the light, rekindled

i went to the opening night of the first national tour of the light in the piazza, a groundbreaking musical that's been playing at the highbrow lincoln center for the past two years. it felt like a history-making night - the writer, adam guettel was in the audience, as were the producers and the important ppl. the director made an announcement at the start of the show - he looked like he hadn't slept in days. he said there is a slight possibility that the show may stop and have to restart at any moment, and that the actors have just arrived in san francisco just a day ago, and he invited us to laugh loudly at the funny parts and to cry uncontrollably at the sad parts, b/c he himself will probably be crying uncontrollably backstage. ^^ aside from the sudden crashes backstage and a few flubbed lines, it was a great show - so glad that they haven't relaxed the standards of the broadway show that now it's on tour.

what a great show - so sweeping, so beautiful - really famous musical writers and authors and artists seem to love this show the most. one playwright said that this musical wasn't a musical but more like a place. i agree - the florence, italy, of my dreams.

below is a clip of the original leads in the broadway production at lincoln center, the legendary kelli o'hara (that harry connick jr. so fell in love with) singing the title song.



more clips: my favorite love song of all time: here, when after clara finds out that all her life she grew up in a lie, where she is "not normal" and tells her fiancee that he mustn't love her.

their love song: here

Love's a fake
Love's a fable
Just a painting
On a ceiling
Just a children's fairy tale

Still, you have to look
And look
Through the eyes
On a bridge in the pouring rain
Not the eyes but the part you can't explain
For the arms you can fall into forever

For the joy that you thought you'd never know
For here at last away you go
To a man who looks for you

Can you find in the world
In the wide, wide world
That someone sees
That someone loves you