The meaning of the song "The Light in the Piazza"

[EponineThenardier]

The meaning of the song "The Light in the Piazza"#0

Posted: 10/31/06 at 12:42pm

It's probabaly just to subtle for me, I tend to overanalyze things to the point that I completely miss the point.

I'd love to hear various opinions on it.

[Michael Bennett]

re: The meaning of the song 'The Light in the Piazza'#1

Posted: 10/31/06 at 1:00pm

I think its the pretty standard symbolism: light= understanding, discovery.

[kyle.]

re: The meaning of the song 'The Light in the Piazza'#2

Posted: 10/31/06 at 1:38pm

The light is her love for Fabrizio.

"Tiny sweet
And then it grows
And then it fills the air
Who knows what you call it?
I don't care
Out of somewhere I have something I have never had
And sad is happy
That's all I see"

"It's rushing up
It's pouring out
It's flying through the air
All through the air
Who knows what you call it?
But it's there
It is there

All I see is
All I want is tearing from inside
I see it
Now I see it everywhere
It's everywhere
It's everything and everywhere

Fabrizio
The Light in the Piazza

My Love"

[Michael Bennett]

re: The meaning of the song 'The Light in the Piazza'#3

Posted: 10/31/06 at 1:44pm

But it's more than just her love - its the discovery of her love, the realization: just as Margaret discovers the depths of her true love for her daughter .
Updated On: 10/31/06 at 01:44 PM

[munkustrap178]

re: The meaning of the song 'The Light in the Piazza'#4

Posted: 10/31/06 at 1:44pm

And in a way, especially from her mother's point of view, it may just be the "light" at the end of the tunnel.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[TheEnchantedHunter]

re: The meaning of the song 'The Light in the Piazza'#5

Posted: 10/31/06 at 5:18pm

The meaning of the song? It means bad, pretentious writing. Nothing more or less.







Vivian Darkbloom
Ramsdale, New England

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: The meaning of the song 'The Light in the Piazza'#6

Posted: 10/31/06 at 5:20pm

It opens tomorrow night here in LA. I'll be there, although I've already seen it on PBS.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[nomdeplume]

Soccer Ball for Dummies#7

Posted: 10/31/06 at 8:04pm

It's flying through the air
All through the air
Who knows what you call it?
But it's there
It is there...

I see it
Now I see it everywhere
It's everywhere
It's everything and everywhere

IT'S SOCCER BALL OF THE PIAZZA!

[broadwayjavajunkie]

Soccer Ball for Dummies#8

Posted: 10/31/06 at 8:33pm

Nom, you are my new hero.

"Shut up! Are you a communist?"

[nomdeplume]

Soccer Ball for Dummies#9

Posted: 10/31/06 at 8:38pm

Adam Guettel's one of mine.

Updated On: 10/31/06 at 08:38 PM