Does anyone think the Bridges of Madison County tour will happen?

[Adair Haywind]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 4:43pm

I've been listening to the CD all week and am absolutely kicking myself for missing the show. I know there was talk of a tour. Could anyone see that possibly happening?

[gleek4114]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 4:54pm

There has not been talk. It was confirmed when they announced closing. But just because the producers say it's going to happen doesn't mean it will. So many tours got announced and fell apart. More recent examples include Chaplin and Wonderland. But the Ghost tour happened so right now I don't think there is any way of knowing until seasons for individual cities are announced.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 4:56pm

You really should have seen it and supported this beautiful show

Well, they said there will be a tour next year, so hopefully that happens. It's a matter of when, but I think it could be really successful. No guarantees about these things, obviously.

[Adair Haywind]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 5:09pm

I was planning on seeing it on my trip to the city next month...but then they announced closing. I really hope it does happen, but I'm worried it'll go the route of the proposed Scottsboro Boys tour that never materialized.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 5:51pm

I definitely saw it announced somewhere official, but I'm really sorry I can't recall where.

I'm pretty certain it will actually happen. There is a lot of love for the source material.

[gleek4114]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 6:01pm

Its at the very top of their site:


BRIDGES Site

[carlodowd]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 6:19pm

Just after getting into the album now and its truly beautiful. Took a while to get into it but once i did i couldn’t stop listen. Hope there is a british production soon.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 6:27pm

Adair, regarding the lovely Scottsboro Boys, there were two successful productions in California, and it's making it's debut in the West End's Garrick Theatre in October after a really successful run at the Young Vic.

[Visceral_Fella]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 7:32pm

I think this would do very well on tour. It should never go non equity though. That would be an absolute travesty.

[mc1227]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 7:46pm

Not sure we will ever see a Bridges tour. I actually think that to make this show work, you need two very strong leads that can display the emotion and have the range to make these songs work. KO and SP are extremely tough acts to follow. I'm not saying it can't be done, but that would be a major challenge in deciding whether to tour.

[Visceral_Fella]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 8:08pm

Well there's Elena Shadow, and there's Kevin Kern. I know quite a few people who actually preferred Elena in Williamstown to Kelli's performance so it can be done.

[binau]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 8:12pm

Marin Mazzie and her husband could make this work.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 8:22pm

I think a small tour, on the level of the tours of Caroline Or Change and Scottsboro Boys would be great, but I think a quality first national tour would be great. WIth the right performers, the idea of a Jason Robert Brown adaptation of a famed book and film should do really well on the road.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 9:32pm

After it wins Best Score, it's chances of touring may go up.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 11:07pm

Marin Mazzie and her husband could make this work.

Marin Mazzie and her husband--Jason Danieley--could make anything work.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/24/14 at 11:30pm

How does Jason look shirtless?

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 5/25/14 at 12:37am

Probably pretty good. To be honest, I think a sturdy guy (rather than a cut, ab-packed guy) is better. He seems more real that way. Steven wasn't totally ripped. Great body, but not something that stepped out of a magazine. It was more realistic. Jason has a similar body type I think.

[matineeidol2591]

Posted: 5/25/14 at 2:07am

Id be quite surprised if this show ended up touring, as much as I would like to say it will. if the show wasn't accessible to audiences in the theatre mecca of the entire world, what makes anybody think this show would do better on the road?

[musikman]

Posted: 5/25/14 at 12:07pm

^ For the same reason that shows like million dollar quartet and even Ring of Fire toured. MDQ ran for a while but at really small houses, and ring of fire ran for a hot second. MDQ is still touring - somewhat successfully - and ring of fire chose markets to play in that would appreciate the Johnny Cash brand.

A lot of times producers just want the brand name of broadway stuck on to their tour. If you advertise with "direct from broadway!!" it can be a great marketing tool. Also, when the rights are eventually sold to regional and community theatres, it's a big deal. If/when the show wins a tony for score or any other award, that's a HUGE selling point right there.

Bridges, if it happens (and the producers want it to happen), will most likely route the show into cities that would appreciate the source material (Midwest?) or take a route similar to that of Light in the Piazza.

[greensgreens]

Posted: 5/25/14 at 2:34pm

I'm sure this will become a regular fixture in Iowa community theaters for years, so you can always catch a show there!

[Wickedlover56]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 2:34pm

Looks like it is happening. Yay!!!
Bridges tour is official

[Adair Haywind]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 2:56pm

PLEASE be Equity!!!

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 3:29pm

Just because it's available, doesn't mean anyone will call. It doesn't matter honestly, Kelli and Stephen were that show, It won't be the same great show on tour.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 4:57pm

Aren't networks tours non equity? damn.

[grandpianoalex]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 8:08pm

Networks isn't strictly Non-Eq. They currently present Flashdance, Phantom, and We Will Rock You. Those are all Equity. The other four (Anything Goes, Elf, War Horse, and Beauty and the Beast) are Non-Eq.