Acclaimed Musical ‘The Light in the Piazza’ Gets Fresh Look With All-Asian American Cast
- Encores! series reinterprets classic American musicals by staging them with contemporary sensibilities
- The musical based on Elizabeth Spencer’s novel is set in Italy in the 1950s but has been reimagined by director Chay Yew from an Asian American perspective
- Anna Zavelson stars as Clara, a young woman with a developmental disability, while Ruthie Ann Miles plays her mother Margaret
- The casting provides a new layer of depth and poignancy to the story of love and letting go.
- Performances run through July 27 at New York City Center
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