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Affair of the heart: Adobe Theater brings 'The Bridges of Madison County' to life

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Bryan Macrina and Lorri Layle Oliver star in 鈥淭he Bridges of Madison County鈥 at Adobe Theater.

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'The Bridges of Madison County'

鈥楾he Bridges of Madison County鈥

By Marsha Norman

and Jason Robert Brown

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 19,

and Saturday, July 20; 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21; repeats through Aug. 11; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8

WHERE: Adobe Theater,

9813 Fourth St. NW

HOW MUCH: $20-$26, plus fees, at adobetheater.org; 505-898-9222

In 鈥淭he Bridges of Madison County,鈥 you hear both the heady hope of liberation and the hopeless acceptance of captivity.

The Adobe Theater is staging the musical version of the 1992 bestselling book and 1995 movie beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 19.

鈥淚t combines the best of the book and the movie and adds this gorgeous score to it,鈥 said director Pete Parkin.

The book鈥檚 hero, a roving photographer named Robert, walks into the life of the comfortably married, if vaguely dissatisfied, Francesca and leaves her shaken, stirred and forever changed.

鈥淪he is a war bride from World War II,鈥 Parkin said. 鈥淪he met a G.I. Her city Naples was trashed completely. Her fiance says, 鈥楥ome to Iowa.鈥 鈥

Francesca is a habit-numbed woman of a certain age, married to a good but boring man, Bud, and dimly aware that life hasn鈥檛 turned out the way she hoped.

One day, her husband takes their two children and a prize cow to the state fair, leaving her alone. When ruggedly handsome, National Geographic photographer, Robert, pulls into her driveway seeking directions for Madison County鈥檚 famous covered bridges, those four days may very well alter the course of Francesca鈥檚 life.

鈥淥ne thing leads to another and they have a crazy, wild affair for four days,鈥 Parkin said.

鈥淪he can鈥檛 bear to leave her family,鈥 he added. 鈥淚t changes both their lives.鈥

Bringing a 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Score and Best Orchestrations to the Adobe comes with some entanglements, namely, the problem of space, Parkin said.

鈥淚t鈥檚 challenging on this stage,鈥 he acknowledged. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot going on. Once we put up a seven-piece orchestra on stage left, there鈥檚 not room to move scenery from that way 鈥 especially the bed.鈥

It was the music that drew Parkin to the play.

鈥淚t鈥檚 almost like a mini-opera,鈥 he said of Jason Robert Brown鈥檚 score. 鈥淚t鈥檚 gorgeous; it鈥檚 not just the pop stuff.鈥