Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight! — Page 8

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A fantastic performance though Katie Clarke was slightly off in the title number, I believe she provides a Broadway-quality performance in the show yet I much prefer Kelli, there was something unique about her Clara. Aaron Lazar's "Il Mondo Era Vuoto" was beyond spectacular, the audience seemed thrilled. And Victoria Clark just keeps finding new layers to the role, just like wine, she only gets better with time.

wow, i am really impressed!

i thought i wouldnt care for it @ all!

& i *did* reach Maximum Romance Density towards the end, but watching it was a fantastic experience!!!

that Victoria Clark is something special!!!

probably its been said, but she has a real Geraldine Paige quality to her (a huge & loving compliment from me). I will certainly keep an eye & ear on this actress!!!

i also really enjoyed the brilliant set pieces!
amazing how the stage seemed to go on forever....& could turn from dreamscape to nightmare in an instant!

OH & the costumes were gorgeous!!!!!!!

Updated On: 6/15/06 at 10:37 PM

I enjoyed this emensely! Victoria is great as always.

Aaron Lazar is beyond wonderful and will make a GREAT Enjolras.

Chris Sarandon (Mr Joanna Gleason himself and Patti C were great...

but... give me Kelli O'Hara anyday.

LOVELY sets, neat camera angles and gorgeous music.

LOVED it

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I didn't enjoy Lazar's performance as much as I thought I would from the raves he's been getting here. I much preferred David Burnham's interpretation on the role. He may be slightly beneath Lazar vocally but in my opinion his Fabrizio was more believable. His immaturity, his youth, his being flustered with the language barier all had a better dynamic with Clarke than Lazar did in my opinion.

Victoria Clark is a goddess on a broadway stage. Enough said, she's phenomenal, so layered that there wouldn't be enough adjectives to describe what she did with that role.

I believe Katie Clarke when she acts. I agree with most if not all of her choices and completely love the subtlety, nuance, and innocence that she brings to the personality of Clara. However, I can't handle her vocal issues. She is flat on those top notes, which is forgivable, but she doesn't have the flexibility for some of the harder aspects of the score as in her interlude and say it somehow. There are some parts where vocally I feel she is right on though. In her tyrade, aside from the one line "foreeever" I thought she was spot on. I never saw Kelli so I can't compare, but judging just from the recording I really prefer Kelli's voice.

Overall, the show is lush and beautiful. It's a great show to have been preserved like this, but it's also a show that you have to see live. A lot of the understanding of the supporting characters is lost when your limited to the point of view of the camera, and I miss that about the theatrical experience.

We have at least 8 PBS stations on digital cable here in SF including a High Def channel but I see that "Light" is not on the High Def channel!

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Jim: I had no idea! D'oh!

Well, the TV that gets HD somehow doesn't agree with the VCR, so I couldn't have taped it in HD anyway. Oh well.

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I feel like I'm the only one who was bored. The orchestrations were very beautiful, but overall, I was just...bored. I didn't care for the music. On a brighter note, I think the cast gave great performances.

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Lizzie, what's a VCR? Just kidding. I have the dual tuner DVR from Comcast and it can record in HD if the broadcast in in HD. The bad part of that is it ends up taking up a lot of space so you can't record as many shows. I think it can only handle about 18 hours total in HD and I have to have my daily "Passions", "All My Children" and "The Bold and The Beautiful" (now I know what became of Patrick Duffy ("Dallas"), Jack Wagner ("Melrose Place"), Mario Lopez, Lorenzo Lamas, and Antonio Sabato, Jr. They are all on that show).

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Oklahoma. Same voice teacher as Kristin Chenoweth.

Updated On: 6/15/06 at 10:52 PM

Don't even get me started on that hat. Usually when you find out how something works it becomes less amazing. But now that I know how they make the hat fly I think I'm more amazed. I think somehow I understand it less.

If anyone reading is in the Houston area, PBS has a half-hour interview with Katie at 11 tonight. They taped it a couple of weeks ago at her house. As far as the show goes, we all have to wait till 8:30 tomorrow.