances. And that's where the Public and the production failed in this case."

It was always a white savior story, they are suddenly more aware of it? They didn't think enough of the source material before running to adapt it.

Anotherdayofmadness said: "$30 tix using code HEARTBEAT saw it on an FB ad and it worked for me!"

Thanks so much! Just got some great seats at a reasonable price.