{"product_id":"9781559362672-secondhand-the-light-in-the-piazza","title":"The Light in the Piazza","description":"Winner of six Tony Awards \"A wondrous fable that is as simple and complicated as its ineffable subject-love.  The Light in the Piazza  has ravishing power. It's as if Guettel were determined to capture the golden light of Tuscany in a bottle. His lyrics are remarkable, and the book, written by Craig Lucas, is written with characteristic empathy and humor. Brilliant.\" Frank Rich \" The Light in the Piazza  beautifully captures the eternal allure of Italy. . . . The story wraps itself around your heart.\"- Chicago Sun-Times \"Sumptuous and romantic. Guettel's music and lyrics represent a genuine expense of spirit.  The Light in the Piazza  offers a complex contemplation of the well-defended emptiness of every man and woman. It doesn't want theatergoers to feel good; it wants to make them feel deeply. And it does.\"  New Yorker Composer Adam Guettel, best known for his  Floyd Collins , has teamed with  Prelude to a Kiss  playwright Craig Lucas to create a passionate and soaring new musical. Based on Elizabeth Spencer's 1960 novella,  The Light in the Piazza  is the story of a young American woman whose chance encounter with a charming young Italian man in a Florentine piazza sets off a whirlwind romance, with an unsettling revelation. Craig Lucas  is a playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays include  Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, Blue Window, God's Heart, The Singing Forest  and  Small Tragedy . His screenplays include  Longtime Companion ,  The Secret Lives of Dentists  and  The Dying Gaul , which he also directed. Mr. Lucas' awards include the L.A. Drama Critics Award, an OBIE Award for Best Play and Best Director, and the Excellence in Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Adam Guettel  is a composer\/lyricist living in Seattle, where he is Artist in Residence at the Intiman Theatre. His other work includes  Floyd Collins  and  Saturn Returns  (recorded by Nonesuch Records as  Myths and Hymns ). Mr. Guettel's awards include the Stephen Sondheim Award, the ASCAP New Horizons Award, and the American Composers Orchestra Award.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48496155361499,"sku":"9781559362672-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7b69e1d2-d79d-4a1c-b71a-0117e638d6a5.jpg?v=1773987884","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781559362672-secondhand-the-light-in-the-piazza","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}