#1
Posted: 6/12/05 at 7:59am
Ok. Yesterday joeyjoe and I were strolling through Lincoln Center at the Annual Arts and Crafts show and we suddenly decided to find out if there were tickets available for Light in The Piazza...joey (my wonderful life-partner) whipped out the plastic and, Voila!, Tickets in hand, we spent the rest of the day impatiently awaiting that Eight-O-Clock curtain. From the moment we walked into the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, the set took my breath away. Photographs on line and in newspapers just cannot do it justice. It has to be experienced in person. As the opening harp runs began, I felt myself "filling up" - breathing-in perhaps one of the most incredible and visionary theatrical experiences of my 43 years on this planet. For those of you who haven't seen it - run, beg, steal, borrow - do whatever you have to do to get a ticket and get to the Vivian Beaumont. I've never, personally, had a more glorious evening in the theatre - so profoundly moving, so well acted and sung, so beautifully written, lit and designed. AND, we had the added bonus of seeing the incredibly talented and beautiful Laura Griffith go on for the first time (in what I hope to be a very long and successful run) as Franca (Sarah Uriarte Berry was out last night). Her performance was fantastic (on par with everyone on stage at the Beaumont) and I was thrilled to be seeing an old classmate's dreams coming true before my eyes. Congratulations Laura...you're living it!!!
We waited by the stage door and had a chance to congratulate the handfull of leads that exited the theatre, and I gotta tell ya - Victoria Clark is one of the most gracious and beautiful actresses alive today. She spent a great deal of time discussing the show with joeyjoe and I, and she seemed so connected to the experience as a whole, not only as the character within the show, but as an actor and Lovely Human Being. She is my new Hero. We walked away from that encounter knowing what a true Star is (or should be) like: Kind and gracious to her fans, taking the time to ask our names, talk about our connection to theatre, and share her pride over the piece with everyone involved, not just basking in her personal limelight.
Now I know why I came to New York, again. Seeing The Light in The Piazza, meeting it's performers, and reveling in Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas's life-altering piece of Theatre ranks right up there with sharing my life with joeyjoe, enjoying my new Neice's second birthday, watching a Florida sunset (one of God's finest productions!)...and Knowing that we are all here for a Reason.
Thank you, Lincoln Center, Victoria Clark, Mr. Guettel and Lucas, and the extraordinary cast of The Light in The Piazza. You've re-invigorated my love of the performing arts.
We waited by the stage door and had a chance to congratulate the handfull of leads that exited the theatre, and I gotta tell ya - Victoria Clark is one of the most gracious and beautiful actresses alive today. She spent a great deal of time discussing the show with joeyjoe and I, and she seemed so connected to the experience as a whole, not only as the character within the show, but as an actor and Lovely Human Being. She is my new Hero. We walked away from that encounter knowing what a true Star is (or should be) like: Kind and gracious to her fans, taking the time to ask our names, talk about our connection to theatre, and share her pride over the piece with everyone involved, not just basking in her personal limelight.
Now I know why I came to New York, again. Seeing The Light in The Piazza, meeting it's performers, and reveling in Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas's life-altering piece of Theatre ranks right up there with sharing my life with joeyjoe, enjoying my new Neice's second birthday, watching a Florida sunset (one of God's finest productions!)...and Knowing that we are all here for a Reason.
Thank you, Lincoln Center, Victoria Clark, Mr. Guettel and Lucas, and the extraordinary cast of The Light in The Piazza. You've re-invigorated my love of the performing arts.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
