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GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Coming to Blu-ray and DVD in the UK
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 20, 2025

Following its debut on PBS's Great Performances in May, the official proshot of Broadway's Girl From the North Country will be making its way to physical media in the UK.

Video: Behind the Scenes of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Ahead of PBS Premiere
by Josh Sharpe - May 22, 2025

PBS Great Performances has released a new video highlighting the new proshot of the Tony Award-winning musical Girl From the North Country. In the video, director and playwright Conor McPherson, orchestrator Simon Hale, and movement director Lucy Hind all discuss the production and the challenge of bringing Bob Dylan's songs into 1930s Minnesota. Watch the video!

Video: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Cast Performs 'Hurricane'
by Josh Sharpe - May 20, 2025

PBS Great Performances has just shared a clip from the live capture of the Tony Award-winning musical Girl From the North Country. In the video, Joe Scott (Austin Scott) and the cast of the show perform Bob Dylan's 'Hurricane.' Watch it now!

Video: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Cast Performs 'Like A Rolling Stone'
by Josh Sharpe - May 15, 2025

PBS Great Performances has just shared a clip from the live capture of the Tony Award-winning musical Girl From the North Country. In the video, Elizabeth (Mare Winningham) and the cast of the show perform Bob Dylan's 'Like A Rolling Stone.' Watch it now!

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Recording Sets PBS Premiere
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 3, 2025

Girl From the North Country, the Tony-award winning musical featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, will be coming to PBS this May. The live capture of the Broadway musical will premiere as part of Great Performances on Friday, May 23 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS.

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Blumenthal Performing Arts
by Perry Tannenbaum - Oct 5, 2024

At Belk Theater, with a house twice as large as the venues where GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY played London and Broadway, the touring musical seems more like a distant mirage than a precious rolling stone by a dream team.The Belk's wretched sound further hamstrings Conor McPherson's book and Bob Dylan's music and lyrics.

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at ASU Gammage
by Herbert Paine - Aug 21, 2024

Written and directed by Conor McPherson, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY doesn't feel like other jukebox musicals. If anything, with its engrossing dialog, delivered with a heightened sense of heartbreaking realism from an excellent touring ensemble, you're never quite sure how best to describe the production. Is it a jukebox musical, a drama that wants to be a musical, or a play with music in it?

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Comes to The Orpheum
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2024

The North American Tour of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is headed to the Orpheum.  The tour will play Memphis at the Orpheum Theatre October 8-13, 2024.

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at The Paramount
by Jay Irwin - Jun 26, 2024

Dear Readers, I will admit that “Girl From the North Country”, currently playing at The Paramount, is a tough one to get into. It’s not a happy little romp and not structured like your typical musical. But if you can get past the bleak and let those voices wash over you, it’s a tragically beautiful ride, assuming they can work out some of those sound mixing issues in the theater.

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Comes to the Golden Gate Theatre in July
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2024

The North American Tour of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY will perform a limited engagement at BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre beginning Tuesday, July 30 and running through Sunday, August 18, 2024.

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is Coming To The Paramount in June
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 3, 2024

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY will be performed at The Paramount in June. Learn more about the tour and see how to purchase tickets.

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Comes to Portland in June
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2024

Broadway in Portland will present the Portland engagement of the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical Girl From The North Country at Keller Auditorium.

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Broadway at The Hobby Center
by Brett Cullum - May 1, 2024

It is not a flashy musical with special effects and huge dance numbers, but rather a somber meditation on Depression Era America and deep cuts of Bob Dylan’s songbook. It’s brilliant, and it will make you think. It’s akin to watching ghosts sing Americana arias, something you will never quite shake. 

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Bass Concert Hall
by Victoria Schwarz - Apr 25, 2024

As many students of history know, 1929 was the beginning of a chaotic, and often tragic, decade for the United States. Seven months after a small stock market crash and recovery on March 25, the bottom fell out.

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Broadway Dallas
by Sam Lisman - Apr 19, 2024

Girl from the North Country fails to deliver on the promise of a Bob Dylan-Conor McPherson collaboration. Dylan famously asked, how does it feel? In this play, not so good.

Review: A Breathtaking, Poignant Lens Shines On GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Straz Center
by Drew Eberhard - Mar 28, 2024

“Tonight’s story begins and ends at a guesthouse in Duluth, Minnesota, in the winter of 1934.” These were the opening words spoken by Dr. Walker, as he sets the scene. An evening of love, pain, suffering, interloped with a lush score based on the music of Bob Dylan. Girl from the North Country, is a dramatic musical with a book by Conor McPherson (The Weir), and songs with music and lyrics by the great Bob Dylan. The show made its Off-Broadway premiere at the Public Theatre from September 30, 2018- December 22, 2018. This transfer featured an all-American cast and was helmed after the successful run at London’s Old Vic a year prior, and following a limited 12-week run shortly thereafter at the Noel Coward Theatre in London’s West End.

Review: GIRL FROM NORTH COUNTRY at Straz Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - Mar 28, 2024

What did our critic think of GIRL FROM NORTH COUNTRY at Straz Center? On March 27, I experienced GIRL FROM NORTH COUNTRY at the Straz Center, a production on stage until March 31. Conor McPherson's direction and Simon Hale's Tony Award-winning orchestrations breathe new life into 20 of Bob Dylan's legendary songs, including anthems like 'Hurricane' and 'Forever Young.'

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Comes to Portland in June
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2024

Broadway in Portland will present the Portland engagement of the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical Girl From The North Country at Keller Auditorium from June 18 - 23.

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago
by Rachel Weinberg - Feb 15, 2024

“Like a Rolling Stone,” the Bob Dylan jukebox musical GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY rolls along at an erratic pace with haphazard direction.

Tickets For GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY in Salt Lake City Go On Sale This Week
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2024

The Salt Lake City engagement of the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY opens this June. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!