GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is a musical with a book by Conor McPherson using the songs of Bob Dylan. It is the second Broadway show to use Dylan's music after Twyla Tharp's THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'. The production premiered at The Old Vic in London running from 8 July to 7 October 2017, directed by McPherson.
It transferred into London's West End at the Noël Coward Theatre from 29 December 2017 for a limited 12-week run until 24 March 2018, with the majority of The Old Vic cast.
The production made its North American premiere Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in New York from 30 September to 22 December 2018, featuring an American cast.
The show, featuring a new cast including Katie Brayben and Anna-Jane Casey, was mounted at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto from 28 September to 24 November 2019. Following this run, the production and cast transfered to London for a West End revival for eight weeks at the Gielgud Theatre on 10 December 2019.
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY should have made its Broadway premiere at the Belasco Theatre, beginning previews on 7 February 2020 and officially opening on 5 March. The Covid-19 pandemic and the locking down of course changed the plans for a while...
The show subsequently reopened at the Belasco Theatre on 29 April 2022. Then it went to Australia and New Zealand. On 25 June 2022 it opened at the 3Olympia theatre in Dublin a series of shows in Ireland and U.K.
Playbill, Belasco Theater, NYC, 2020. |
Playbill, Belasco Theater, NYC, 2020.
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Playbill, Belasco Theater, NYC, 2020. |
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Flyer (front), Belasco Theater, NYC, 2020
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Flyer (back), Belasco Theater, NYC, 2020. |
Programme, Chichester Festival Theater, UK, 24-28 January 2023
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