BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING BOOK
[GHENT, NY] The Ghent Playhouse continues its 2023-24 season with “The Bridges of Madison County,” the Tony award-winning musical based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller. This sweeping romantic tale recalls the unexpected love affair between a roving photographer and an Italian-born housewife. The Ghent Playhouse is located at 6 Town Hall Place in Ghent, NY.
“This touching and powerful story, with a soaring score that earned it a Tony Award for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations, is about the roads we travel, the doors we open and the bridges we dare to cross,” said Artistic Director Cathy Lee-Visscher. “Set amid the cornfields of Iowa in 1965, it is a heart-breaking story, with an ensemble cast, rich with nuanced characters with their own stories.”
Michael C. Mensching and Michael McDermot are the directors.
Ellen Rizzo is Musical Director.
“The Bridges of Madison County” runs for three consecutive weeks: April 12-14, 19-21, 26-28. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 pm. Sunday matinees begin at 2:00 pm. Tickets are available online only: $23 for members, $28 for nonmembers, and $12 for students. Tickets and memberships can be purchased at GhentPlayhouse.org with no additional processing fees.
The Ghent Playhouse is an award-winning, non-profit, volunteer-run community theater. The historic building is equipped with comfortable seating, modern accessible restrooms and air conditioning, in addition to a set shop, dressing rooms, kitchenette, costume storage and sophisticated lighting and sound systems. Drawing talent from all around the Hudson Valley and beyond, the playhouse now presents diverse productions each year.
Coming soon:
“Circle Mirror Transformation” June 7-16