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Stage Review

Humanity lights up 'The Piazza'

Erica Spyres (left) and Amelia Broome play an American mother and daughter touring Italy. Erica Spyres (left) and Amelia Broome play an American mother and daughter touring Italy. (Mike Lovett)
By Louise Kennedy
Globe Staff / September 24, 2008

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"The Light in the Piazza," which began in Seattle and went on to multiple Tonys on Broadway and then a national tour, has always had gorgeous, complex melodies and an almost operatic intensity. What it hasn't had, at least for me, is a story or characters that make sense. (Full article: 727 words)

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