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Review: The Huntington's THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is Sweepingly Cinematic

Review: The Huntington's THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is Sweepingly Cinematic

by R. Scott Reedy — May 21, 2025

The 1962 feature film “Light in the Piazza” was shot on location at the Piazza della Signoria and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and the Via Veneto and Roma Ostiense railway station in Rome, making its technicolor splendor a hard act to follow when the story, based on a 1960 novella by Elizabet

Video: First Look at Rehearsals for Huntington Theatre's THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

Video: First Look at Rehearsals for Huntington Theatre's THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

by Joshua Wright — April 23, 2025

Get a first look inside rehearsals for The Huntington's The Light in the Piazza, a contemporary musical based on the novel by Elizabeth Spencer, with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, book by Craig Lucas, and directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco (The Triumph of Love).

Feature: THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Final Weekend at Palm Canyon Theatre

Feature: THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Final Weekend at Palm Canyon Theatre

by Charlie Thomas — May 20, 2024

Based on the 1960 novella by Elizabeth Spencer, 'The Light In The Piazza' is set in the 1950s in Florence, Italy, where Margaret Johnson, a wealthy Southern woman, and her daughter Clara, who is developmentally disabled, are vacationing from the US.

Review: SWEENEY TODD is a Bloody Good Time at Palm Canyon Theatre

Review: SWEENEY TODD is a Bloody Good Time at Palm Canyon Theatre

by Charlie Thomas — March 13, 2024

What is it about a good horror story that draws audiences by the cart load?  Is it the adrenaline surge of danger around every corner, even as the viewer remains safely out of danger? Or is it the exploration of the dark side of man’s psyche, feeding a vicarious blood lust in the deep recesses of

BWW Review: A MINISTER'S WIFE: Love, Marriage, and the Poetry in Between

BWW Review: A MINISTER'S WIFE: Love, Marriage, and the Poetry in Between

by Robert Encila-Celdran — March 9, 2022

In A MINISTER'S WIFE, the composer's collaboration with Austin Pendleton (book), and Jan Levy Tranen (lyrics) dilutes his influence on CANDIDA's transcription, relegating the audience to a compendiary version that eliminates, among other elements, Candida's businessman father - a staunch capitalist


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