The Light In The Piazza - SF 1st Preview- Page 2

[gittel]

Posted: 8/1/06 at 7:57pm

thanks, Kyle!

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 8/1/06 at 8:02pm

Elena Looks beautiful! I will have to say the most gorgeous Clara we have had yet!

[bwaydancr]

Posted: 8/1/06 at 9:22pm

I think the glasses Would be fine, but they're a bit of a thick frame which really draws attention to them; just my thoughts.

The glasses are intended to draw attention to themselves. The idea now is that Fabrizio begins as a bookworm and when he sees Clara, that changes him (which is why the glasses aren't in the photos from the later scenes).

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 8/1/06 at 9:34pm

Yeah, that's what David Burnham said in his recent interview. That's fine, I guess. I'm a little more concerned with the fact that he looks like Donny Osmond, and Elena Shaddow looks WAY too Italian...but she is absolutely gorgeous, I have to say.

[AshleyBrownFan123]

Posted: 8/1/06 at 10:44pm

Elena is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pretty. But David should loose the glasses!

[Johnnytoc]

Posted: 8/1/06 at 10:47pm

Ah, thanks bwaydancr- makes more sense.

Distinctive Baritone, where was this interview?

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:14am

I know it's a little early, but any reviews yet?

[kyle.]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:15am

Early or not, you know its what we are all thinking!!!!!!!

[gustof777]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:16am

*waits quietly listening to the cast recording

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:47am

Uhh, NOT a fan of the glasses. Fabrizio's not supposed to be a nerd. Where else would Franca's line "You are the envy of so many girls" come from?? I really hope they ditch them.

On the plus side, the set looks gorgeous.

[boxers7]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:56am

I wonder if the tour will use a curtain. What time is it in SF right now? 10:00 pm?

Updated On: 8/2/06 at 12:56 AM

[gustof777]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:59am

I like the glasses because it makes Fabrizio look not a classic hunk and in my opinion adds a layer to the character and makes him real-er. I'll have to see for myself how it works onstage.

[kyle.]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 1:12am

SF is 3 hours behind EST.

Posted: 8/2/06 at 1:51am

yea the glasses dont quite fit david too well. but he totally is a hunk. i've worked with him before, he is georgeous and amazingly talented! i'm so happy for him to have this opportunity, i just wish i could see it.

[Blair]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 1:56am

I don't think the glasses are supposed to make him nerdy. It's kind of impossible to make David look like a nerd, haha. The layer I get from just the pictures of Fabrizio with glasses and the book is that he is the intellectual, sensitive, loner type. If you make Fabrizio that, then you can play on the idea that Clara "opens Fabrizio up", whatever you take that to mean.

I'm so seeing this tour when it comes to Atlanta.

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:01am

Here's our interview with David Burnham: He talks a little about the tour of 'Piazza,' his slightly different take on Fabrizio and how he used to sing to pigs. There's also a new photo of him.
Playbill.com: 'The Leading Men' - David Burnham

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:01am

I wonder why they decieded on the "nerdy" thing? I don't remember the last time a tour got this much press. I don't remember the Spamalot tour or even the Wicked tour really gettin this much attention with previews and photo preview pictures. I really want to see this tour. I might have to go to Nashville to see it.

[hortonhearsasam]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:07am

I just got back from the show. It was amazing.

Kyle--I didn't see a merchandise stand...

Adam Guettel was sitting about 5 rows in front of me and across the aisle. I noticed him as he was getting into his seat and I started freaking out. I tried to keep tabs on him as I watched the show but I was pretty captivated by the show. I did notice, though, that he left shortly after "The Joy You Feel" and returned to his seat right as "Dividing Day" was beginning. He also laughed really hard at something during the scene before "The Joy You Feel" when Signora Nacarelli was speaking in Italian. (I wasn't sure what was so funny.) But he didn't return after intermission (he was watching from the back of the house during Act 2).

But yeah, the show was just as amazing as it's ever been. Of the main characters, Elena Shaddow as Clara and Laura Griffith as Franca really stood out to me. Elena's voice is so pretty. It's very natural--no affectations, she just lets it flow out of her. Christine Andreas as Margaret was good, but not quite on the same level as Victoria Clark was when I saw the show in NY. Her "Dividing Day" was excellent, but I didn't really get much out of her "Fable."

Wow. I'm still stunned.

[boxers7]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:10am

How was the set adapted? Any huge changes?

[hortonhearsasam]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:17am

No huge changes, just a little bit of rearranging mostly. The Orpheum is a traditional proscenium stage, so there was no way it could be set up exactly like the show was in the Vivian Beaumont. There were no exits into the audience, and there was a curtain used at the beginning and at intermission.

[boxers7]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:18am

What did the curtain look like?

[hortonhearsasam]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:22am

Haha I feel like a news correspondent. The curtain was a landscape-style picture of what I'm guessing is Florence.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:29am

I just got back. The director made an announcement before the show explaining how this was the first public performance. I have only seen the PBS version and I thought this was just as good. I saw Christine Andreas as Liza Dolittle years ago on Broadway but I'd forgotten what a beautiful voice she has.

I was in Row B on the aisle behind a man with the biggest head in the world. He kept moving it back and forth and he and his girl friend were constantly glancing at each other and playing kissy face further blocking my view. I moved at Intermission across the aisle and a couple of rows back and the view was great. I wouldn't suggest sitting in the first few rows of the orchestra at the Orpheum as the stage is high and it's not easy to see what's going on.

[EugLoven]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:36am

Jim, tell us more!
I've seen Burnham in the role back in April, so what'd you think? Isn't his "Il Mondo Era Vuoto" gorgeous?
I'm writhing in my seat, aching to get back to SF immediately.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 2:40am

David Burnham was fantastic! He got some of the loudest applause during the bows.

When do you get back to SF? The show is running until the end of August.