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

[EponineThenardier]

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]

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

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

[kyle.]

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]

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]

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.

[TheEnchantedHunter]

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]

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.

[nomdeplume]

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]

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

Nom, you are my new hero.

[nomdeplume]

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

Adam Guettel's one of mine.

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