Sneak Peek: The Light in the Piazza

[@broadwaymike92]

BRING THIS PRODUCTION TO NEW YORK PLEASE IN HONOR OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY PLEASE!!!!! Renee, Dove, Brian, Celinde, Rob..... GODS!!!!!

[@nokocchi1983]

oh the costume design is so gorgeous im so in love

[@jakegrear]

DEAR GOD PLEASE MAKE A CAST ALBUM

[@PixieDustParticle]

Y’all recorded this so can you please please pleeeaaaassse release it on DVD 🙏🏽😭 I’m devastated I can’t see this show.

[@taraquinn453]

it's just an epk, they probably didn't record the whole show unless they did for archives.

[@WillShakes423]

@@taraquinn453 Seems a little unfair, don't you think?

[@99lodewijk]

@@WillShakes423 seems smart, the producers don't want to pay SAG contracts.

[@taraquinn453]

@@WillShakes423 Not at all, If all live theatre was recorded and released, It'd totally ruin the entire live aspect of theatre

[@WillShakes423]

@@taraquinn453 You've made an excellent point.

[@mahri_em]

I’m so proud of Dove she did beautifully

[@camfam611]

Renèe's slide into "an ocean away" makes me all teary eyed. So beautiful.

[@aadamtx]

I saw the production in London this past summer. Renee Fleming is, of course, Renee Fleming (I've seen her a number of times over the years). The big surprise is Dove Cameron, who I didn't realize was the girl from one of those Disney shows. Very good!

[@DanielMazz]

i,half,wanted,to,see,it,half,didn't,cuz,i,don't,like,opera,how,much,opera,and,like,them,screaming,ahhh,or,is,it,like,phantom,of,opera,or,less,opera,and,did,u,meet.cast

[@aadamtx]

@@DanielMazz PIAZZA is a traditional musical - songs interspersed with spoken dialogue, as opposed to opera, which is sung through (no dialogue). So in that sense PIAZZA is somewhat like PHANTOM but without the big production numbers.

[@DanielMazz]

aadamtx ok is there more talking between songs and it's not a heavy opera with lots of extended ahhhh

[@DanielMazz]

aadamtx thx

[@amoolia0]

Me too I loved it

[@victoriaferreira1724]

Renee Fleming is just so amazing I can't even describe it

[@georgiacatt1979]

okay but kelli o'hara better be margaret one day

[@albablabla]

hell yes

[@jimmyhunter2089]

i’m glad i wasn’t the only one that thought of this the whole time

[@alexmz123]

How come no credits for Rob Houchen in the description? My most favourite Marius...

[@coyoteprophet9734]

Saw this last night in Chicago. AMAZING! I need this soundtrack!!!!

[@davidgpeterson]

Saw this in Los Angeles. Unbelievably good. Dove Cameron was sensational.

[@sydclem]

dove is amazing in this

[@wonkavite]

I saw it on Saturday!!!! Wow!!! Just classy, beautiful, rich score and perfect ensemble. Bravo!!!

[@jessicapetate3004]

I was able to watch this a few days before it opened and I wanted to cry ten times over- if you can I encourage you to buy a ticket and watch this masterpiece

[@bozjeemma]

I saw this show in London and it is absolutely phenomenal. The cast blew me away! If you get a chance to see it I would 100% recommend

[@DanielMazz]

did,u,meet,cast

[@bozjeemma]

@@DanielMazz we got to meet celinde!

[@DanielMazz]

Emma Ariena not dove and was their talking in this aswell or is it like Hamilton or les mis with no talking thx I half was desperate to see this half wasn't cuz not too keen on opera

[@bozjeemma]

@@DanielMazz no dove was sick that day! so she did perform but didn't come out at stage door cause they had to do another show in the evening as well. and there was talking! :)

[@DanielMazz]

Emma Ariena oh thx would she have been at stage door if not and if evening performance now missed my only shot at seeing her in England cuz she nearly never comes or meets fans thx for u help

[@AuntieMamie]

This is one of the best musicals ever. And I love every musical from the beginning of time!!!!

[@ShowtuneSampler]

Even Lolita, My Love, the musical version of the incestuous novel Lolita? Even Via Galactica? Even The Black Crook (1866)? You love all of them? Not like, not neutral, but LOVE?

[@emeryemery2834]

literal chills running down my arms

[@miscellanyman263]

Oh My God. Such memories of when I saw the original cast/production at The Vivian Beaumont, Summer 2005: with the esteemed cast of Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Chris Sarandon and Patti Cohenour and Michael Berresse. I nearly cried at the end but held it back, so as not to be bullied by my friends who sat beside me. And in this production with the esteemed Renée Fleming, along with Broadway Legend Brian Stokes Mitchell -- I mean, what wanderlust I had at the time to return "home" to L.A., but work forbade me, darn it! This is, by far, The Greatest Musical Known To Mine Ears...

