Love is always better at Utah Rep's "The Bridges of Madison County"
Utah Repertory Theater Company’s production of The Bridges of Madison County packs a punch through a powerful story and engaging music. This is the first time this show has been done in Utah and the first time that Utah Rep has done a show in the Regent Street Black Box at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City. With a book by Marsha Norman ( The Color Purple ) and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown ( Parade , The Last Five Years ), I knew I was in for an moving show. The Bridges of Madison County is a story about Francesca Johnson, a bored Italian housewife in Iowa and the day she meets Robert Kincaid, a photographer for National Geographic. Francesca and Robert spend 4 days together in 1965 while Francesca’s husband and two children (Michael and Carolyn) are at the state fair in Indianapolis. Through this chance meeting - Robert asks for directions to a local bride - Francesca and Robert develop a romantic relationship and both come to realize the things they are missing in ...