The Light in the Piazza
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 1, 2006
Closed Jun 24, 2007
Opened Aug 1, 2006
Closed Jun 24, 2007
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The romantic new musical The Light in the Piazza goes on a 50-week North American Tour premiering August 2006 in San Francisco and visiting more than 25 cities, including Los Angeles, Washington DC, Boston and many more. With book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and direction by Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza is the winner of six 2005 Tony Awards, 5 Drama Desk Awards and 2 Outer Critics Circle Awards for its acclaimed New York run.
The musical, based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer, is set in the summer of 1953 and tells the story of a mother and daughter traveling through Italy, the daughter's romance with a handsome, high-spirited Florentine, and the mother's determined efforts to keep the two apart.
For complete up-to-date tour schedule, click here.
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What has made composer Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas' Tony Award-winning musical The Light in the Piazza, which has just begun its national tour this month at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre, so seemingly unconventional is that it is so very conventional. Without a touch of cynicism, the show tells a relatively simple love story -- boy finds girl, obstacles ensue, love rises to the occasion to conquer all -- using a clean musical score. Essentially, Piazza is a variation of the same time-tested formula that Guettel's famous grandfather, Richard Rodgers, relied upon to create his stream of Broadway blockbusters. In doing so, it dances a lovely tango between the traditional and the modern.
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