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Girl from the North Country – The Old Vic
Girl from the North Country continues at The Old Vic Theatre, London until 23 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ For all the snobbiness around Mamma Mia!, it sure did nail what a jukebox musical should be. ABBA’s music was always about fun and wide appeal as much as it was about […]
Old Vic encore for Girl from the North Country
The critically acclaimed Olivier and Tony Award-winning Girl from the North Country will return to The Old Vic for a strictly limited nine-week season this summer.
Girl From the North Country – New Wimbledon Theatre
Girl From The North Country continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 18 March 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Girl from the North Country – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Girl From The North Country continues at Milton Keynes Theatre until 19 November 2022 and then tours until 18 March 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Girl From the North Country – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury and Touring
Girl From the North Country continues until 20 August 2022 and then tours until 18 March 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s hard not to be seduced by the quality of the music in this show. Simon Hale’s arrangements of 20 Bob Dylan songs (dating from 1963 to 2012) are sensitive, […]
Company scoops five Tony Awards but there are big wins for Six, MJ and A Strange Loop too
While Marianne Elliott’s production of Company received five prizes at the 75th Annual Tony Awards, it was quite a democratic night for the nominated musicals with Six: The Musical, A Strange Loop, MJ, Paradise Square and Girl From the North Country all having something to celebrate. The gender-swapped staging of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company repeated a large […]
A Tony Awards Newsletter From New York
Mark Shenton offers a Broadway round-up of Tony-nominated musicals… The nominations for this year’s Tony Awards – due to be presented at Radio City Music Hall on 12 June 2022, hosted by West Side Story Oscar winner Ariana DeBose – were delayed this year. Usually they are announced a few days after the eligibility deadline […]
Cast for Girl From The Country’s first UK tour and Dublin season
Casting has been announced for the first UK tour and Dublin season of the critically acclaimed double Olivier Award-winning West End and Broadway production of Girl From The North Country. The cast includes Keisha Amponsa Banson (The Magician’s Elephant, RSC, School of Rock, Gillian Lynne Theatre), Ross Carswell (professional debut), Colin Connor (War Horse, National […]
A Strange Loop leads 2022 Tony Awards nominations but the Queens of Six The Musical are close behind
The 2022 Tony Awards nominations, recognising the best and brightest of the 2021-22 Broadway theatre season, have been announced by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry and British talents are celebrating. American shows A Strange Loop (11 nominations), MJ (10) and Paradise Square (10) may lead the pack but they are closely followed by Marianne Elliott’s production of Company […]
Girl From The North Country returns to the UK as part of a major international tour
The award-winning hit production of Girl From The North Country, written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Seafarer) with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, will embark on its first UK tour following an opening five-week season at 3Olympia Theatre Dublin from 25 June 2022. The production will tour to Canterbury, […]
Tony Awards to go online
The exact date and format are still uncertain, but it’s been decided that this year’s long-delayed Tony Awards will be presented online in the fall. Originally scheduled for 7 June 2020 with its customary presentation on network television, The Tonys, like everything in the realm of Broadway, were knocked askew by the Coronavirus pandemic. Government […]
Girl from the North Country – Gielgud Theatre, London
Girl from the North Country continues at the Gielgud Theatre until 1 February 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ When it opened at The Old Vic in 2017 (transferring into the West End the following year), Conor McPherson’s tale of Depression-era Duluth, Minnesota was truly something very special. Its use of music […]
West End return for Girl From The North Country
The Old Vic’s critically acclaimed world premiere production of Girl From The North Country will return to the West End for an eight-week run beginning in December. Written and directed by multi award winning playwright Conor McPherson (The Seafarer, The Weir) and featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, the production will play the Gielgud Theatre […]
Broadway shows The Prom and Be More Chill announce closing dates
Two Broadway musicals, The Prom and Be More Chill, have announced earlier-than-anticipated closings, joining what’s commonly referred to as the post-Tony shake-out. Both shows have scheduled shutdowns for 11 August 2019. They follow a trio of prominent non-musicals that have closed or are closing after receiving little or no recognition from the Tonys, either in […]
Musical Theatre Review 2018 – Five-Star Show Round-Up
Musical Theatre Review reflects on another stunning and diverse year of theatre. Here is a round-up of five-star reviews from 2018 productions in the West End, on the London Fringe, in the regions and on tour (plus a sprinkling of Broadway openings too). With thanks to all our awesome contributors. JANUARY Six – Arts Theatre, London […]
