Two-time Tony nominee Kate Baldwin (Hello, Dolly!; Finian’s Rainbow) and stage and screen star Aaron Lazar (Dear Evan Hansen, Filthy Rich) will star in the Broadway musical adaptation of The Bridges of Madison County next month at The Axelrod Performing Arts Center in New Jersey. Watch the video above for a sneak peek into rehearsals.
The production is directed by original Broadway cast member Hunter Foster and starts its limited engagement March 11, continuing through March 27. Baldwin and Lazar will play, respectively, Francesca Johnson and Robert Kincaid.
The romantic musical, which has a score by Tony winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Songs for a New World) and a book by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman (The Secret Garden, ‘Night Mother), centers on a brief, four-day love affair between a National Geographic photographer and an Italian-American housewife in 1965 Iowa.
The Bridges of Madison County won 2014 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations, both for Brown. The musical was also nominated for Best Actress in a Musical (Kelli O’Hara) and Best Lighting Design (Donald Holder).
Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep starred in the 1995 film adaptation of the Robert James Waller novel; Tony winner O’Hara starred alongside Steven Pasquale in the Broadway company.
