LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, THE

OVERVIEW

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"Italy is brought sumptuously to life. Proceed, posthaste, to the 'Piazza'. The journey is well worth it."   -- Evan Henerson, LA Daily News

 

"The most romantic score of any Broadway musical."
  -- The New York Times

 

“A ravishing production to look at.”
  —Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register.

 

Direct from Broadway and the winner of 6 Tony® Awards including Best Score, The Light in the Piazza is the romantic new musical that brings together the talents of Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas in an adaptation of Elizabeth Spencer’s charming novella, directed by Bartlett Sher.

“This river of feeling flows freely from Adam Guettel's lush, string-filled score.”—Charles McNulty, The Los Angeles Times

 

This lush, dreamy musical finds Margaret Johnson on vacation in the Tuscan countryside with her daughter, Clara, and Clara’s unexpected encounter with a handsome Florentine named Fabrizio. Be swept away to Italy where true love and marriage abound in this contemporary, witty and elegant production.

Elizabeth Spencer's first book, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948 and her most recent, The Southern Woman, in 2001.

The Light in the Piazza, the first work to bring her widespread acclaim, was published in The New Yorker (which devoted an entire issue to its publication) and then was released as a novel in 1960. In adapting it to the stage, Craig Lucas (Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless) has distilled the novella to relate a poignant tale of two unusual young people who fall in love and to explore the essence of love itself.

  The score by Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins, Saturn Returns) is romantic and passionate. He has written music and lyrics that reveal the feelings of all of the characters in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA in soaring melodies.

 

"An exhilarating breath of Italian lyricism and music has just blown into town. When the two lovers sing ...their haunting vocals have the audience audibly holding its collective breath."
  -- Laurence Vittes, The Hollywood Reporter

 

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Listen to an audio preview of musical selections on the CD from Nonesuch Records: Click to listen.
   
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Lincoln Center Theater in New York is one of the leading American theatre companies. LCT developed and produced The Light in the Piazza at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center in early 2005.  The romantic musical was an instant hit with audiences.  LCT publishes the Lincoln Center Theater Review and devoted a major portion of the Spring, 2005 issue to The Light in the Piazza.

Click this link to read more about this very special musical.

 

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PUBLICATIONS

• The Light in the Piazza: Discovery Guide
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