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Girl from the North Country

Girl from the North Country

Theater134 min202415, PG-13
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Filmed live at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, this groundbreaking musical weaves 21 Bob Dylan songs through Depression-era Duluth. Inside a failing guesthouse, owner Nick (Jay O. Sanders) battles foreclosure while caring for his wife (Emmy winner Mare Winningham) as dementia erodes her memory and their son (Colton Ryan) numbs his pain with bourbon. Conor McPherson's direction transforms Dylan's lyrics into raw dialogue: "Like a Rolling Stone" emerges as a barroom confession, "Duquesne Whistle" as a rail rider's ballad. Simon Hale's Tony-winning arrangements reveal new depth in these familiar songs. Against disintegrating sets by Rae Smith and Mark Henderson's evocative lighting, we witness music's power to sustain humanity in desperate times, with Bob Dylan's buried truths in every verse.

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