{"id":10612,"date":"2019-08-01T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laughfrodisiac.com\/?p=10612"},"modified":"2019-09-02T14:53:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T14:53:44","slug":"bridges-at-the-menier-chocolate-factory-a-disservice-to-the-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laughfrodisiac.com\/2019\/08\/01\/bridges-at-the-menier-chocolate-factory-a-disservice-to-the-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridges at the Menier Chocolate Factory: A Disservice to the Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It\u2019s Theatre Thursday!\nToday\u2019s show is The Bridges of Madison County at the Menier Chocolate Factory.\nListen to the original cast album instead.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jason Robert Brown’s nearly impeccable score for The Bridges of Madison County<\/em>, one of the most gorgeous in musical theatre, begins with the riveting introduction \u201cTo Build a Home\u201d, in which Francesca recounts leaving a war-torn Italy and building a life for the past few decades in farmland America with her U.S. soldier husband. As soon as this song began in the original production and redefined what the word \u2018Iowa\u2019 could be, you knew this show was going to be special. However, as soon as it begins in this particular production at the Menier Chocolate Factory, you know this show is going to be long. Francesca famously sings \u201cThis is Albany\u2026this is Buffalo\u2026this is Cleveland\u2026this is South Bend\u2026\u201d as she travels deeper into the USA. I found myself rewriting these lyrics during the rest of the show: \u201cThis is tedious\u2026this is terrible\u2026this is wearisome\u2026this is boring\u2026\u201d And I must remind you, this is one of my favorite musicals of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n