Why everyone must see the Tony-Nominated Bob Dylan musical!
Published: 1 June 2022
Nominated for 7 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and Best Director – Girl From The North Country is the new Broadway musical that has taken the world by storm and it has now arrived in New Zealand.
It is a musical for people who don’t like musicals.
If the idea of people bursting into song does not appeal, then this is the show for you. While it includes a host of brilliant songs, brilliantly performed, it isn’t a “musical” in the traditional sense. It is more like a fascinating and moving play that includes knock-out performances of some great tunes.
It was the toast of the West End.
This acclaimed musical had its world premiere at The Old Vic in London in 2017, and has had two sell-out return seasons since then, winning multiple Olivier Awards.
...and now it’s the toast of Broadway!
After a sell-out Off-Broadway run in 2019, the show is currently running on Broadway, where it has been nominated for 7 Tony Awards®, and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre album.
It was written AND directed by the amazing Conor McPherson.
Dublin-born McPherson has achieved worldwide success as a playwright of hauntingly beautiful plays like The Weir
and The Seafarer, winning countless awards. This is his first foray into the world of musicals, but brings his distinctive and uniquely Irish style to the show.
Bob Dylan gave it the thumbs up.
The legendary Dylan gave his permission to have
Conor McPherson create a piece of theatre using his iconic and unmistakable music. McPherson was determined to find a way to reimagine the music — and the result is something as genre-defining as the man himself.
19 Bob Dylan songs are featured in the show.
Bob Dylan wrote hundreds of brilliant songs, and many of
the best of them are here, including Hurricane, Forever Young, and Like a Rolling Stone. Of course, it is his timeless Make You Feel My Love — now perhaps best known as its cover version by Adele – that will melt the hearts of audiences.
Everyone’s favourite Lisa McCune stars.
Some pretty amazing actors have played the role of Elizabeth Laine — the unpredictable and eccentric mother at the centre of the story, but Australian favourite Lisa McCune is right
up there with them. Having tackled major roles on stage
and screen for 30 years, she will bring all of her talent and stunning vocals to this juicy role. In fact, the whole cast is incredible. The production is packed with legendary Aussie stars (Peter Carroll and Helen Dallimore for a start). Oh, and did we mention that many of the cast members also play musical instruments in the show? Impressive, right?
It was the toast of the West End.
This acclaimed musical had its world premiere at The Old Vic in London in 2017, and has had two sell-out return seasons since then, winning multiple Olivier Awards.
...and now it’s the toast of Broadway!
