Girl from the North Country really isn’t a Bob Dylan jukebox musical, insists Kate Budgen, director of the Australian production, which is about to announce a Melbourne season. musicals lisamccune
Cast member and Australian theatre veteran Peter Carroll said rehearsals were uncovering the power of the play: “There’s a build-up of great empathy, and a story gets to a certain level ... and then it’s gone somewhere else, there’s a song, and the music is a sort of emotional release.”
“But now, investigating the lyrics of his songs, it’s like German lieder, it’s like Schumann, the words are beautifully honed.” He’s looking forward to the Melbourne transfer, and says the Comedy Theatre is the perfect venue: “The older theatres have a warmer acoustic, the actor/audience relationship is easier, and I love that.”
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