The Light in the Piazza

The Light in the Piazza

  • Played one season on tour – a total of 344 performances
  • Seen by nearly 395,000 patrons in 24 cities
  • Launched in San Francisco in August 2006 and toured through July 2007

Limited season.
Fall in love with the sumptuous and unforgettable romance of The Light in the Piazza, Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas’ Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Directed by the UK’s multiple Oliver Award-winning Daniel Evans, this lavish new production stars the opera superstar and Tony Award nominee Renée Fleming.

This breathtaking love story will sweep you off your feet and into a beautiful, sun-drenched Italian piazza in the 1950s for an evening of soaring emotion and “the most intensely romantic score of any musical since West Side Story” (The New York Times).

Florence. Summer 1953. As American Margaret Johnson and her daughter Clara take in the city’s wonders, a fateful gust of wind whisks Clara’s hat into the hands of local dreamer Fabrizio Naccarelli… and its amore at first sight. But is Clara everything she appears to be? Or are there secrets in the shadows?

The Light in the Piazza is the must-see theatrical event of the season – don’t miss the chance to see this acclaimed Broadway musical at its most thrilling and romantic.

Reviews

“The most intensely romantic score of any musical since West Side Story.”

The New York Times

“Renée Fleming is in utterly thrilling voice as Margaret Johnson. There’s a completely unforced shimmer to her voice, and she brings a finely-contained sense of emotion to her acting, too.”

London Theatre

“A feel good musical… of true love”

The Guardian

“A real summer treat.”

London Theatre

“Fleming’s still got it – her solos are sublime and her elegance palpable.”

The Stage, London

“The score by Adam Guettel contains richly sensuous moments”

Evening Standard

“★ ★ ★ ★ – Opera legend Renée Fleming is perfectly cast.”

The i

“Worth the trip for theatergoers looking for love in a Broadway musical.”

The New York Times

“A great new musical that touches the heart and lifts the soul.”

New York Observer

“THE BEST MUSICAL SCORE IN YEARS.”

NY Daily News