Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight! — Page 13

The house was pretty full and, yes, there were rows without audience members in order to accomodate (and not block the view of) the 7 TV cameras scattered in the orchestra (plus one aerial camera on a boom). A few scattered empty seats otherwise - but generally a full and enthusiastic house - Thursday nights are usually not sold-out or even this full.

And of course, sale of tickets to the public was withheld for the broadcast performance for many months and tickets only put on sale basically at the last minute - hence, cutting off much potential advance sale at the box office and through other ticketing sources.

Updated On: 6/16/06 at 12:48 PM

mabel---Sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about. I never made reference to anyone's post in my post(s)... and I never mentioned that Victoria played "Clara" which I know she didn't. Maybe YOUR post was directed at someone else? No matter...

I would be very interested to see just how last night's PBS airing affects this show's attendance for the (short) remainder of its run.

My guess is that it will be "up" dramatically. I hope the phones are ringing and the lines are forming. (Wishful thinking.)

I'd love to hear follow-ups regarding that.

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My appologies, best12bars. I scrolled down a post too far when I copied the screenname of the poster who replied to me about Victoria not playing Clara. It was actually WickedRentEder who posted it, and I'm off to edit my post. Ooops! Sorry. Wish it had been earlier in the day and I could have used that as an excuse...alas, it was just a hasty copy and paste job on my part!

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Kyle, thanks for posting those pictures. I love Celia's periwinkle dress for the opening of the show.

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I realize I'm late in the game to start typing in the thread... but I had to post something. I am really glad that they did infact record it, but I will always be a little sad that it wasn't the original cast. That is the perfect cast for me. Anyway, I hadn't really noticed before how much I liked the subletly in which Kelli O'Hara as Clara poked Fabrizio. It was much cuter, I think. The changes were interesting, but overall it was a good experience. I have never really had the chance to see Piazza from so many different angles.

I really enjoyed this last night and for me, Aaron Lazar stole the show. He was perfect.

It was great seeing those pre-Broadway Chicago shots. I'm glad Ms. Zuber reworked Clara's dress with the square pattern at the hem. Her design was truely Tony worthy. Can't wait to watch it tonight. I've got a bottle of wine and my cheese squares ready!

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i expected vickie to be fanatastic because of the tony award and she definitely was.

but who i was most impressed with was aaron lazar. holy goodness. hes was so EARNEST in ever facial expression and look and movement and line and lyric....he was utterly flawless. i could tell exactly what he was thinking at every moment even when he wasnt saying anything at all. he took my breathe away with his flawless performance.

i was speechless.

im so excited to see him in the les miz revival.

katie clarke was clearly off vocally tonight. the role si too vocqlly demanding for her. she should try being glinda in wicked. shed be great in that. her acting however i thought was supurb. she really played the special child element extremely well. the part when signor nacarelli calls off the wedding and shes left in the church wondering what she did wrong broke my heart. she was so innocent. i thought she was excellent in that respect, but again, not vocally up to the challenge fo guettels difficult score.

props to sarandon who was amazing as fabrizzios father and to sarah uriarte berry as franca (who was ironically played by kelli o hara in seattle's workshop). she looked beautiful.

thats all for me kids...

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I just think it's a shame that a real coloratura like Jennifer Hope Wills , kept getting called back, and didn't get the part. She would've been stunning. But atleast she's in Phantom now.

I must say, Aaron was the true stand-out in this broadcast. I can't say enough about him. Stunning performance.

I'm sorry, but Clarke could not sustain the vocal power in her rampage in OCTET.

Missed a few notes too. The music sounded too big for her voice.

Act 2 she struggled more vocally than act 1.

"I just think it's a shame that a real coloratura like Jennifer Hope Wills"
I would force my dad to take me if that ever happened!!!

I agree with korenglish, I'm still obsessed with the original cast. I would have loved for them to come back together to do one more show.

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I thought it was moving and very beautiful! And Victoria Clark performing the last song? Killed me.

yay my recorded DVD turned out well!

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