The Light In The Piazza

Synopsis

“<i>The Light in the Piazza</i> beautifully captures the eternal allure of Italy....

The story wraps itself around your heart.”—<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>

“Guettel’s music and lyrics take nothing from the razzle-dazzle bargain basement of feeling; they represent, instead, a genuine expense of spirit.... <i>The Light in the Piazza</i> doesn’t want to make theatre-goers feel good; it wants to make them feel deeply.”—<i>The New Yorker</i>

“With Adam Guettel’s gorgeous melodies, a compelling narrative hook from Craig Lucas, and moving themes about happiness and risk, there’s no question that <i>The Light in the Piazza</i> is Broadway worthy.”—<i>Daily Variety</i>

Composer Adam Guettel, best known for his <i>Floyd Collins</i>, has teamed with <i>Prelude to a Kiss</i> playwright Craig Lucas to create a passionate and soaring new musical based on Elizabeth Spencer’s 1960 novella, which was first published as an entire issue of <i>The New Yorker</i>.

It is the story of an American ingénue abroad, whose chance meeting of a charming young Italian in a Florentine piazza sets off a whirlwind romance—with an unsettling revelation.

<i>The Light in the Piazza</i> opens on Broadway at the Lincoln Center Theater this spring after major productions already in Seattle and Chicago.

<b>Adam Guettel</b> wrote music and lyrics for <i>Floyd Collins</i>, produced across the country and in London.

His other works include <i>Love’s Fire</i>, a collaboration with John Guare, and <i>Saturn Returns</i>, a concert at The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival that was recorded by Nonesuch Records under the title <i>Myths and Hymns</i>.

<b>Craig Lucas</b> won this year’s Obie Award for Best American Play for <i>Small Tragedy</i> and the New York Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay for <i>The Secret Lives of Dentists</i>.

His other plays include <i>Reckless</i>, <i>Blue Window</i>, <i>Prelude to a Kiss</i>, <i>God’s Heart</i>, <i>The Dying Gaul</i>, <i>Missing Persons</i>, <i>Stranger</i>, and <i>Singing Forest</i>.

Themes

• ML50.G934 L5 2007
• Musicals