Girl From The North Country NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if you want to see some of the most excellent and soulful performances of the entire season. This provocative show will leave you wanting more!
Don't see it if you do not like Bob Dylan. The show's weakest link is the story which leaves a lot of loose ends and can be confusing at times.
See it if Not quite a musical or a play, but a beautiful theatrical experience. The intimate production looks gorgeous and the cast is excellent.
Don't see it if You prefer big splash broadway musicals.
See it if Masterful use of Dylan songs to reveal character impressionistically. Best to absorb superb performances and not over-intellectualize.
Don't see it if ...you're expecting a conventional, plot-driven musical. Strikes me as a polarizing show -- love or dislike. For me it was love.
See it if To experience an emotional, dramatic and interesting original show with beautifully orchestrated music from Bob Dylan. Well acted and sung.
Don't see it if You like big splashy musicals with lots of choreographed dancing,splashy scenery and staging where you don’t have to pay attention or think.
See it if you are a Dylan fan. I loved the various styles in which the music was sung. Also, if you are Mare Winningham fan.
Don't see it if you are looking for an upbeat musical. Read more
See it if You like musicals that present big ideas in a small story.
Don't see it if You can’t stand musicals that take their time to resolve.
See it if You like seeing shows that are outside the box. Very slow but absorbing.
Don't see it if You were looking to see a traditional musical
See it if you like Bob Dylan, good acting, a moving story. It held my interest. I only knew a few of the songs, but enjoyed them all.
Don't see it if don't like old fashioned stories.
Critic Reviews (37)
"Approached by Dylan to create a piece of theater using his music, McPherson has come up with a gripping play that defies categorization...With stunning new arrangements by Simon Hale, the music gives the play plenty to justify its hot-ticket status."
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"One needn’t be a devotee of Bob Dylan to appreciate how the poetry of his song fits an Irish poetic vision of Depression-era America...Simon Hale has beautifully arranged and orchestrated Dylan’s songs for a band of four...The entire cast is excellent...In this haunting and beautiful 'Girl From the North Country,' the Irish McPherson and Dylan, the American, illuminate the dream still alive."
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"The quintessence of great theater. It's an ingenious production...Every musical number is comprised by Dylan's songs creating a miraculous theatrical experience that will leave you thunder struck with awe...This production has a unifying colorblindness that blends peaceful harmony in song & dance. The universal themes of pain, loneliness, and unrequited love transcends the era...The storyline moves seamlessly & poignantly to Dylan's lyrics."
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“A thing of beauty wrapped in sadness...A work of art that is engaging, insightful, and chillingly beautiful...A moving portrait of life...What is even more amazing is the way McPherson has integrated the music of Dylan into the stories of these troubled people...Each song is beautifully sung...This production has a unity and ethos in which every element seems to come together to paint a vivid picture of these people and their trials...A remarkable achievement...The cast is uniformly perfect.”
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"'Mysterious and dark...Like the folk songs that inspire Dylan's best work, the play blends human-scale drama with forces that lie outside the characters' control...Isn't the onstage equivalent of an obvious Dylan masterpiece...it doesn't have that kind of precision or that kind of mass appeal...It makes emotional, if not always logical, sense...At times, it's weird, fascinating fun. At others, it brings Dylan's obsessions to life as vividly as the songs themselves.”
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