Tag Archives: The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges Of Madison County Gloriously Soars To The Heights

Slow Burn Theatre Company’s production of The Bridges of Madison County is what critics save up our credibility for – so that when a work of art is this effective, this moving, this captivating, then you’ll know we are urging you to see something truly special.

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Anna Lise Jensen, Cooper Grodin, Eric Alsford, Jason Robert Brown, Julia Dale, Kyle Kemph, Margot Moreland, Mark Sanders, Marsha Norman, Michael Cartwright, Patrick Fitzwater, Slow Burn Theatre Company, The Bridges of Madison County | 5 Comments

Hirschman’s Solely Subjective Summation Of Shows That Shouldn’t Be Missed

These are not at all necessarily what we predict will be the best shows this season (although they may be) or the best attended or the most popular or the most award-winning. We don’t care. These are the shows we most want to see for a variety of reasons.

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Mile, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Broward Stage Door Theatre, Christopher Demos-Brown, Dogfight, Gypsy, Hello Dolly, Kravis on Broadway, Lee Roy Reams, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Nicholas Richberg, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Passion, Spring Awakening, Stalking The Bogeyman, Stripped, The Bridges of Madison County, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Wick Theatre, Thinking Cap Theatre, West Side Story, William Hayes, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

Theater Shelf: Tony Nominations For Musicals Represented on CD

The 2013-14 Broadway season has produced a wide variety of scores from musicals that we are fortunate to have had recorded commercially. Indeed, the season has been marked by a notable raft of very well recorded cast albums that will be reflected at the Tony Awards, many marvelously packaged.

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in CDs / DVDs, Reviews | Tagged A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Bullets Over Broadway, If/Then, Les Miserables, The Bridges of Madison County, Tony Awards, Violet | Leave a comment

Report From New York: The Bridges Of Madison County Is Surprisingly Lovely, Not Syrupy

Tone is the secret behind the tragically soon-to-close Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown’s lovely, heartfelt and thought-filled musical, The Bridges of Madison County. The theatrical reimagining of the raw material strikes a tone of compassion and complexity that is virtually alien to the Harlequin romance/Lifetime Movie of the Week sensibility of the novel and the film.

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Bartlett Sher, Jason Robert Brown, Kelli O'Hara, Marsha Norman, Steven Pasquale, The Bridges of Madison County | Leave a comment