The Light in the Piazza (musical)

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For the novel and subsequent film version, see The Light in the Piazza


Broadway Show
The Light in the Piazza
Theatre Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Opening night April 18, 2005
Tony nominations 11
Tony awards 6
Author(s) Music & lyrics by Adam Guettel; book by Craig Lucas
Director Bartlett Sher
Leading original cast members Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Michael Berresse, Patti Cohenour
Closing night July 2, 2006

The Light in the Piazza is a musical with a book by Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel.

Based on a novella by Elizabeth Spencer, it is set in Florence and Rome in the summer of 1953. A young American tourist, Clara Johnson, meets and falls for young Italian Fabrizio Naccarelli. When Clara's mother Margaret learns of the affair, she opposes it for reasons that only gradually become known to the audience.

The score breaks from the traditional Broadway sound of hummable tunes by veering into the territory of Neoromantic classical music and opera, with unexpected harmonic shifts and extended melodic structures, and is lushly scored for piano, harp, guitar, and strings, alongside a handful of wind and percussionists. The lyrics are unique in that many of them are in Italian and broken English, as many of the characters are fluent only in Italian.

The Light in the Piazza was developed as a musical at the Intiman Playhouse in Seattle and then at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. After 36 previews, the Broadway production, directed by Bartlett Sher and choreographed by Jonathan Butterell, opened on April 18, 2005 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in Lincoln Center, where it ran for 504 performances. The cast included Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Michael Berresse, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Patti Cohenour, Beau Gravitte, Mark Harelik, David Bonanno, David Burnham, Laura Griffith, Prudence Wright Homes, Jennifer Hughes, Felicity LaFortune, Michel Moinot, Joseph Siravo.

On June 15, 2006, shortly before its closing night, the show was broadcast on the PBS series Live from Lincoln Center. A national tour starring Christine Andreas is scheduled to run through June 9, 2007.

Contents

[edit] Song list

  • Overture
  • Statues and Stories
  • The Beauty Is
  • Il Mondo Era Vuoto
  • American Dancing
  • Passeggiata
  • The Joy You Feel
  • Dividing Day
  • Hysteria
  • Say It Somehow
  • Aiutami
  • The Light in the Piazza
  • Octet
  • The Beauty Is (Reprise)
  • Let's Walk
  • Clara's Interlude
  • Love to Me
  • Fable

[edit] Original Broadway Cast

[edit] Broadway Replacements

  • Katie Clarke replaced Kelli O'Hara as Clara Johnson
  • Aaron Lazar replaced Matthew Morrison as Fabrizio Naccarelli
  • Chris Sarandon replaced Mark Harelik as Signor Naccarelli
  • Patti Cohenour became the alternate for Victoria Clark as Margaret Johnson for two performances a week.
  • Diane Sutherland played the role of Signora Naccarelli at performances when Patti Cohenour played Margaret Johnson

[edit] Original National Tour cast

  • Christine Andreas: Margaret Johnson
  • Elena Shaddow: Clara Johnson
  • David Burnham: Fabrizio Naccarelli
  • Jonathan Hammond: Giuseppe Naccarelli
  • Laura Griffith: Franca Naccarelli
  • Diane Sutherland: Signora Naccarelli
  • Brian Sutherland: Roy Johnson
  • David Ledingham: Signor Naccarelli

[edit] National Tour Replacements

  • Wendi Bergamini replaced Laura Griffith as Franca Naccarelli
  • Evangelia Kingsley replaced Diana Sutherland as Signora Naccarelli
  • John Procaccino replaced Brian Sutherland as Roy Johnson
  • Katie Clarke replaced Elena Shaddow as Clara Johnson
  • Diana DiMarzio replaced Evangelia Kingsley as Signora Naccarelli

[edit] Awards and nominations

  • Tony Award for Best Original Score (winner)
  • Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Clark, winner)
  • Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical (winner)
  • Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical (winner)
  • Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical (winner)
  • Tony Award for Best Orchestrations (winner)
  • Tony Award for Best Musical (nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Morrison, nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (O'Hara, nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Clark, winner)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music (winner)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations (winner)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical (winner)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (winner)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Morrison, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Clark, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Berry, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design (nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (winner)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Clark, winner)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Musical (nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical (nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design (nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design (nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Morrison, nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Berresse, nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Harelik, nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Berry, nominee)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (O’Hara, nominee)

[edit] External links

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