The Light In The Piazza
by Adam Guettel, Craig Lucas

Name: The Light In The Piazza
Brand: Adam Guettel
SKU: 9781423403869
Rating: 4.43 (60 reviews)

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

Highlights

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Tony 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

Synopsis

(Vocal Selections). The New York Times calls this Tony Award-winning Adam Guettel musical "the most intensely romantic score of any Broadway musical since West Side Story ." 10 songs are included in this collection, plus a bio of Adam Guettel, 5 pages of color photos, and more.

Includes: The Beauty Is * Dividing Day * Fable * Il Mondo Era Vuoto * Let's Walk * The Light in the Piazza * Love to Me * Passeggiata * Say It Somehow * Statues and Stories * plus a performance edition of The Light in the Piazza.

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 Johnson A3-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 Naccarelli Bb2-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 Naccarelli Ab2-F4 Fabrizio's slightly older brother (Range: Ab2-F4)	male	—	Fabrizio's slightly older brother (Range: Ab2-F4)
Franca Naccarelli Bb3-F6 Giuseppe's wife (Range: Bb3-F6)	female	—	Giuseppe's wife (Range: Bb3-F6)
Signor Naccarelli A2-G4 Fabrizio's father (Range: A2-G4)	male	—	Fabrizio's father (Range: A2-G4)
Signora Naccarelli C4-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 Johnson G3-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)