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The Light in the Piazza

A musical in 2 acts by Craig Lucas. Based on a novella by Elizabeth Spencer. Music and lyrics by Adam Guettel

Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York - Opened 18th April, 2005. Closed 2nd July, 2006 (504 perfs)

Synopsis

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.

Musical Numbers

  1. Overture
  2. Statues and Stories Part 1 - Margaret and Clara
  3. Statues and Stories Part 2
  4. Margaret/Hat
  5. Margaret Aside 1
  6. Transition to Uffizi
  7. Tour Guide
  8. The Beauty Is - Clara
  9. Il Mondo Era Vuoto Part 1 - Fabrizio
  10. Il Mondo Era Vuoto Part 2
  11. American Dancing - Orchestra
  12. Duomo
  13. Margaret Aside 2
  14. Piazzale Michelangelo
  15. Punctuation
  16. Passeggiata Part 1 - Fabrizio and Clara
  17. Passeggiata Part 2 - Fabrizio, Clara, Margaret, Signor Naccarelli
  18. Passeggiata Part 3
  19. Transition to Tea Scene
  20. Che Gorgioso
  21. The Joy You Feel - Franca
  22. Margaret Aside 3
  23. After Tea
  1. Dividing Day - Margaret
  2. Hysteria - Clara, Fabrizio, Margaret
  3. Hotel Bar
  4. Fabrizio at the Door
  5. Say It Somehow - Clara, Fabrizio
  6. Entr'acte
  7. Aiutami - The Naccarelli Family
  8. The Light in the Piazza - Clara
  9. Back to Florence
  10. Octet Part 1 - Company
  11. Clara's Tirade - Clara
  12. Church
  13. Octet Part 2 - Company
  14. Something is Wrong
  15. The Beauty Is (Reprise) - Margaret
  16. Transition to Tie Shop
  17. Let's Walk - Signor Naccarelli and Margaret
  18. Post Promenade
  19. Clara's Interlude
  20. Love to Me - Fabrizio
  21. Wedding
  22. Fable - Margaret
  23. Bows
  24. Exit Music

 

Cast

Scenes and Settings

Orchestration

(orchestrations by Ted Sperling and Adam Guettel)