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The Light in the Piazza.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
The Light in the Piazza. Music and lyrics by Adam Guettel (Nonesuch 798290)
2004's most sophisticated score was Caroline, or Change. 2005's winner is The Light in the Piazza which not only moves the art form forward, but is also a beautiful recording. Blessed with good voices and an orchestra with a bevy of strings, the songs--at once modern and timeless--both advance the story along and provide emotional resonance.
At the first strumming of the harp, you feel you are entering a musical fantasy--leave reality behind. The beautiful main theme of the (long) overture follows, segueing into "Statues and Stones" in which you expect Rodgers and Hammerstein full-blown melody and lyrics, but are teased with Sondheim rifts. When I heard the words On a Central Square, I was instantly reminded of On a Sunday from Sunday in the Park with George. None of this is a surprise given Guettel's pedigree: Richard Rodgers was his grandfather while Hammerstein was Sondheim's ...
- Victoria Clark, the thesp who won a Tony for "Light in the Piazza" will reteam...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Cox, Gordon July 10, 2008 700+ words
Victoria Clark, the thesp who won a Tony for "Light in the Piazza" will reteam with two "Piazza" collaborators, scribe Craig Lucas and helmer Bartlett Sher, for "Prayer for...
- Victoria Clark.(Concert review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Suskin, Steven November 28, 2007 700+ words
...Sachon, Marc Shulman, Mark Thrasher, Mark Vanderpoel. Reviewed Nov. 26, 2007. That actress Victoria Clark--a 2005 Tony winner for "The Light in the Piazza"--is a fine dramatic singer is a given. But she's equally at home in musical...
- Clark jumps for 'Juno'.(Victoria Clark will play in Juno)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David December 5, 2007 700+ words
Tony winner Victoria Clark will play the title character in the semi-staged Encores! production...Clark, who won the 2006 Tony for actress in a musical for "The Light in the Piazza," will play the self-sacrificing matriarch who fights...
- Tony winner Michelle Pawk ("Hollywood Arms") will join previously announced...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety October 3, 2008 700+ words
Tony winner Michelle Pawk ("Hollywood Arms") will join previously announced cast Victoria Clark and Jonathan Groff in Craig Lucas' "Prayer for My Enemy," beginning previews Nov. 14 at Off Broadway s Playwrights Horizons...
- Renoir's exotics. (That's Victoria).(Clark Art Institute exhibit)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Victoria Michael, Terry March 1, 2003 700+ words
The Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA) presents the first-ever exhibition based solely on the paintings that emerged from Auguste Renoir's travels in Algeria in 1881 and 1882. February 16-May 11. Relocates to the Dallas Museum of Art in June. (413) 458-2303; www.clarkart.edu
- The Light in the Piazza.(Theater Review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David April 19, 2005 700+ words
...MIN. Margaret Johnson Victoria Clark Clara Johnson Kelli O...s production of "The Light in the Piazza" is on...flawlessly calibrated work of Victoria Clark, lending poignancy...orchestrations or dissolving into light operatic vocalise, which...
- `LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA' IS AN ELEGANT LUXURY.(Life and Arts)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Adcock, Joe June 16, 2003 700+ words
...Its production of "The Light in the Piazza" is finely...after beautiful novelty. "Light in the Piazza" is precious...The main characters in "Light" are Margaret Johnson, played by Victoria Clark, and Margaret's daughter...
- 'Piazza' lights up crix noms.('The Light in the Piazza' earns Outer Critics...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Hofler, Robert April 25, 2005 700+ words
"The Light in the Piazza" tops the Outer Critics...Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "The Light in the Piazza" and "Monty Python...Actress in a musical nominees are Victoria Clark ("The Light in the Piazza"), Erin Dilly...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Light in the Piazza.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)