The Light in the Piazza to be Broadcast Live on PBS June 15

by Broadway.com Staff

The Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza, scheduled to end its run at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on July 2, will air on PBS as part of the Live From Lincoln Center series. The Thursday, June 15 performance will be the one broadcast live.
The Light in the Piazza, 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. The musical features a book by Craig Lucas and a score by Adam Guettel.