Aaron Lazar, one of my favorite CCM musical theater grads, is part of a starry closed reading today of Kander and Ebb musical “The Visit” in M.anhattan for Arlington, Va.-based Signature Theatre. Lazar (who starred in, among other things, the Great Performances airing of “The Light in the Piazza,” shares the stage with stars Chita Rivera and George Hearn. The Signature production in late spring will be choreographed by Ann Reinking and directed by Frank Galati Starry indeed. Find another stand-out CCM grad Betsy Wolfe in the chorus.

Signature, remember, is where Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor’s “Ace” (which Playhouse in the Park co-produced in its world premiere last season) may open the fall season, and which everybody hopes will then be next stop Broadway.

Lazar, by the way, makes his Carnegie Hall debut in April with the New York Pops.

Jackie Demaline.