The Light In the PiazzaBook By Craig Lucas
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel Based on the novel by Elizabeth Spencer Stage Direction and Design by Jo Ann Cimato Music Direction by Vince Peterson Choreography by Joe Barros April 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, & 27, 2013 |
"NYC High School Staging of Light in the Piazza Hits Home With Tony Winner Victoria Clark"
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THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA takes place in Italy in the summer of 1953. Margaret Johnson, the wife of a well-heeled American businessman, is touring the Tuscan countryside with her daughter, Clara. While sightseeing, Clara, a beautiful, surprisingly childish young woman, loses her hat in a sudden gust. As if guided by an unseen hand, the hat lands at the feet of Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome Florentine, who returns it to Clara. This brief episode, charged with coincidence and fate, sparks an immediate and intense romance between Clara and Fabrizio.
Margaret, extremely protective of her daughter, attempts to keep Clara and Fabrizio apart. As THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA unfolds, a secret is revealed: in addition to the cultural differences between the young lovers, Clara is not quite all that she appears. Unable to suppress the truth about her daughter, Margaret is forced to reconsider not only Clara's future, but her own hopes as well. - from Lincoln Center Theatre - www.lct.org |
