Jim Caruso's Cast Party and
TheaterMania.com will present the cast of
The Light in the Piazza in "Piazza Party" at Birdland on Monday, June 5 at 7pm. This concert kicks off "Summer In The City at Birdland," a series of 7pm events featuring top Broadway stars, cabaret performers and songwriters at the legendary club (315 West 44th Street).
"The talented cast of Broadway's
The Light In The Piazza show their "lighter" side one last time before they end their successful run and scatter to the showbiz winds. It will be an evening of fun, frivolity and fabulous singing starring
David Burnham,
Patti Cohenour,
Aaron Lazar,
Laura Griffith,
Jennifer Hughes, Felicity LaFortune, to name just a few. Andrew Byrne will serve as musical director, and the event will be hosted and directed by David Bonanno. Special surprise guestsare also expected," state press notes.
The Light In The Piazza opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in April of 2005. With book by
Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by
Adam Guettel and direction by
Bartlett Sher,
Piazza won six 2005 Tony Awards - for Best Score, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Sets, Costumes, Lighting and Orchestrations - plus five 5 Drama Desk Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. The musical, based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer, is set in the summer of 1953 and tells the story of a mother and daughter traveling through Italy, the daughter's romance with a handsome, high-spirited Florentine, and the mother's determined efforts to keep the two apart.
There is a $25 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum. Call 212-581-3080 or visit
www.InstantSeats.com/Birdland for more information.
