Radio Lady Previews: "The Light in the Piazza" (Opens Tuesday, April 10th in Portland, OR)

[Radio_Lady]

*** DIRECT FROM BROADWAY *** WINNER OF SIX 2005 TONY® AWARDS ***

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

TUESDAY, APRIL 10 - SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2007 at the KELLER AUDITORIUM (SW 3rd Avenue and Clay), Portland, OR (Full schedule below)

(For schedules in other cities, please visit the tour site at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com)



“The most romantic score of any Broadway musical since West Side Story” – The New York Times
“A must-see! The production is breathtaking!” – New York Magazine
“To call it the best new musical is to understate the case” – Wall Street Journal

Portland, Ore. - Direct from Broadway, the romantic new musical THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA continues to win hearts across North America after beginning a 50-week North American Tour in August 2006 in San Francisco and visiting more than 25 cities, including Los Angeles, Washington DC, Boston and now Portland, Oregon on April 10 –15, 2007.

Principal casting is complete for the touring production, and leading the cast will be Christine Andreas as Margaret Johnson, a protective Southern matron, Katie Rose Clarke as her daughter Clara, a beautiful 26-year-old American traveling abroad, and David Burnham as Fabrizio Naccarelli, a 20-year old Italian suitor who barely speaks English and is the source of the romantic tension central to the story.

Katie Rose Clarke and David Burnham join the tour directly from the Broadway cast.

The new musical opened on Broadway April 2005 and instantly became a favorite of critics and audiences alike, extending its run until July 2006 at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater. With book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and direction by Bartlett Sher, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is the winner of six 2005 Tony® Awards, 5 Drama Desk Awards and 2 Outer Critics Circle Awards for its acclaimed New York run, and was recently seen nationwide on PBS’s “Live From Lincoln Center.”

The musical, based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer, is set in the summer of 1953 and tells the story of a mother and daughter traveling through Italy, the daughter’s romance with a handsome, high-spirited Florentine, and the mother’s determined efforts to keep the two apart. The beautiful songs echo the romantic feelings of love and have been the key to winning the hearts of audiences. Composer Guettel has been praised for capturing “that transcendent, irrational state familiar to anyone who has fallen head over heels in love” (The New York Times) in his score for THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.

NETworks presents the Lincoln Center Theater production, which reunites the award-winning creative team from Broadway. The musical has sets by Michael Yeargan (2005 Tony® Award winner), costumes by Catherine Zuber (2005 Tony® Award winner), lighting by Christopher Akerlind (2005 Tony® Award winner), sound by ACME Sound Partners, orchestrations by Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel and Bruce Coughlin (2005 Tony® Award winners), music direction by Kimberly Grigsby and musical staging by Jonathan Butterell. The official website for the tour is www.piazzaontour.com.

Composer Guettel explains what audiences can expect, “With THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA I tried to write music that would sound like the experience of falling in love, to evoke the feeling of it, or memory, or wish. After all, there’s a piazza in every American city and I hope that our show brings something genuinely romantic.”


TICKET AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

February 20-25, 2007
(Keller Auditorium, SW 3rd & Clay)

Tues., April 10, Wed. April 11, Thurs. April 12*, Fri., April 13 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 14 – 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 15 – 1:00 pm & 6:30 pm
* Signed performance for the hearing impaired

Tickets priced $23 - $70 can be purchased . . .

BY PHONE: Ticketmaster : (503) 790-ARTS (days, evenings, and weekends)
Portland Opera Box Office: [phone] or toll free at [phone] (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)
IN PERSON: Ticketmaster outlets , The Hampton Opera Center, 211 SE Caruthers St. (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)
PCPA Box Office, SW Broadway and Main (Mon – Sat, 10am – 5pm)
GROUPS: 20 or more save up to 20% by calling Group Sales at [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

Visit us online at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com or www.portlandopera.org

[LostinVA]

1. LOVE the movie with Yvette Mimieux

[Radio_Lady]

2. Yes, it was a fantastic movie! Olivia de Havilland and Rossano Brazzi -- are gone...

Yvette Mimeux is still going strong. Born in 1942...

http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0590796/bio

[LostinVA]

3. I need to see if it's on DVD -- I'd love to won it

[Radio_Lady]

4. Not sure if it's available -- it's a 1962 movie. You could check at Amazon.com.

[cmkramer]

5. George Hamilton played the boy

I haven't seen the movie in a while, but I love it. Very sweet and romantic and considering the subject matter somewhat ahead of its time.

[Radio_Lady]

6. Thanks for mentioning that, CMKramer. I didn't recall him in it.