Girl From the North Country – Public Theater, New York
Girl From the North Country continues at the Public Theater, New York until 23 December 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Who knows what prompted the overseers of the Bob Dylan song catalogue to turn to Conor McPherson and suggest he make a musical using whatever of those songs he wanted? […]
Hamilton collects seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical
New American musical Hamilton collected seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard, the UK’s most prestigious stage honours, announced at London’s Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Catherine Tate. Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and orchestrator Alex Lacamoire won Outstanding Achievement in Music (which Lacamoire accepted by singing a speech […]
Olivier Awards 2018 ceremony – Hamilton opener, Chita Rivera singing West Side Story, Joseph 50th ann tribute
Special performances to mark the 60th anniversary of the London opening of West Side Story and the 50th anniversary of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will feature in the star-studded ceremony for the 2018 Olivier Awards on 8 April 2018. Musical theatre legend Chita Rivera will celebrate her London debut as Anita in the classic […]
Hamilton receives a recording-breaking 13 nominations in Olivier Awards 2018
Smash hit musical Hamilton predictably leads the field with a record-breaking 13 nominations for this year’s Olivier Awards, overtaking previous joint record holders: last year’s The Cursed Child and 2008’s Hairspray with 11 nominations. Announced today by Elaine Paige and Alexandra Burke, the nominees for the 2018 Olivier Awards with Mastercard recognised a number of […]
Musicals dominate Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards – Hamilton wins first major British prize
Opening just before Christmas to rave reviews, the London version of the multi award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton has won its first major prize outside the USA – Best Musical at the 2017 Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. Earmarked by Cameron Mackintosh as the production to launch his multi-million-pound refurbishment of the Victoria Palace Theatre, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s […]
Girl From the North Country – Noel Coward Theatre
Girl From the North Country continues at the Noël Coward Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The origins of Girl From the North Country, as retold in the programme notes, do not sound like your typical musical. Playwright Conor McPherson was approached by Bob Dylan’s record company, inviting him to construct […]
Musical Theatre 2018 Preview – all you need to know
You can’t get more comprehensive than this, here’s a preview of all the 2018 musical theatre openings we know about so far in the West End, on the London Fringe and across the UK. JANUARY Girl From the North Country – Noel Coward Theatre, London The Old Vic’s critically-acclaimed world premiere production of Girl From […]
Musical Theatre Review 2017 – a reflection – what was your favourite?
Musical Theatre Review reflects on an incredibly busy year of theatre – in the West End, on the London Fringe, across the UK – and picks a selection of shows from each month that topped the FOUR and FIVE star ratings with our contributors [apologies to fans of all the concerts and cabarets – there’s just […]
Cast revealed for West End transfer of Girl From the North Country
Full casting has been announced for the West End transfer of the Old Vic’s critically acclaimed world premiere production of Girl From the North Country with many of the original cast members making the move into the Noel Coward Theatre. Written and directed by multi award-winning playwright c (The Seafarer, The Weir) and featuring the […]
Old Vic’s Girl From the North Country transfers to the West End
The Old Vic’s critically-acclaimed world premiere production of Girl From the North Country will head for the West End for a strictly limited season at the end of December. Written and directed by multi award-winning playwright Conor McPherson (The Seafarer, The Weir) and featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, the production which features a 20-strong […]
Girl From the North Country cast album to be released
The Old Vic has joined forces with Sony Music Entertainment to release the original cast recording of the world premiere production of Girl From the North Country. Written and directed by multi award-winning playwright Conor McPherson (The Seafarer, The Weir) and featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, the production is currently in the middle of […]
Girl from the North Country – The Old Vic
Girl from the North Country runs at The Old Vic, London until 7 October. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Weir playwright Conor McPherson has ‘teamed up’ with singer, songwriter and recent Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan to create – and direct – a dark and mesmerising piece of theatre set […]
Girl From the North Country premiere at the Old Vic – casting revealed
Casting has been announced for The Old Vic’s world premiere of Girl From the North Country which is due to begin previews on 10 July ahead of a press night on 26 July. Written and directed by multi award-winning playwright Conor McPherson (The Seafarer, The Weir) and featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, the production […]
