Light in the Piazza at the Huntington

Nostalgic and revered musical, here we come! The Huntington Theater last show of the season is The Light in the Piazza, winner of six Tony awards, including Best Original Score.  For the bargain price of $30, you can purchase a ticket in the orchestra for the matinee performance on June 8, with a talk back following the show.  Our group will have lunch at a nearby restaurant.  Please contact Glenda Fishman gstarfish@aol.com to purchase your ticket. Deadline for payment is June 1.  Parking at the Huntington is limited. We suggest public transportation or SpotHero to find the best options.

More about the show from the Huntington. The Light in the Piazza is a lush and soaring romance about a mother, a daughter, and the many meanings of love. The scene is Florence, summer 1953. Protective American mother Margaret Johnson brings her daughter Clara abroad for a glimpse of Italy’s romantic history. But when a real-life attraction sparks between Clara and a local boy, Margaret must ask: can she reconcile her own hopes with her daughter’s future? 

“This mother-daughter love story absolutely wrecked me when I experienced the premiere 20 years ago,” says Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco. “Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas have crafted a stunning ode to the power of love in its many, many complicated guises.” 

Called “the most intensely romantic score of any musical since West Side Story” by The New York Times and “the most soul-satisfying score written for Broadway so far this century” by the Chicago Tribune, The Light in the Piazza was developed as a musical at the Intiman Playhouse in Seattle in June 2003 and then at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago in early 2004. The 2005 Broadway Production won  five Drama Desk Awards, in addition to the Tonys.