The Light in the Piazza

Monday, December 08, 2008 Last night, Judy and I and a couple in our ward, Len and Judy Pavia went to dinner at the Market Street Broiler by the University of Utah and then to Pioneer Memorial Theater at the University to see the musical, The Light in the Piazza. A good time was had by all. Eating at a table near us was Jerrold and JoAnn Otley. Jerrold is a former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. As they were leaving, I asked him if he brought along his baton. He said, “No, I’m letting it rest.” The play was about a mother and a somewhat retarded twenty-six year old daughter who went to Italy. While in Florence, the daughter fell in love with a twenty-two year old Italian boy named Fabrizio. At first the mother tried to steer her daughter away from the relationship but while in Rome she had a change of heart and took her daughter Clara back to Florence and eventually after many complications the two were wed. It was a very enjoyable evening.