Photo Flash: Broadway Vets Fete THE VISIT's Chita Rivera at the Four Seasons

At a celebration lunch was held at New York City's swanky Four Seasons Restaurant yesterday, May 26, in honor of Chita Rivera's Tony nominated performance in Broadway's The Visit. Scroll down for photos of the festivities!

Hosted by Liz Smith and Edgar Bronfman, Jr., special guests included Joel Grey, Bernadette Peters, Bebe Neuwirth, Tyne Daly, Tommy Tune, Tovah Feldshuh, Ben Vereen, Isabel and Ruben Toledo, Laura Osnes, Steven Boyer, Andy Carl, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jean Doumanian, Harriet Harris, Judy Kuhn, Adriane Lenox, Micah Stock, Max Von Essen, Sydney Lucas, Brad Oscar, Geneva Carr, Beth Malone, Sarah Stiles and more, along with Chita Rivera and the cast of The Visit, as well as director John Doyle, and playwright Terrence McNally.

According to Page Six, one guest -- British restaurant owner Phil Winser -- was so over the moon with Rivera's presence that he jumped into the restaurant's famous decorative pool. "Well, [Tony nominee] Sting's not here, so someone has to act like a rock star," he said.

Along with her Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, Rivera has also received a Drama Desk Award nomination, and an Outer Critic Circle Award nomination for her role in The Visit. Earlier this month, she was the winner of the Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award.

Rivera has won two Tony Awards and received seven additional Tony nominations. Her career highlights include starring roles in Bye Bye Birdie, The Rink (Tony Award), Chicago, Jerry's Girls, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Tony Award), The Dancer's Life, recent revivals of The Mystery of Edwin Drood andNine, and the original Broadway casts of Guys and Dolls, Can-Can, Seventh Heaven and Mr. Wonderful. On tour she has starred in The Rose Tattoo, Call Me Madam, Sweet Charity, Zorba. She was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Kennedy Center Honor.

Based on the satirical play by Friedrich Du?rrenmatt as adapted by Maurice Valency, The Visit is about greed, love, and one woman's carefully plotted revenge. The oft-widowed Claire Zachanassian (Chita Rivera), richest woman in the world, returns to the hardship- stricken town of her birth. The locals pray that her wealth will bring them a new lease on life, but her arrival carries a dreadful price. Sardonic and morally complex, The Visit asks "What can your heart afford?"

Photo Credit: Timmy Blupe

Sydney Lucas, Montego Glover

Sarah Stiles, Conrad Ricamora

John Riddle, Chris Newcomer, George Abud

Joel Grey, Bebe Neuwirth

Orfeh, Andy Karl

Laura Michelle Kelly, Max von Essen, Laura Osnes

Steven Boyer, Sarah Stiles

Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, Bebe Neuwirth

Bernadette Peters, Ben Vereen, Bebe Neuwirth, Joel Grey

Laura Michelle Kelly , Max von Essen

Chita Rivera, Bernadette Peters, Ben Vereen, Bebe Neuwirth, Joel Grey, Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly, Chita Rivera, Ben Vereen

Orfeh, Daryl Roth

Chita Rivera, Ben Vereen

Steven Boyer, Sarah Stiles, Micah Stock

Conrad Ricamora, RuthieAnn Miles

Sydney Lucas, Liz Smith

Tom Nelis, John Riddle

Mary Beth Peil, Victoria Clark, Judy Kuhn

Tommy Tune, Brad Oscar, Harriet Harris

Edgar Bronfman Jr., Clarrisa Bronfman, Terrence McNally

Bernadette Peters, Bebe Neuwirth, Victoria Clark, Mary Beth Peil

Chita Rivera, Beth Malone

John Riddle, Michelle Veintimilla

Jean Doumanian, Tommy Tune

Terrence McNally, Bebe Neuwirth

Chita Rivera

Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone

Laura Osnes, Conrad Ricamora, Harriet Harris, Ruthie Ann Miles, Victoria Clark

Chita Rivera

Joel Grey, Isabel Toledo, Ruben Toledo

Tovah Feldshuh, Bernadette Peters

Sydney Lucas

Beth Malone

Bebe Neuwirth

Orfeh

Conrad Ricamora

Laura Osnes

Jean Doumanian

THE VISIT cast members David Garrison, George Abud, Matt Dengler, John Riddle, Chris Newcomer

Isabel Toledo