Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
picturetaker9211
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/06
#0Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:15pm
While looking at the tv guide online, there's suppose to be a program called "Live from the Lincoln Center." It's suppose to be The Light in the Piazza! So for all you fans you can go to tvguide.com & check out when it's playing tonight. The cast is suppose to be Victoria Clark, Katie Clark, Aaron Lazar, Michael Berresse, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Patti Conhenour, Chris Sarandon, and Beau Bravitte. So you guys can watch it tonight. 
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colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#1re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:17pmThere's like 40,000 threads on this topic. People have been counting down the seconds until this broadcast since the show was taped several months ago.
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#2re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:23pmits not airing in texas until tomorrow.
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#3re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:23pm
40,000 threads? Probably true.
Taped several months ago? False. It's "LIVE from Lincoln Center."
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colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#4re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:28pm
Taped several months ago? False. It's "LIVE from Lincoln Center."
I apologize, I was mistaken. I thought I recalled a discussion recently in which the show had been taped for this broadcast. Perhaps I am just recalling when it was announced that the show would be broacast, which in any case, was several months ago.
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
Updated On: 6/15/06 at 01:28 PM
#5re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:42pmIts not live? That's a little dissapointing. I wish that if it wasn't live they could have atleast taped the original cast. But oh well, I am still counting down the seconds until this broadcast.
NJgirl
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/04
#6re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:45pm
i swear i read an article with the producer in charge of the tv broadcast that was linked in the news section here about how it definitely is live and he was doing run throughs with the cameras at the Tues and Weds shows because he only had one shot on Thurs night to get the cameras angles right. He even mentioned he was setting them up at row H and there would also be a boom camera. There was also something about how there would be a 15 min intermission included as they debated about running the show straight thru for the live broadcast.
Updated On: 6/15/06 at 01:45 PM
mijofly19
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/05
#7re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:46pmIt is live. Playbill.com must be wrong. Check out the articles on the main page and on PBS.org.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#8re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:53pmwho is currently in this cast?
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-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
mijofly19
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/05
#9re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:55pm
Victoria Clark-Margaret Johnson
Katie Clarke-Clara Johnson
Aaron Lazar-Fabrizio
Chris Sarandon-Signor Naccarelli
Patti Cohenour-Signora Naccarelli
Michael Berresse-Guiseppe Naccarelli
Sarah Uriarte Berry-Franca
Beau Gravitte-Roy Johnson
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#10re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:59pmDO you think PBS might possibly release this on DVD?
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#11re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:59pmI'm so excited. I'm sort of glad it isn't the OBC. I already know what they sound like thanks to the recording, I want to hear a new interpretation (even if it's not as good). It's so excited. My PBS here is sorta crappy, but I'll just have to get through it.
#12re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:01pmIt is live. Because I know people who bought tickets for tonight and made sure that it was being broadcast live tonight.
topher
Swing Joined: 2/17/06
#13re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:02pm
Its definitely Live, they are taping tonight and I think it will be a bit odd for the cast with all the lights up. It is playing at different times on differents PBS stations, so it is easiest to go to pbs.org and put in your zip code for the scheduling of it.
Updated On: 6/15/06 at 02:02 PM
#14re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:03pmYes it defintely live becuase there was an article in my local paper stating that it may start a few minutes late because the curtain does not always go up on time. Also they have produced a featurette on the actors and how they make the hat "fly" to be shown during intermission. I'm so excited. YAY!!!! Finally, some good TV.
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colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#15re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:04pmIs it running exactly two hours (8PM-10PM??), I am going to be out of the house tonight so my VCR is programmed to record, I don't want to miss the end or something if the show is scheduled to run later (I do have the tape set to stop at 10:30 right now)
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#16re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:10pm
Go to PBS.org to make sure, but I'm pretty sure it's running
8-10 (or 7-9 central)
#17re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:11pm
colleen_lee: The show is running from 8:00 to 10:30 P. M.
I can't wait for this show to air. It is one of the best scores
I've ever heard in my life, and the set design is also very impressive. I have been thinking about whether I should see the show again to check in on the new cast, especially Katie Clarke, as I saw it with the original cast. Now I don't have to do that!
MARGARET: "Clara, stop that. That's illegal." - The Light in the Piazza
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picturetaker9211
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/06
#18re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:24pmIt;s suppose to be 146 minutes. Which is 2 hours & 26 min.
"Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, take the moment & making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity."
-Gilda Radner
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#19re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:32pm
In case people are still trying hard to figure it out. Click the link, then "check local listings", then pop in your zip.
Some have said this is not entirly reliable, so I also waited until just before the top of the hour, changed the channel to PBS, and promptly saw a commercial stating the appropriate time (at which point I spazzes out and nearly died).
your local listings
#20re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight 8 to 10:30PM!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:33pm
Not all PBS stations are showing it tonight. The Seattle station has it Sunday afternoon at 2 for example. And in case your recording doesn't go the first time check the station's schedule as it seems most stations are doing an overnight repeat sometime in the following week.
The show is listed as LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTRE and some TV listings do not indicate what the feature is. It is a 2 and 1/2 hour program on the schedule.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#21re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight 8 to 10:30PM!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:35pmIs Michael Berresse really in it? Shouldnt he be in SF- the ACL rehearsals start today.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#22re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight 8 to 10:30PM!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:46pmOur PBS station isn't showing it until Sunday night at 8pm.... I'm really upset.
#23re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight 8 to 10:30PM!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 3:08pmI assume that Michael Beresse will start ACL rehearsals on July 3rd...we've had no press release of any replacement.
NJgirl
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/04
#24re: Light in the Piazza on PBS Tonight 8 to 10:30PM!
Posted: 6/15/06 at 3:11pm
Apparently ACL rehearsals do start today...but I know Tyler Hanes isn't expected to leave Hairspray until this weekend. Sunday night is his final performance. My guess is they are rehearsing in NYC for a while before going out to California?
Perhaps Michael Beresse is staying with Piazza for its final weeks while ACL rehearses in NYC. When do previews begin in San Francisco?
