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A Today’s birthdays Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 89. Emotionally complex ‘Piazza’ Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 83. Pope Francis is 83. Actor Bernard Hill is 75. Actor Ernie Hudson is 74. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is landsatLyricOperaofChicago 73. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 72. Actor ASSOCIATED PRESS Wes Studi is 72. ’s original By Scott C. Morgan Pop musician holiday classic, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” has [email protected] Jim Bonfanti (The reached the No. 1 spot on Raspberries) is 71. the chart It’s no wonder that Grammy Actor Joel Brooks 25 years after its release. Award-winning American opera is 70. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is Billboard announced that soprano Renée Fleming would cham- 70. R&B singer Wanda Hutchinson the song topped this week’s pion “The Light in the Piazza.” Vaughn (The Emotions) is 68. Actor chart, giving Carey the 19th This six-time Tony Award-win- Bill Pullman is 66. Actor Barry Liv- No. 1 of her career. ning 2005 Broadway musical by com- ingston is 66. Country singer Sharon poser Adam Guettel (“Floyd Collins”) White is 66. Producer-director-writer and playwright Craig Lucas (“Pre- Peter Farrelly is 63. Rock musician 25 years later, lude to a Kiss”) fully embraces operatic vocals and emotions. So “The Light in Mike Mills (R.E.M.) is 61. Pop singer Carey’s original the Piazza” shouldn’t be too much of Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 58. a stretch for Fleming now that she has Country singer Tracy Byrd is 53. largely steered her career away from Country musician Duane Propes Christmas fully staged opera performances. is 53. Actress Laurie Holden is 50. Fleming and British actor Alex Jen- DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 49. tune is No. 1 nings (“The Crown,” “The Lady in the Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 49. Associated Press Van”) are the main stars for the Chi- Actress Claire Forlani is 48. Pop-rock cago leg of this revival’s international musician Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic) NEW YORK — Christmas tour, which was a part of the Los Ange- is 46. Actress Sarah Paulson is has come early for Mariah les Opera season and heads next to 45. Actress Marissa Carey: the pop star’s original Sydney. Though not officially a Lyric Ribisi is 45. Actor holiday classic, “All I Want Opera of production, “The Giovanni Ribisi for Christmas Is You,” has Light in the Piazza” does feature con- COURTESY OF LIZ LAUREN American tourist Margaret Johnson (Renée Fleming) goes on a stroll with the is 45. Actress reached the No. 1 spot on the ductor Kimberly Grigsby leading mem- Billboard Hot 100 chart 25 bers of the Lyric Opera Orchestra who Florentine Signor Naccarelli (Alex Jennings) in “The Light in the Piazza” at the Milla Jovovich Lyric Opera of Chicago. is 44. Singer years after its release. bring out the score’s lush beauty and Bree Sharp is 44. Billboard announced that romanticism. Singer-songwriter Ben the song topped this week’s “The Light in the Piazza” is inspired Considering this tour originated in Goldwasser (MGMT) is 37. Rock sing- chart, giving Carey her 19th by Elizabeth Spencer’s 1960s novella, a concert venue (London’s Royal Fes- “The Light in the Piazza” No. 1 of her career. She is only which focuses on a wealthy moth- tival Hall), it’s amazing that Olivier er Mikky Ekko is 36. Actress Shannon  Woodward is 35. Actress Emma Bell behind the Beatles, who have er-daughter pair of American tourists Award-winning director Daniel Evans ½ had 20 songs top the Hot 100 in 1950s Italy. Margaret Johnson (Flem- was still able to deliver such an - is 33. Actress Vanessa Zima is 33. chart. ing) is keen to show her grown daugh- tionally effective and elegantly simple Location: Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N. Rock musician Taylor York () Each holiday season Carey’s ter, Clara (Solea Pfeiffer), all the sights production. Designers Robert Jones Wacker Drive, Chicago, lightinthepiaz- is 30. Actor Graham Rogers is 29. “All I Want for Christmas Is she saw on her honeymoon before (sets), Brigitte Reiffenstuel (costumes) zathemusical.com or (312) 827-5600 or Actor-singer Nat Wolff is 25. You” begins to climb the Bill- World War II. and Mark Henderson (lighting) work lyricopera.org board charts as its popularity Instead, Clara becomes enthralled in concert to conjure up the beauty of Showtimes: 7 p.m. Wednesday to Sat- resurfaces. with the ardent Florentine youth Fab- Italy. urday, Dec. 18-21, and Dec. 27-28; 1:30 Last year the song hit a peak rizio Naccarelli (Rob Houchen), who Perhaps the only drawback to “The p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 29 Lottery at No. 3 and set a new one-day is relentless in his romantic pursuit Light in the Piazza” at the Lyric is Flem- Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes Monday, Dec. 16, results: streaming record on Spotify. of her. Fabrizio’s full family, led by ing can’t compete with longtime the- “All I Want for Christmas Is Signor Naccarelli (Jennings), become atergoers’ memories of Victoria Clark, with intermission Midday Pick 3 ...... 4-7-0 (2) You” is the first holiday to top involved, too. who originated the role of Marga- Tickets: $35-$219 Midday Pick 4 ...... 1-9-4-1 (4) the Hot 100 chart since “The Due to Clara’s “special” condition, ret Johnson. Though exquisitely sung, Parking: Area pay garages and limited Evening Pick 3 ...... 0-4-1 (4) Chipmunk Song” in 1958-59. Margaret initially wants to put a stop to Fleming misses many of the humorous metered street parking The song is from Carey’s all this. But watching Margaret change asides and some of the dramatic depth Rating: Strong inferences of infidelity; for Evening Pick 4 ...... 8-7-7-5 (6) 1994 album, “Merry Christ- her mind is at the heartbreaking center that Clark brought to her Tony and Midday Lucky Day ...... 7-15-20-32-41 mas,” which is currently of this musical. Despite so much sur- Jeff Award-winning performances on preteens and older Evening Lucky Day ...... 5-8-12-14-38 No. 1 on the Billboard R&B rounding disillusionment (especially Broadway and at Chicago’s Goodman ($600,000) albums chart. Carey wrapped from an incisive Suzanne Kantorski as Theatre back in 2004. her All I Want for Christmas Fabrizio’s sister-in-law, Franca), Mar- But any chance to see “The Light in in the Piazza” is a modern musical the- Lotto...... 17-25-26-31-42-50 Is You Tour on Sunday at garet pins enormous amounts of hope the Piazza” with a full orchestra and so ater classic that fully embraces its moral Extra shot: 12 ($14.5 million) New York’s Madison Square on love so her daughter can have a many rich performances is a plus for complexities and so much hopeful Tuesday Mega Millions...$372 million Garden. happy ending. any theater and music lover. “The Light romanticism. HOLIDAY DIAMONDSpecials

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