While the composer/lyricist is moot on the property, he did state "I don't think I can legally say, but it's an
adventure
and there's a lot of swordfighting."In addition to The Light in the Piazza, Guettel wrote the music and lyrics for the musical, Floyd Collins,
originally produced at Playwrights Horizons and for Saturn Returns: A
Concert, which was originally produced at the Public Theater and
recorded by Nonesuch Records under the title Myths and Hymns. He wrote
the music for the New York Theatre Workshop production of John Guare's
Lydie Breeze and collaborated with Guare on Love's Fire for the Acting
Company. He scored the feature documentary, Arguing the World and the
CBS documentary Jack. Four of his songs are featured on Audra
McDonald's recording Way Back To Paradise. Guettel is the grandson of the legendary Richard Rodgers.
Guettel won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Score of a Musical for his lush score to The Light in the Piazza, which is currently playing at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Along with Ted Sperling and Bruce Coughlin, he also won for Best Orchestrations. In addition, the Florence-set musical was awarded 4 other Tonys--Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Vicky Clark, Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Christopher Akerlind, Best Costume Design of a Musical for Catherine Zuber and Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Michael Yeargan.
