Is anyone obsessed with "The Light in the Piazza"???

Redhot, where are you, dear?

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my fav is "say it somehow" then "statues and stories" and "the beauty is".

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So thankful to have seen it and really enjoy all the songs, on my ipod, every day. :)

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Oh, now you've done it...

Totally obsessed.

I'm a little bit in love with "Dividing Day" and "The Beauty Is."

"The Joy You Feel" is rather amazing too. Oh yeah...and "Aiutami!"

I just love this show so much.

*just bought tix for visits 5 & 6 today*

muscle - I don't remember reading anywhere in Ruprecht's post about Norbert Leo Butz turning him/her on.

And in response to the topic... no, I'm not. I like it but not enough to consider it an obsession.

COMPLETELY OBSESSED. Since Day one. Favorite Song? Uhhh, all of them? Statues and Stories, The Beauty Is, Passaggiata, Dividing Day, Say It Somehow, Aiutami, Octet and Fable, but MOST OF ALL The Light in the Piazza. I ADORE that song. And I now know every word in Aiutami by heart. Well, I don't know what it means, but, I love it. I love the beginning, especially when I'm playing it in my car and the 'Claraaaa!' goes from the back to the front, I always smile it's so good! Ahh! I can't choose a favorite, really, I just love it way more than anything I have listened to in a really, really long time. Like, since I first heard Phantom when I was seven and became obsessive from that point on.

(Almost HARRY POTTER DAY!!!)

I'm completely and utterly obsessed with this show! It's the most touching, moving, and gorgeous musical I've ever had the privelige to see. I truly feel honored that I've been able to see this show 4 times and cannot wait to see it again, probably next Wednesday.

I can't really pick a favorite song b/c they're all so wonderful but I will say that the combo at the end of "love to me" and "fable" make me cry like a little baby. Also, I've discovered the sheer genius that is Adam Guettel. What more could a girl ask for?

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I have returned from my 4.5 hour-each-way trip to NYC to see Light in the Piazza today!!

I figure it's now fair of me to weigh in on this discussion. I've loved "Dividing Day" (and do even more now that I get the context, "The Beauty Is", and "Passagiata".....but I hadn't already heard the songs in the second act. I realized I was holding my breath all through "Love to Me" only when it was over. What an astonishing song and delivery by Matt (and Kelli just in her reactions). Reminds me of the first time I heard/saw "Absolution" from bare. Like time just absolutely stopped for 2 minutes to allow something extra-extraordinary to happen. beautiful.

Overall this show is MUCH funnier than I'd expected!! On a side note, I studied in Florence in college and found the Italian lines just as amusing. They even worked to speak with the Florentine dialect. I had a nice little chat with the actor who plays Fabrizio's father about this.

How well deserved the design awards were. Breathtaking.

ok...i know this is not the thread for reviews...but it just all came spilling out!

Now that I've seen it, and understand the context, I'll be putting the album on repeat :)

I would not say that I am obsessed - though I do listen to it almost daily. I simply feel that it is the finest piece of musical theatre written during my lifetime. Many shows touch me deeply - but this one has an overall affect on me that is indiscribable. I do not have a favorite song from the show, as I feel they are all magnificent. I wish everyone on the planet could see it and open their hearts and minds to the message it delivers. Very powerful stuff, Piazza is. (did I just sound like Yoda?LOL)

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Well I guess it's kind of hard to sense sarcasm through writing, but I was being sarcastic.


And just for the record, Norbert Leo Butz turns ME on.