Theatre: Vivian Beaumont
Status: Closed
(March 17, 2005 - July 02, 2006 )
  • Preview: March 17, 2005
  • Open: April 18, 2005
  • Close: July 2, 2006
Musical - New York Premiere
Running Time: 2hrs 15mins

A new musical based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer. Set in the summer of 1953, 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.

For The Record:

The World Premiere of “The Light in the Piazza” was produced by the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, WA in assoc w/the Goodman in Chicago IL on June 14, 2003, at the Intiman.  Craig Lucas directed and Pat Graney choreographed a cast which  included Victoria  Clark,  Celia  Keenan-Bolger, Glenn Seven Allen, Patti Cohenour, Mark Harelik, Kelli O’Hara, Steven Pasquale  & Robert Shampain.

Total Gross: $28,777,131
Average Weekly Gross: $423,193
Total Attendance: 420,433
Average Weekly Attendance: 75%

Staff & Creative Team

General Manager:

Adam Siegel at Lincoln Center Theater

Casting Director:

Janet Foster

Advertising Representative:

Serino Coyne

Production Stage Manager:

Thom Widmann

Book Writer

Craig Lucas

Music & Lyrics

Adam Guettel

Director

Bartlett Sher

Settings

Michael Yeargan

Costumes

Catherine Zuber

Musical Staging

Jonathan Butterell

Orchestrations

Ted Sperling Adam Guettel

Additional Orchestrations

Bruce Coughlin

Musical Director

Ted Sperling

Cast

Margaret Johnson  03/17/2005 - 07/02/2005
Clara Johnson  03/17/2005 - 12/04/2005
Fabrizio Naccarelli  03/17/2005 - 09/01/2005
Giuseppe Naccarelli 03/17/2005 - 07/02/2006
Franca Naccarelli 03/17/2005 - 07/02/2006
Signor Naccarelli  03/17/2005 - 09/11/2005
Signora Naccarelli 03/17/2005 - 07/02/2006
Roy Johnson 03/17/2005 - 07/02/2006
Priest 03/17/2005 - 07/02/2006