Girl from the North Country

Girl from the North Country
This touring production is not the first Broadway musical to use the music of Bob Dylan, but it is the one critics and audiences actually liked. Which is somewhat remarkable, because Girl From the North Country doesn’t directly link Dylan’s lyrics to the narrative unfolding onstage, nor is it blatant nostalgia reverie (like most jukebox musicals). Instead, two families in a lakeside home (and others they encounter) in Depression-era Minnesota struggle to understand what life has thrown them — while belting out 25 songs spanning six decades of Dylan songcraft. So, how does it feeeeel? One critic said, “Piercingly beautiful,” but you should find out yourself.