The Bridges of Madison County at The Kennedy Center

The Bridges of Madison County

The Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW Washington

Inspired by the best-selling novel and critically acclaimed film, the theatrical adaptation of The Bridges of Madison County continues its legacy as one of the most romantic stories ever told. Set in a sleepy Iowa town, the musical follows a bored housewife who finds her life forever changed when she meets a traveling National Geographic photographer. What begins as a chance encounter evolves into an exhilarating whirlwind of passion, desire and everlasting love. Featuring a stunning soundtrack from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, this dazzling production of Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman's The Bridges of Madison County will sweep you off your feet at the The Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater in Washington, DC.

Thru - Jul 17, 2016

Tuesdays: 7:30pm

Wednesdays: 7:30pm

Thursdays: 7:30pm

Fridays: 7:30pm

Saturdays: 1:30pm & 7:30pm

Sundays: 1:30pm & 7:30pm

Price: $49- $89

Box Office: 202-467-4600

Running Time: 2hrs, 30mins; one intermission

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...You know where this plot is going, yet Brown's music gives it an intriguing jolt you didn't think it could have. Conducted this week by Brown himself, the small, pop-flavored orchestra of guitar, piano, strings and percussion glides from waltzes for Francesca to dusky ballads for Robert and Robert's ex-wife (a fine Katie Klaus), who strums her story on guitar. Brown has a gift for fresh, taut melodies and expansive harmonies, and for telling complicated stories through song."

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- Nelson Pressley

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...The Broadway production was directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher and is recreated for the touring production by Tyne Rafaeli with movement by Danny Mefford. For a show with little dancing, Rafaeli and Mefford had the daunting task of blocking a show that moves from scene to scene with cinematic fluidity. Quick transitions are made possible by Michael Yeargan's elegant scenic design which captures the essence of different locals by selecting key elements to represent the spaces: set pieces that can glide in from the wings or unobtrusively be moved in and out by cast members. Complementing Yeargan, his set is bathed in the gorgeous lighting design by Donald Holder. Both Yeargan and Holder are two-time Tony Award winners."

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- Gary McMillan

Talkin Broadway - Recommended

"...The Bridges of Madison County, now on tour at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater, is a lovely musical about love, family and loss. While that may sound trite or pedestrian, it's sensitive, introspective, compassionate-in fact, it's the full-bodied down-home show that Bright Star would have liked to be."

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- Susan Berlin

MD Theatre Guide - Recommended

"...The musical theatre version (I haven't read the book) of The Bridges of Madison County leaves gaping holes that are screaming out to be filled with emotional revelations. In their absence, the swift (very swift) approach of the end of a musical that seemed towards the end to drag, smacked me in the face and left me a bit baffled. Powerful and moving, the final scenes encompassed decades of loving decisions left unexplained."

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- Jennifer Minich

Theatre Bloom - Highly Recommended

"...Striking and inspiring beauty isn't just in the covered-bridge landscape of Winterset, Iowa. It's possessed wholeheartedly in the stellar music of Jason Robert Brown's The Bridges of Madison County musical, now appearing live on stage in the Eisenhower Theatre of The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Based on the novel by Robert James Waller with Book by Marsha Norman, Brown's stunning score of the heart-melting and utterly emotionally mesmerizing love story is populated with bittersweet poignancy and the closest thing to true American Opera the stage has heard since the 80's. An astonishing love story originally Directed by Barlett Sher with directional recreation by Tyne Rafaeli, the hauntingly beautiful music that wends its way through this epic romantic story will linger with you long after the show has concluded."

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- Amanda Gunther

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

"...The touring run of Bartlett Sher’s Tony-winning Broadway production, currently in brief residence at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater is a schmaltzy, cornball slice of middle-of-the-road Americana, aimed squarely at sentimental audiences who have already read the book and seen the movie. It’s cheesy, but darn if it isn’t a well-made block of cheddar."

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- Ryan Taylor

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