Revisiting Italy

This afternoon I saw A Light in the Piazza. I might have to become a member of the Broadway Series of Portland, I like going that much.

This story was set in Florence, Italy. The main characters were Clara and her protective mother and a Florentinian boy, Fabrizio. While vacationing, Clara falls head over heals for Fabrizio and they spend their time playing and laughing in the streets and avoiding her mothers watchful eye. The tragedy of the story is that Clara is older than Fabrizio and when his family picks up on this, his father puts an end to the engagement. For the first time, Clara's mother decides to push her into the unknown and unprotected world by offering the family a large dowry in order to allow the marriage to take place. While that may seem sad, Clara has a brain injury which might just lead to her being in her parents care forever, so this step is good for many reasons. Needless to say, we assume they get married and live happily ever after.

Great story! I sat in the orchestra level this time and will never willingly sit in the balcony seats again. Steff, we will not ponder this ever again... I feel well cultured and ready (yeah right) for another week of work.