The Light in the Piazza visits Italy in the summer of 1953, where the well-heeled Margaret Johnson is settling into an Italian vacation with her charmingly naive daughter, Clara. While sightseeing, Clara loses her hat in a sudden gust of wind. As if guided by coincidence and fate, the hat lands at the feet of a handsome young Florentine, Fabrizio Naccarelli, who returns it to Clara. This brief episode begins an intense romance between Clara and Fabrizio. As their love affair unfolds, a family secret is revealed. Adam Guettel (music and lyrics) and Craig Lucas (book) combine their talents to bring this adaptation of Elizabeth Spencer’s novella to life, returning to the Broadway musical a level of feeling and sophistication.