Overview

• Jennifer Lopez previewed her performance of “A Visit” on The Tonight Show on Oct. 7 ahead of the film’s Oct. 10 theatrical opening.
• Writer-director Bill Condon says he conceived the project as two intertwined films: an approximately 80-minute prison drama and a 35–40-minute lavish movie-musical.
• Condon’s adaptation reshapes the stage score by cutting some non-diegetic numbers and restoring pre-Broadway songs, noting he could not place “Dressing Them Up” and that “The Day After That” was filmed but removed.
• The film stars Lopez in the title role with Tonatiuh as Luis Molina and Diego Luna as Valentin, with producers including Barry Josephson, Tom Kirdahy, Greg Yolen, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for Artists Equity, and Lopez for Nuyorican Productions.
• A San Francisco Chronicle review praises the choreography, production design and Tonatiuh’s awards-caliber turn, while criticizing Lopez’s recorded singing as lacking range.