Age: 21

Currently: Discovering Italy and true love nightly as innocent ingénue Clara Johnson in The Light in the Piazza.

Hometown: Friendswood, Texas. A fresh-from-the-kickline graduate of Sam Houston State University's theater program, Clarke's story is the stuff of little girls' dreams. She caught the performing bug in high school when she began doing shows at a local ...

Age: 28

Currently: Playing the handsome, high-spirited Florentine Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza.

Hometown: A true Jersey boy, Lazar responds, "Cherry Hill, baby!"

Mr. Grumpy: Lazar became fascinated with acting at a young age. His uncle, who was an actor, got him the role of Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs when he was seven years ...

Lincoln Center Theater is extending its production of The Light in the Piazza for a third time. The tuner will now run at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre through March 26, 2006.

The Light in the Piazza, based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer, is set in the summer of 1953 and tells the story of a mother and daughter traveling ...

Lincoln Center Theater is extending its production of The Light in the Piazza for a second time. The tuner, which won six Tony Awards on June 5, will now run at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre through January 1.

The Light in the Piazza, based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer, is set in the summer of 1953 and tells the ...

Age: 46

Currently: Making his directorial debut on Broadway with The Light in the Piazza, which received 11 Tony nominations, including Best Musical and Best Director.

Hometown: San Francisco

Tony Terrors: When the Tony nominations were announced, Sher was in Seattle, where he is Artistic Director of the Intiman Theatre, which hosted the premiere of Piazza in 2003. "It was ...

Lincoln Center Theater is extending its production of The Light in the Piazza. The musical, originally expected to end its limited engagement on June 12, is now scheduled to run through September 4 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, according to a box office representative.

The Light in the Piazza, based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer, is set in the ...