Boston's Huntington Theatre has revealed casting for its upcoming staging of Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas's The Light in the Piazza, set to play the company May 8-June 15. Opening night will be May 14.
Leading the company will be Broadway favorite Emily Skinner (Suffs) as Margaret Johnson, with Sarah-Anne Martinez (Leaving Eden) as Clara Johnson, Joshua Grosso (Urinetown) as Fabrizio Naccarelli, William Michals (South Pacific) as Signor Naccarelli, Rebecca Pitcher (The Phantom of the Opera) as Signora Naccarelli, Alexander Ross (The Book of Mormon) as Giuseppe Naccarelli, Rebekah Rae Robles (A Man of No Importance) as Franca Naccarelli, and Rob Richardson (Jekyll & Hyde) as Roy Johnson, with an ensemble comprising Kate Fitzgerald, Russell Garrett, Daniel A. Lopez, Sher茅e Marcelle, Morgan Mastrangelo, Sarah Oakes Muirhead, and Nick Sulfaro. Swings David Rosenthal and Tamara Ryan; and extras Yuma Feldman, Millie Grace Gibson, Elsa Hancock-Happ, Mary Niederkorn, and Odin Vega will round out the company. Casting is by Janet Foster.
With a book by Lucas and a score by Guettel, The Light in the Piazza, based on a novella by Elizabeth Spencer, centers on a mother and daughter on vacation in Florence, Italy, in 1953. When the daughter falls head over heels in love with a local boy, drama follows. The work premiered on Broadway in 2005, winning six Tony Awards, including for Guettel's score and the orchestrations (by Guettel, Ted Sperling, and Bruce Coughlin).
Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco is directing the production, which will feature choreography by Daniel Pelzig, music direction by Andrea Grody, scenic design by Andrew Boyce, costume design by Alex Jaeger, lighting design by Christopher Akerlind, sound design by Megumi Katayama, projection design by Yuki Izumihara, and hair, wig, and makeup design by J Jared Janas. Ashleigh Reade will serve as dialect and text coach, and Chiara Durazzini will be the Italian culture, dialect, and text coach. Charles Haughland will serve as dramaturg, with Kevin Schlagle as production stage manager and Ashley Pitchford and Pat-rice Rooney as stage managers.
鈥淭his mother-daughter love story absolutely wrecked me when I experienced the premiere 20 years ago,鈥� says Greco in a statement. 鈥淎dam Guettel and Craig Lucas have crafted a stunning ode to the power of love in its many, many complicated guises.鈥�
鈥淚 am super happy to be returning to The Huntington where I performed as a student at Boston University in the 1970s, where I have attended countless memorable productions, and where I directed my play, I Was Most Alive With You, in 2016,鈥� adds Lucas.
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