BWW Preview: BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at Maximteatern
By: Annette Stolt Jul. 01, 2018
As written before here on BWW The Swedish opening night of Bridges of Madison County will be the 12th of September at Maximteatern in Stockholm and it will run till the 30th of September. It will then be transferred to Slagthuset in Malmö the 12th of October where closing date is the 27th of October.
The full cast has now been announced and it is an interesting cast with a mix of established musical actors and students. I'm really looking forward to see this production as I never seen it before but enjoyed the film with Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood a lot. I also had the pleasure to hear a few of the songs at some concerts performed by Victoria Tocca and Daniel Sjöberg in the recent year. The rehearsals has started and the opening night is just a few months ahead. The posters are up outside the theatre as well as on various advertising spaces throughout Stockholm.
Francesca Johnson: Victoria Tocca
Viktoria Tocca is educated at the Ballet Academy in Gothenburg and has been told by the American music press to have one of our most beautiful voices. Among other things, she received great attention when she played the lead role as Emperor Sissi at the world premiere of Ludwig II in Germany in 2000, and she is one of the youngest singers ever to be approved by Andrew Lloyd Webber for starring Christine at Phantom of the Opera - a role she shouldered for two years in Copenhagen.
In 2016, Viktoria was nominated for 18 categories at the annual award-winning Indie Music Channel Awards in Los Angeles - of which she won the victory in seven classes, including "The Year of the Year".
Since then we have been able to see Viktoria in the celebrated music concert tour From Broadway to Duvemåla, played around Sweden in front of full houses since spring 2016 - a performance she also is the producer for.
Robert Kincaid: Daniel Sjöberg
DANIEL SJÖBERG is educated at the Stockholm Theater Academy and has experience from theater and musical as well as film and television. He has, among other things, played Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar and Amadeus in the play of the same name. In Stockholm, Daniel has been able to see Daniel in a number of productions at the Stockholm City Theater, including You can call me Mom, GG, Mor Courage and Henrik IV, as well as one of the main roles in the Ted Gärdestad musical sol, wind & water at the China Theater.
In 2005 he formed the football legend Nacka Skoglund in the play The Artist - Story about Nacka Skoglund at the New Casino Theater in Stockholm. In the Globe, he has been able to see him in the role of Huxley in the performance Walking with Dinosaurs 2009 and 2012. On television he has participated in the long-distance shipping company, as well as the two BECK films Rum 302 and the Family.
Since spring 2016, Daniel has also been able to see the success of Broadway to Duvemåla, which toured around Sweden.
Richard "Bud" Johnson: Joachim Bergström
JOACHIM BERGSTRÖM is a singer and musical artist and has participated in several musicals at the Gothenburg Opera and Malmö Opera, such as West Side Story, The Beauty & The Odyssey, The Rocky Horror Show, Hair and Carmencita Rockefeller.
In Stockholm, we saw him last in Göta Lejon in the performance Elvis Cash the Killer & Me, together with colleagues Rennie Mirro and Karl Dyall in the High Society in Vita Bergsparken with Stockholm's blowing symphonics.
Joachim has recorded two solo albums. He was also a singer in Let's Dance 2013 and was awarded the Monica Zetterlund Scholarship 2010.
Marge: Petra Nielsen
Petra Nielsen is one of Sweden's largest musical stars. In the 80s and 90s she was seen in countless main roles on the music scene in Stockholm, such as the Chinateater, the Oscar Theater and the Intiman in musicals such as Cats, Grease, Fame and Cabaret. To her biggest successes, Roxie Hart plays in the Chicago musical as she performed at the Oscar Theater in Stockholm. For that achievement, she won the Gold Mask for the third time and also played the role both at West End in London and Broadway, New York.
On television we have seen Petra like the police Anna Holt and in productions like Hassel and Women Between. On film, she feels again from the Policeman, the Pillar Tiller and the Frostbite. Petra has also participated in the Melodifestivalen with the song Tango, tango and last seen her as Morticia in the musical The Addams Family at Lorensbergsteatern in Gothenburg and the Östgötateatern.
Charlie: Dan Bratt
DAN BRATT is educated at the Malmö Theater College and has participated in the TV series Commission and Innocent Judgment and the BECK film The Japanese Shung goal. He is widely used as a voice actor in both TV shows and movies, including Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Professor Speech in Tintin and Miraculix in Asterix.
On the music scene Dan has participated in the Sound of Music at Göta Lejon and Sugar - the hottest team at the Oscar Theater.
Marian: Janna Yngwe
Janna Yngwe is educated in London at the Guildford School of Acting and Millennium Performing Arts.
In London, she has participated in most plays and musicals, including The Great Gatsby, Hutch and The Christmas Carol. She made a debut at West End 2009 in play Dorian Gray as one of the main roles, Sibyl Vane. She has also participated in the musical Wicked in Germany in the role of Nessarose and in Göteborgsoperan's productions by Kristina from Duvemåla and recently Hair.
Janna has been touring internationally with the London-based Lip Factory and Vocal Orchestra. She is also an artist and songwriter and has been featured on both movies and television.
Caroyln: Moa Pellegrini
MOA PELLEGRINI is currently in the Balett Academy Music Hall in Stockholm. She has previously obtained a degree from Scengymnasiet St Erik.
Outside school, Moa has together with other students set up her own musical concerts and has been joining / vip-entertainment for Jonas Gardell. She is also a freelance singer and has worked as a storyteller at libraries around Stockholm
Moa Pellegrini participates in the Bridges of Madison County as a trainee from the Ballet Academy Music Hall in Stockholm.
Michael: Mattias Disman
MATTIAS DISMAN started his musical journey already at an early age when he was interested in singing and dancing. The high school years were spent on an aesthetic music line and crowned with a set of Grease where Mattias performed the role of Danny Zuko.
As a dancer, Mattias has been featured in most productions, including Harry Potter, Kalle in the Chocolate Factory and Lejonkungen. He has been employed as an actor and parkkeeper at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna since 2015.
Mattias Disman participates in the Bridges of Madison County as a trainee from the Ballet Academy Music Hall in Stockholm.
The ensemble:
- Josephine Betschart
- Jonathan Björck
- Hanna Boquist
- Oscar Collin
- Pia Ternström
- Elin Uvia Salas
Creative Team;
Based on book by: Robert James Waller
Music and Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown
Script: Marsha Norman
Director: Rikard Bergqvist
Conductor: Michael Littwold
Choreographer: Camilla Ekelöf
Tickets are at sale at Ticketmaster:
https://www.ticketmaster.se/artist/broarna-i-madison-county-biljetter/984256
The song Före och efter dig/En sekund och tusen mil (Before and After You/One Second and a Millon Miles), performed by Victorica Tocca and Daniel Sjöberg Före och efter dig/En sekund och tusen mil:
Clip from the first day with the cast
https://www.facebook.com/BroarnaiMadisonCounty/videos/1066908353463125/
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