Exclusive Photo Coverage: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY's Opening Night Cake!

The Bridges of Madison County, the new musical based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, opened last night, February 20, 2014, at 8:00 PM at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street). Four-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara reunites with Bartlett Sher, the Tony- winning director of South Pacific and The Light in the Piazza, for a stunning new musical by the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning team of Marsha Norman and Jason Robert Brown. O'Hara is joined onstage by Steven Pasquale ("Rescue Me", reasons to be pretty). BroadwayWorld was backstage with the cast last night and you can check out the opening night cake below!

The lead producers of The Bridges of Madison County are Jeffrey Richards, Stacey Mindich, and Jerry Frankel. They are joined by Gutterman Chernoff, Hunter Arnold, Ken Davenport, Carl Daikeler,Scott M. Delman, Aaron Priest, Red Mountain Theatre Company, Independent Presenters Network, Libby Adler Mages/Mari Stuart, Caiola Productions, Remmel Dickinson, David Lancaster, Bellanca Smigel Rutter, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Will Trice, with Warner Bros Theatre Ventures and TheShubert Organization.

Tickets can be purchased at the box office of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, by visitingTelecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. For more information about The Bridges of Madison County and to sample the music, visit www.BridgesOfMadisonCountyMusical.com.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Backstage Opening Night Cake for 'The Bridges of Madison County'