[@FrydaWolff]

I want to see the off Broadway parody "The Light in the Pizza."

[@samanthaskye00]

Dove is so perfect 😍😍

[@violetta7853]

This is my absolute favorite show. I’m not a fan of this Clara. I would fly over the ocean just to see Brian Stokes Mitchell in this even tho is a small role. Best. Voice. Ever.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Classy as the Prada devil. Renee is a fashionosta bel Canto and now Broadway Icon!!!

[@vanessacavalcanti927]

I would die to see this musical and this cast 😭

[@violingirl2]

Love seeing Renee ❤️❤️❤️

[@Theveshinpillay]

Amazing! Now do this but for the entire play,please😄 sincerely every international Dove fan🙏💖

[@sford557]

Dove Cameron is beautiful!

[@yow3372]

Dove is the best 💛

[@melissam597]

I love the costumes!

[@KHobbies_cina]

One of my top favourite musical!!

[@bryantkeller9278]

Wow. Big wow.

[@izzaw]

When the show closes plz release it on dvd

[@lillybarcroft9855]

my grandpa got to see this last week i’m so jealous

[@aaguilar1962]

Dvd soundtrack I love it.

[@tonyandrade8131]

Had such high hope for this, as Renee Fleming is such an amazing singing actress in opera... but... she does not translate too well in the genre of musical theatre, at all. Could not understand a single word that came out of her mouth at times, as her approach to musical theater, was opera. The group of us left the theater scratching out heads on why she would brave such a performance... otherwise, the production itself was fantastic.

[@randomspiel]

tbh, she probably just wanted to give it a go at her age and stature, and this is one of the most opera-adjacent roles for her to try and translate it. I totally buy it wasn't handled all that well, but I get her doing it.

[@joelramirez8798]

It sounds better here than the la opera the volume was low there I could hardly hear them :(

[@dlshaw08]

Joel Ramirez totally agree!

[@zoek3420]

Please release a cast album!

[@glgree1]

Set to the Tony award-winning "soundtrack..."? Who the hell writes this copy, LA Opera???? LOL

[@annawalters3101]

HOW can the most gorgeous person I’ve ever seen with my own eyeballs also be such a gorgeous singer?!! HER VOICE. HER FACE. This doesn’t seem statistically possible. Proof we’re in an alternate reality.

[@sparkleparty5947]

Someone tell me why Renee isn't singing in English

[@sparkleparty5947]

@@colonyofrats4193 haha no it's not it was a joke about how bad her English diction is even though she's American it sounds like she's not singing english

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

In the Theatre you understand every word

[@moonknowshome]

⚡⚡⚡💛💛💛💛

[@robertmonthe9750]

She’s more clear here

[@kmf-z5c]

Are there any actual Italians in this cast?

[@BellaFirenze]

Yes, myself and two others.

[@sanlyncarter192]

PLEASE PIN HER HAT IN

[@jessicamcpeak5737]

The hat has to fly off in that scene. It can't be pinned in

[@jochenstossberg5427]

It sounds like something Sondheim wrote - but rejected. If it's opera, put it in an opera house - but it's opera masquerading as musical theatre. Or the other way around. Fans of one genre are often not fans of the other. I love Sondheim, in fact I adore pretty much everything he wrote, but this is pretentious torture. Sondheim is brilliantly funny, melodic and gorgeous. This is from hell. Could we have a melody please? Rent the film with Olivia de Haviland and Yvette Mimieux. Then have an early night.

[@marspowr]

It does play opera houses all the time. Much like Pirates of Penzance, it straddles the line.

[@randomspiel]

"Fans of one genre are often not fans of the other." If you don't like it, shut the fuck up and move on, some of us are fans of both.

[@paules3437]

Oh my god, what an ignoramus you are. Does it offend your precious sensibilities that there are operatic aspects to the best Broadway score in decades? What's all this about opera "masquerading" as musical theatre? How do you define the difference? "Could we have a melody please?" Sure. How about "Dividing Day" as a simple example? This score is rife with melodies! Besides your beloved Sondheim (whom I revere as well) famously wrote that catch phrase "there's not a tune you can hum" sung by a producer in "Merrily We Roll Along". Also, he himself pointed out in an interview that people used to say, "There's not a tune you can hum" parts of "A Little Night Music." Quoth he: "Sure... but if they hear 'A Weekend in the Country" sung 16 times, THEN they can hum it. I saw this four times in NYC, and appreciated Guettel's genius every time (not to mention Victoria Clark as Margaret, a part she was born to play.)