# A Light in the Piazza

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-in-the-piazza/226737>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 30, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-in-the-piazza/226737 "2004-01-30T11:06:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nanook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nanook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-in-the-piazza/226737/1 "2004-01-30T11:06:45Z")

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Anyone see this musical at the Goodman in Chicago? Your comments?

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**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-in-the-piazza/226737/2 "2004-01-30T11:55:16Z")

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I vaguely remember the movie with Yvette Mimieux. The plot seemed a bit simplistic, but sweet. Wasn’t it about an American girl with a severe learning disability, and the Italian boy who loves her? Don’t know anything about the musical, though. Interesting idea.