GIRL from the NORTH COUNTRY at the Public is Bound for Broadway - Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan SEE IT!

GIRL from the NORTH COUNTRY is the quintessence of great theater.  It's an ingenious production written & directed by Conor McPherson incorporating the music & lyrics of legendary recording artist Bob Dylan with a stirring 30s epoch drama & electrifying entertainment.   Dylan received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.  For those who questioned Dylan receiving the Nobel Prize, this will quell all doubts.  Every musical number is comprised by Dylan's songs creating a miraculous theatrical experience that will leave you thunder struck with awe.  The story is set in Duluth, MN in 1939.  The country is going through the Great Depression & headed towards another world war.  The people living in this frozen tundra along Lake Superior are all scraping and hustling to maintain a roof over their heads & food on the table.  Nick & Elizabeth Laine (Mare Winningham) run a boarding house that is floundering with the help of their feckless son Gene and devoted daughter Marianne (Kimber Sprawl).  Marianne was found left abandoned as an infant in one of the rooms.  No sooner does Nick takes the baby to an orphanage than Elizabeth rushes back and bring her home.  She grows up beloved & cared for by Elizabeth, Nick & Gene.  Regardless, the community's hateful racist attitudes force Elizabeth to homeschool their daughter & keep her close at hand.  The play doesn't shy away from the town's recent lynchings, the nation's racial injustice & detestable bigotry.  Still, this production has a unifying colorblindness that blends peaceful harmony in song & dance.  The universal themes of pain, loneliness and unrequited love transcends the era.  Musical numbers such as "True Love Tends to Forget" & "Is Your Love in Vain" capture the play's heart wrenching angst.  Lucy Hind's movement direction transitions the play with artistic skill.  Hardships accumulate with the growing snowdrifts outside & the motley mix of drifters & locals who venture inside the boarding house.  The storyline moves seamlessly & poignantly to Dylan's lyrics and Simon Hale's inventive orchestration & arranging.  The stage is bursting with talent.  Brilliant actors that can all sing, dance & play musical instruments.  Mare Winningham gives a tour-de-force performance & sings beautifully.  Sydney James as Joe and Kimber Sprawl as Marianne were phenomenal.   The impassioned & remarkable "GIRL from the NOTH COUNTRY" is bound uptown to Broadway.