The Light In The Piazza
by Adam Guettel, Craig Lucas

Name: The Light In The Piazza
Brand: Adam Guettel
SKU: 9781423403869
Rating: 3.99 (185 reviews)

The Light In The Piazza Book Cover — The Light In The Piazza Cover

Highlights

Female

Male

120 minsAmerican

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk AwardTony Award

Winner! Six 2005 Tony Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations Nominee! Eleven 2005 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Book Winner! Five 2005 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Music and Orchestrations Nominee! Eleven 2005 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding New Musical

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the script of 'The Light In The Piazza'. While many praise the beauty and complexity of the music and story, some are disappointed with the lack of a complete vocal score. The overall sentiment leans towards admiration for the work, albeit with significant notes on content expectations.

Stunning music and lyricsBeautifully crafted storyGreat for piano playersDeserves its accoladesNot a complete vocal score

Synopsis

Note: This is a Standalone book and does not include Music Sheet.

Winner of six Tony Awards

“A wondrous fable that is as simple and complicated as its ineffable subject—love.

The Light in the Piazza has ravishing power.

It’s as if Guettel were determined to capture the golden light of Tuscany in a bottle.

His lyrics are remarkable, and the book, written by Craig Lucas, is written with characteristic empathy and humor.

Brilliant.”

–Frank Rich

“

The Light in the Piazza beautifully captures the eternal allure of Italy.

The story wraps itself around your heart.”—

Chicago Sun-Times

“Sumptuous and romantic.

Guettel’s music and lyrics represent a genuine expense of spirit.

The Light in the Piazza offers a complex contemplation of the well-defended emptiness of every man and woman.

It doesn’t want theatergoers to feel good; it wants to make them feel deeply.

And it does.”

–New Yorker

Composer Adam Guettel, best known for his Floyd Collins

, has teamed with Prelude to a Kiss playwright Craig Lucas to create a passionate and soaring new musical.

Based on Elizabeth Spencer’s 1960 novella, The Light in the Piazza is the story of a young American woman whose chance encounter with a charming young Italian man in a Florentine piazza sets off a whirlwind romance, with an unsettling revelation.

Craig Lucas is a playwright, screenwriter and director.

His plays include Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, Blue Window, God’s Heart, The Singing Forest and Small Tragedy

His screenplays include Longtime Companion

, The Secret Lives of Dentists and The Dying Gaul

, which he also directed.

Mr. Lucas’ awards include the L.A.

Drama Critics Award, an OBIE Award for Best Play and Best Director, and the Excellence in Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Adam Guettel is a composer/lyricist living in Seattle, where he is Artist in Residence at the Intiman Theatre.

His other work includes Floyd Collins and Saturn Returns (recorded by Nonesuch Records as Myths and Hymns

). Mr. Guettel’s awards include the Stephen Sondheim Award, the ASCAP New Horizons Award, and the American Composers Orchestra Award.

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Press Reviews

"Breathtaking! Original and daring!... Anyone who cares about the rather uncertain future of this truly American genre should/must see the show!."
— New York Magazine

"A work of such consummate beauty, truth, energy and accomplishment that you leave the theater filled with joy and revived by hope for the future."
— The New York Observer

"The most melodic and emotionally satisfying musical this season."
— Associated Press

"Adam Guettel's astonishing music is the most beautiful score written for the American musical theater in 20 years, and the uncommonly wise and emotional lyrics from Craig Lucas collapse all the usual defenses against Broadway flim-flam. This is a serious and passionate musical and I regard it as a masterpiece. If you have a passion for serious musicals, you'd be a fool to miss this show."
— Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune

"What Adam Guettel (music and lyrics) and Craig Lucas (book) have crafted is a quiet, beautiful, elegant, and romantic show."
— Jeff Favre, LA Downtown News

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Clara JohnsonA3-A5 Margaret's 26-year-old daughter, young and naive for her age (Range: A3-A5)	female	—	Margaret's 26-year-old daughter, young and naive for her age (Range: A3-A5)
Fabrizio NaccarelliBb2-B4 A 20-year-old, good-looking and charming Florentine (Range: Bb2-B4)	—	—	A 20-year-old, good-looking and charming Florentine (Range: Bb2-B4)
Giuseppe NaccarelliAb2-F4 Fabrizio's slightly older brother (Range: Ab2-F4)	male	—	Fabrizio's slightly older brother (Range: Ab2-F4)
Franca NaccarelliBb3-F6 Giuseppe's wife (Range: Bb3-F6)	female	—	Giuseppe's wife (Range: Bb3-F6)
Signor NaccarelliA2-G4 Fabrizio's father (Range: A2-G4)	male	—	Fabrizio's father (Range: A2-G4)
Signora NaccarelliC4-C6 Fabrizio's mother (Range: C4-C6)	female	—	Fabrizio's mother (Range: C4-C6)
Roy Johnson Margaret's husband	male	—	Margaret's husband
Tour Guide	—	—	—
Priest	—	—	—
Ensemble	—	—	—
Margaret JohnsonG3-G#5 An elegant, self-possessed, practical and attractive American woman in middle age (Range: G3-G#5)	female	—	An elegant, self-possessed, practical and attractive American woman in middle age (Range: G3-G#5)