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Laura Griffith walks into "The Light..."
#75re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:32am
Shira,
*whew*! Glad you understand, and that no offense was taken.
(climbs back out of hole, entertains random thought, relates it to Piazza, resumes listening to Piazza)
#76re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:22amI find the comparisons to Do I Hear A Waltz very interesting. I have no idea whether Mr. Guettel was influenced by that music or just the fact that it was happening when he was very young so he must have been exposed to it - but the similarities intrigue me. Last night in class, someone sang a piece from "Waltz" called Take The Moment, and I began to get teary-eyed at the first few bars of music. The song is very similar to something in Piazza - something I can't quite put my finger on - but if you get a chance, listen to it and see if you don't also find a similar quality. This is not meant in any way to take something away from Guettel's work - He may even have been paying Homage to Richard Rodgers at certain points (we can't truly know, can we?)...but both pieces are beautiful and deserve our attention.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#77re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:28amWow - I just read Jose' M Valdez' Review of the Light in the Piazza CD, and I couldn't disagree more. but that's what life is about - opinions and feelings. Piazza hits me between the eyes and gets deep into my heart every time I hear it or even think about it... and it's hard for me be to understand how anyone could NOT be emotionally moved by the score, but then again, I didn't particularly like Wicked - so what do I know?LOL...
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#78re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:42amahhhh... "Do I Hear A Waltz?"... "Take The Moment"... Sergio Franchi's voice... ahhhhhh
#79re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:59amyes!!! Sergio Franchi, if he were a young man today, would make the ultimate Fabrizio!...and probably would be excellent as Fabrizio's father also.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#80re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 7:42ambump
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#81re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 8:25ambump, yet again
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#82re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 10:03amI'll save Redhot the trouble of bumping this again. To answer an earlier question, yes, the mechanic took the CD. I popped down this morning on my way to the DMV to return a tool that was left under the seat and gave him the case and booklet. He is totally into the show now, told me he took it home and made his wife listen to it. I figure that if my friends can give away Bibles, I can give away Adam Guettel CDs.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#83re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 10:04amI feel I also must point out that some of us were left emotionally cold at Light in the Piazza and also we don't like Wicked. It's not one or the other.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#84re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:59am
I find that, for a non-traditional type of piece that it is, it's quite full of longing, hope and a myriad of other emotions.
To each his/her own, I know. I stand by my feeling that Piazza is one of the finest pieces of musical theater written in my lifetime.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#85re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 12:11pm
Sometimes, with the distance of time and the return of our critical faculties not filtered through the afterglow, we see things a bit differently.
The opening night of Purple Rain in 1984, the film finished with the title song. The credits rolled. I turned to my friend and said, "I think that may be the finest American film I have EVER seen."
Ah, blessed perspective.
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#86re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 12:53pmAll right then - I'll play - Namo, if not Piazza, then what, in your opinion, IS the finest American Musical written in the last 40 years?
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#87re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 1:13pmbump
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#88re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 1:45pm
Red, I'm not playing a game at all. And I'm not a musical queen to the level that you are. In fact, when I was a little kid taken to see The Sound of Music movie I basically thought the songs were stupid and couldn't wait for them to be over. Except I am Sixteen Going on Seventeen and The Lonely Goatherd. So I was no Musical Queen in the Making, even then.
The Beatles had a much more profound effect on me than the musical theater did. And unlike many people who post here, I do not adore all cast recordings merely because they exist, I do not think all musicals "need our support." I certainly do not go see something specifically because people break out into song during it. I am more likely to go see a play on impulse than a musical.
I love what I consider to be GOOD musicals that I have been lucky enough to see, my flesh crawls at the ones I have seen that are cheesy and bad. Again, I know it's all opinions.
My point is, what I see here is somebody who is SUPER-enthusiastic in the afterglow of something he has seen recently. Who is making connections to the "spiritual side" of his life that he writes about in a lot of threads, particularly one about quitting his job. And I think that's great.
But I think ONLY somebody in that afterglow, who is so enraptured in the moment that is still so fresh in his mind, would continue to bump his thread. Why add anything at all if the only thing there is to add is the word "bump?"
I'm glad you were thrilled, I'm glad you loved it. And I gave my Purple Rain example because I think sometimes we need the distance of time to seriously examine a show and decide where it fits in our personal pantheon. That's all.
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#89re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 1:56pmThe only reason I keep bumping this thread is so that others, who don't always scroll down to see older threads, have a chance to chime in and give their opinions, as you have. I'm a little confused at your mention of my writing of my "spiritual side". Are you not a spiritual person? Aren't there Beatles songs that move you to tears? Do you cry? (not challenging you here, just wondering) I like harmony - in all aspects of life. Disagreements are bound to happen, but why must these threads take such a constant tone of negativity? I just wanna enjoy life and share what I think might also be a life-altering experience for others who happen upon The Light in The Piazza. It's certainly causing a change in my outlook lately. So why not share that with my new-found friends and acquaintances on this board?
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
bwayfan215
Stand-by Joined: 1/26/05
#90re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 2:08pmI gotta tell you, I loved PIAZZA, but Red's (and others) flowery posts about how absolutely marvelous the show is and how it has changed his life is bordering on obnoxious. Why the need to continually bump this thread if not to establish your own feeling of self-importance. The show is doing well, has extended twice and is selling in the 80-90%. This thread will make absolutely no difference in the attendance for this show and saying that we must keep the thread alive is just laughable. If people want to post, let them post, but do we continually need to see Red bump the post for the sake of bumping the post. Let it die if no one has anything interesting or important to add to the gooey and syrupy nonsense already posted ad nauseum.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#91re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 2:36pm
Red, I wasn't trying to be negative. I brought up the Purple Rain example to demonstrate that in the flush of excitement in the moment I myself have said many things that, in the cold light of day, are clearly the hyperbole that can only happen when the stimulation of an artwork has an effect on our body chemistry.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing, at all. I also tried making the connection to your other more spiritual posts and how the things you're talking about (the need for connection, the "going for it" in spite of the risks) are exactly the things that have come up in threads as various as your Quitting Your Job thread and your cabaret show discussions.
It's all of a piece. I LOVE THAT YOU LOVE THAT SHOW and that it had that effect on you. I think Craig Lucas is a real artist, and great art can have profound effects on people.
There may be a chance that telling people that it might have a similar effect on them could sort of sabotage that, but go on ahead and bask in your afterglow!
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bwayfan215
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#92re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 2:39pmI have no problem with Red basking in his afterglow, but don't shove it down our throats. It is making us gag.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
bwayfan215
Stand-by Joined: 1/26/05
#94re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:36pmWell we see where Sue stands on this issue.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#95re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:40pm
Where is that? Oh, I just bumped again! 
PEACE.
bwayfan215
Stand-by Joined: 1/26/05
#96re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:42pmLOL - actually you didn't bump - you actually had something to say and I have no issue with that. But bumping for the sake of bumping to have others see your "talk" is self serving and obnoxious in my opinion.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#97re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:42pmOh, and PLEASE don't call me "Sue". That word brings tears to some people's eyes as easily as Dividing Day does to others. It is SUELEEN, (or Suellen for some.)
PEACE.
bwayfan215
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#99re: Laura Griffith walks into 'The Light...'
Posted: 6/16/05 at 4:05pm
Was that a racial remark?
PEACE.
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