The Bridges of Madison County from 13 Jan 2014
The Bridges of Madison County, a new musical, based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, will begin performances at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 13 Jan 2014, with an opening night late Feb 2014.
The Bridges of Madison County's story is about a devoted Iowa housewife and her unlikely love affair with a National Geographic photographer.
The musical features music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown ('Parade,' 'The Last Five Years') and a book by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman ('night Mother,' 'The Color Purple,' 'The Secret Garden').
It will be directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher ('The Light in the Piazza,' 'Awake and Sing,' 'Golden Boy'), who reunites with his Tony Award-winning 'South Pacific design' team, including scenic design by Michael Yeargan, costume design by Catherine Zuber, lighting design by Donald Holder and sound design iby Jon Weston. The lead producers of The Bridges of Madison County are Jeffrey Richards, Stacey Mindich, and Jerry Frankel. They will be joined by Tulchin Bartner Productions, Jay & Cindy Gutterman and Cathy Chernoff, Scott M. Delman, Ted Liebowitz, Aaron Priest, Red Mountain Theatre Company, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Harold Newman, Bellanca Smigel Rutter, Will Trice, and The Shubert Organization.
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