As for that missed departure, Ms. Hicks said, “Flaws have happened.”

“I have exited off the wrong side of the stage because I’m so set being another character for the entire week, and then, for one show, doing someone totally different,” she said with a laugh. “Thank God we just walk onstage and stand there at certain moments.”

Image The actor Gerry Vichi, of “Something Rotten!” The show is closing on Sunday. Credit... Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Something Rotten!

Closes Sunday

Total performances: 742

The actor Gerry Vichi thinks “Something Rotten!” might be his last show. He’s 79. He’s developed a hernia that will require an operation, which he put off until after the show closes. He says his memory is fine, but keeping up the eight-shows-a-week energy is a challenge.

So what’s next?

“Maybe I’ll sit in my chair and drink Scotch and watch TV,” said Mr. Vichi, who made his Broadway debut in 1981 in the Kander and Ebb musical “Woman of the Year,” with Lauren Bacall. “Who knows? There’s always baseball season.”

Mr. Vichi has been with “Something Rotten!” for the show’s entire run — it opened in April 2015 — playing a comedic version of Shylock. (“He speaks a little more modern and he does like to loan money, but he doesn’t look for a pound of flesh,” he explained.) Between shows on a recent Wednesday, he got on the phone to talk about what he called “probably the most fun of any show I’ve done.” Following are edited excerpts from the conversation.

“Something Rotten!” had a good run. Congratulations.

We had a nice run. If it weren’t for Ben Brantley, maybe we would have run longer. Put him on the phone. I’ll tell him.

Has performing gotten more difficult as you’ve gotten older?

Memory-wise, that’s fine. Keeping up the energy is a challenge, but it’s fun. It’s a joy to come to work every day. How many people can say that?