Piazza on A&E's Breakfast with the Arts

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 12:37am

A&E's Emmy Nominated Series
BREAKFAST WITH THE ARTS
August 21st, 2005 8:00 -10:00 AM EST
Host: Karina Huber
The order: Black Eyed Peas, Batman Begins, LIGHT IN THE PIAZZ, Madagascar, Blue Merle, Joe Sample [no confirmation if this is the precise order]

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THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA:
At the 2005 Tonys, one musical took home more awards than any other show. Set in 1953 Florence, The Light in the Piazza tells the story of the complex relationship between a mother and daughter, of life's disappointments and the joys of discovering unexpected love. This morning we welcome the winner of this year's Tony award for Best Actress in a Musical, Victoria Clark, and 2005 Tony nominated Kelli O'Hara to our show.

Tune in and watch! --korenglish

Updated On: 8/20/05 at 12:37 AM

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 12:43am

Of course I won't be able to watch it. Grr.

[kangaroo]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 3:10pm

Thanks! I didn't know that they were going to do Piazza. I'll have to gear up my video and record this on Sunday.

~kangaroo

[kangaroo]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 12:36am

Has anyone ever watched these before... I don't know if they are going to show clips from the show, or interviews with the cast...

Thanks,
~kangaroo

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 1:06am

I saw this episode when they aired it the first time, pretty close to the Tony's. The segment was about half way through the program, and it was rather short: they showed a montage of clips from the show and interviewed Vicki and Kelli. The whole thing lasted maybe fifteen minutes, but it was cute.

[life_so_far]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 11:25am

I could have watched it this morning! Grr.. I always miss the good stuff.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 11:29am

aww that was a really cute interview...and a great video montage.

[Changed_for_the_better]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 11:45am

Quick Question ... I watched the A&E show this morning .. during the interview Kelli O'Hara mentioned that she was not the first Clara and that Vicki had already developed a relationship with a previous daughter.

I'm a recent Piazza fan (saw it a few weeks ago, before Matt M. leaves)and was wondering who the original Clara was, how long she was in it for, and why she left.

Thanks so much!

[broadway betty]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 11:59am

Celia Keenan Bolger played Clara in Seattle and Chicago. Kelli played Franca b/f she took over the role of Clara.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 12:02pm

she supposedly left because the creative team thought Kelli looked the part better than Celia and the soprano came more naturally to Kelli.

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 5:54pm

Actually, when Kelli was on Chatterbox she explained that the creative team decided to make Clara more mature after Chicago, which is why they let Celia go.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 9:08pm

I liked Kelli and Victoria on Breakfast with the Arts this morning. I was really tired, but I sat through the entire show just to see the Piazza segment... it wasn't too long, but it was cute. Anyway, I'm still looking for a clip of Kelli as Franca if anyone has one. I'm glad that Kelli replaced Celia because I think she suits the role more and I also really like Sarah Uriate Berry.

--korenglish

[apdarcey]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 10:21pm

frankly, i'm glad the roles all ended up the way they did... because i adored all 3, kelli, sarah and celia in their respective roles this season

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 11:09am

A two and a half second visual clip of Kelli as Franca was recently posted on the Piazza livejournal community. Link to the journal is below (and it's right this time, I swear!).
Piazza LJ Community

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 11:22am

i'm sorry i missed this...hopefully it will reair.