The musical, Girl From the North Country, newly landed on Broadway at the Belasco Theater after sellout runs in London and at the Public Theater, imagines what you can do if you match up a brilliant storyteller, Conor McPherson, with a brilliant songwriter, Bob Dylan. And that’s without either one of them having met, spoken, emailed, or tweeted with the other! How exactly does that collaboration create such exciting theater?
“Happy opening night!,” the Broadway crowd likes to wish one another. On this night, a stellar audience marveled, still recovering from the evening’s luminous characters and song. And it really was exuberant for all as they made their way to the Bryant Park Grill. Ruben Blades, married to Luba Mason was proud. She last appeared on Broadway fifteen years ago in Chicago with Brooke Shields, also on hand. Steve van Zandt, Jane Krakowski, Laura Osnes, Jesse Eisenberg, Ben Platt, Lois Smith, and many others cheered their friends on. One revelation is Mare Winningham as singer. Who knew she was this good? One insider exulted, line up the Tonys now.
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