Light in the Piazza Pre-BroadwayOut of Town — Page 2

I LOVED what I saw in this video. I could tell that Celia doesn't have as accomplished a voice as Kelli, but she's quite good and I'm sure she was amazing as Clara. To me, it was quite interesting that Celia was associated with 2 of the hottest shows on broadway that season -- no matter what went down, that seems to be to be the best of both worlds.

I sort of like the more simple look of the piece in Seattle and enjoyed seeing the violinist on stage during the show. I can see that working well for the piece, too. Nevertheless, I adored the modifications that were made for Broadway. Now, Steven Pasquale has a KILLER voice!!! Too bad he didn't make it to Broadway!

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Updated On: 7/12/06 at 04:00 PM

I believe that must've come in with the old song 'Margaret',which is the song that includes lyrics to The Beauty Is(Reprise) which they show in the video.

While hands down she didn't have the soprano that Kelli O'Hara has (who does?) she sounded beautiful! I don't know how Katie Clarke sounds except from the PBS version and while I personally thought she was great I know that many said she was having a vocally off night. I thought that there were only a few places that her voice kind of irked me. But Celia sounded very good so I really would be dissapointed if the vocal issue was what took her out of the show. I thought she acted the role perfectly with the right amount innocence and you could really feel that it was her first time in love.

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yeah I wish I could have seen Katie live rather than just on PBS although I loved her acting on PBS and wasn't that dissapointed by her voice. I thought her Clara was dead on.

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As a comment about the Seattle set:

Patti Cohenour and I were discussing various parts of the progress of Piazza, and how the set had evolved. This isn't a direct comment, but she said how she loved the sets in the Broadway production so much more and how there was something in the Seattle set that reminded her of a skateboarding half-pipe or something to that extent. She expressed her thankfulness for the redesign to what magnificent and gorgeous sets Piazza had on Broadway. =)

Sorry to bump an old thread, but if people are curious to hear the Seattle cast, I stumbled across this NPR interiew that has discussion about the show and hs clips from that cast (specifically, the original ending to "The Beauty Is" is interesting).

NPR interview

Updated On: 8/8/06 at 10:00 PM

WOW - thanks so much! I really have been looking for clips of Steve Pasquale's singing in The Light in the Piazza (ever since I saw this on TV and found out about Pasquale's involvement)

"Reading that review makes me wonder why Celia was not brought to Broadway."

You should listen to Kelli's Downstage Center interview. She explains this decision in it.

Dose someone have a link to Kelli's downstage interview?

Don't get me wrong but,In a way we should I'm glad Celia didn't bring it to Broadway. Celia had done Clara in Piazza and Johanna in Sweeney. I think if Celia had brought Piazza to broadway people would think of her as the ingenue type. I think doing Spelling Bee really showed her range as an actress and a singer. Doing Spelling Bee really showed the versatility she has as a performer.

EDIT: Celia got nominated for a TONY and Spelling Bee is still running. I think that her not doing Piazza worked for the better.

Updated On: 8/9/06 at 07:39 PM

I wish they would have at least asked her to come in once Kelli left although I know that others won't agree with me on that. No and I mean she is still good friends with a lot of the cast. I just wished that NYCers could have seen her performance. But I certainly loved Kelli and Katie so I'm content :)

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I guess there were no hard feelings because, she contstantly praises Kelli and Victoria.