Jason Robert Brown Conducts the Des Moines Symphony in Selections of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Tonight
By: BWW News Desk Jul. 02, 2015
Des Moines Performing Arts, in partnership with the Des Moines Symphony, is hosting a special guest with Iowa ties at the state's largest single-day concert event. Tonight, July 2, 2015 at the Des Moines Symphony's 22nd annual free Yankee Doodle Pops concert on the Iowa State Capitol's West Terrace, three-time Tony Award®-winning composer JASON ROBERT BROWN will conduct the orchestra in selections from Broadway's THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, for which he wrote the music, lyrics and orchestrations. The musical, winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations, is famously set in Iowa and will launch its national tour at the Des Moines Civic Center November 28 - December 5.
Selections from THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY play well with this year's Des Moines Symphony'sYankee Doodle Pops theme, "Iowa: America's Musical Heartland," which will feature music inspired by our great state. Soloists Christiane Noll and Hugh Panaro, with Brown conducting the Orchestra, will perform "To Build a Home," "It All Fades Away" and "One Second and a Million Miles" from the musical. Additionally, Noll, Panaro, the orchestra and other guest artists will perform selections from The Music Man and State Fair. Iowa Public Radiowill broadcast the performance live that evening beginning at 8:30 PM CT and listeners across the country can stream the broadcast at www.iowapublicradio.org.
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Des Moines Pre-Sale:
In celebration of Brown as a guest composer at the Des Moines Symphony's Yankee Doodle Pops, Des Moines Performing Arts is offering a pre-sale for THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, which will be at theCivic Center Saturday, Nov. 28 - Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The pre-sale is available Thursday, July 2 - Friday, July 10, 2015. Tickets can be purchased using the promotion code POPS online at DesMoinesPerformingArts.org, by calling 800-745-3000, or in person at the Civic Center Ticket Office (221 Walnut, Des Moines) or Ticketmaster Locations.
Pre-sale offer good for select seating. Limited quantities are available, as seats are still being held for various Donors, Groups and Season Ticket Holders.
About THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY:
The national tour of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, winner of the 2014 Tony Award® for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations, will launch in Des Moines, IA at the Des Moines Civic Center with performances beginning Saturday, November 28th and an official opening on Tuesday, December 1st. Based on one of the most romantic stories ever written, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY will travel to more than 15 cities in its first season, including Los Angeles, CA (Ahmanson Theatre); Washington, D.C. (The Kennedy Center); Dallas, TX (Music Hall at Fair Park); Pittsburgh, PA (Benedum Center); Minneapolis, MN (Orpheum Theatre); Las Vegas, NV (The Smith Center); Houston, TX (The Hobby Center); West Palm Beach, FL (Kravis Center); Fayetteville, AR (Walton Arts Center); Dayton, OH (Schuster Center); Tempe, AZ (ASU Gammage); St. Louis, MO (The Fox Theatre); Charlotte, NC ( The Knight Theatre); Nashville, TN (Andrew Jackson Hall); East Lansing, MI (Wharton Center); and Greenville, SC (The Peace Center) with an additional city to be announced soon.
The critically acclaimed musical of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY features one of Broadway's most accomplished creative teams with music and lyrics by three-time Tony Award®-winning composer JASON ROBERT BROWN (Parade, The Last Five Years), book by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer MARSHA NORMAN(The Secret Garden, The Color Purple, 'night, Mother), and led by the Tony Award®-winning director BARTLETT SHER (South Pacific, The King and I, The Light in the Piazza).
The team also includes scenic design by two-time Tony Award®-winner MICHAEL YEARGAN (The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific), costume design by six-time Tony Award-winner CATHERINE ZUBER (South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, The Coast of Utopia), lighting design by two-time Tony Award-winner DONALD HOLDER(South Pacific, The Lion King), sound design by JON WESTON, orchestrations by JASON ROBERT BROWN,and movement by DANNY MEFFORD.
Casting for the national tour of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY will be announced at a later date.
Featuring gorgeous, soulful music that draws upon the rich textures of Americana and folk and the sweeping balladry of classic Broadway, Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News hails it as "...one of Broadway's best scores in the last decade." Tom Geier of Entertainment Weekly exclaims that Brown "... has written a lush and deeply romantic score, filled with rich and melodic duets," and NPR proclaims it's, "MAGIC! An evening you will cherish long after the show is over!"
Based on the best-selling novel by ROBERT JAMES WALLER, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY tells the story of Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson and her life-changing, four-day whirlwind romance with traveling photographer Robert Kincaid. It's an unforgettable story of two people caught between decision and desire, as a chance encounter becomes a second chance at so much more.
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, now available on Ghostlight Records, was released on April 15, 2014 and debuted as the #1 Cast Recording on the Billboard charts. For more information or to purchase the Cast Recording, please visit www.sh-k-boom.com/bridgesofmadisoncounty.
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