Piazzaontour.com Updated with Tour cast photos

Hey everyone! The site has been updated again! All the photos of the broadway production are down and have been replaced with the current cast! Great to see!

Is she... fat?

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I think she looks stunning. So she has hips! Its a hard dress to pull off. Part of me always wondered if that's why Patti never wore one, it might have been too unflattering on her.

Is there a link to the Broadway site? Or has that been shut down.

And I think Andrea looks lovely. :) She has such a gorgeous face.

There was never a broadway site, just lct.org which didn't have anything but basic show information.

The pics look GREAT. Can't wait for this in Philly.

I like seeing a brunette Clara so far in pics.

There is a point in the novel where Clara starts blending in with the italians so much, her mother even mistakes her for one, I believe.

So I think a darker/brunette Clara looks great.

Also she doesn't look THAT ethnic. It's not like she's dark skinned.

I try to be open minded about the lack of blonde wig, because I hear Elena is a FANTASTIC Clara. However, I think the choice to have Clara be blonde was an inportant one and added a lot to the story. It allowed Clara to stand out amongst the Italian people. This was easily done by casting a fair, blonde girl as Clara, all three times (Celia, Kelli, and Katie). A bright haired red head would work too, because that would make her stand out. But the combination of Elenas tan skin and dark hair doesnt do well for the overall story. Clara and Margaret are supposed to stand out, and the differences between Clara and the rest of the world are crucial to the story. I'm tired of hearing people's references to the book saying how Clara gradually looks more and more italian, but i think that was both in attitude as well as looks, she was more tan, but i dont BELIEVE she was brunette.

In the pictures, Elena just looks like one of the Italian Chorus members. I appreciat ethe new spin they are trying to put on her physical appearance but i believe the original idea of fair, blonde worked much better. I cant wait to see elena though because i hear fantastic things. i just felt like venting. haha.

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Also Laura Griffith when she played Clara in NYC was brunette and not exactly fair-skinned (she's now playing Franca on the tour).

"Part of me always wondered if that's why Patti never wore one, it might have been too unflattering on her. "

Thats interesting. What dress did Patti wear?

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She looks it in these costumes. I am not saying she is. The costumes are not flattering to her figure.

Patti just wore the regular "Light in the Piazza" dress in Fable, the one she wore when she was in rome.

thats not a very good picture of celia, because in a video i saw of that cast, her hair was blonde. her hair was also blonde when she was in sweeney with hugh panaro as anthony, so i figured she kept it from that. her roots are growing out though...but she was blonde.

it was just an opinion

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She does appear dirty blonde in the photos and video, but onstage it played as brunette. In no way did you watch her in the show and think she had blonde hair.

These are photos are from the Seattle run:





Not trying to have a fight with anyone, I could care less what color Clara's hair is to be quite honest. But Celia read as a brunette onstage.