Girl From The North Country Reviews

Katianna D. from Chicago, Illinois

I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY

I've never left a show at intermission before, even shows I wasn't enjoying much in the past, but this show? All I can say is that it needs to be workshopped and advertised better - people who went were fans of musicals and fans of Bob Dylan - both were disappointed. Its an "alternative" take on the musical genre and formula, and it should have been advertised as such. Its was also a reimagining of his songs, which while were alright for someone not familiar with them like me, did not sit well with the rest. The poor plot and random songs besides the point, the worst part that made me leave was how little I knew, understood, or cared about the characters. This production is a HUGE fan of "telling instead of showing", so tragic backstories are just narrated to you and expect it to make me care or understand their behaviors and decisions - it didn't. The pacing was so fast it was like the characters weren't allowed to express proper emotion ... in summary? Not worth the time or money!!

Kim from NW Indiana

DO NOT RECOMMEND

I’ve only seen two plays or musicals that I would never see again, and this is one of them. It was more a play that had music as the songs were more like the character’s inner thoughts. It was very dark (literally and metaphorically) with singers/actors frequently facing away from the audience. Many people around me left. There were so many side stories wound through that it made it difficult to get emotionally connected to the majority of them. The gentlemen near me confirmed that the general feeling around the bars at intermission was confusion. Many people left at intermission- one couple in front of me left after maybe 30 minutes. The singers were very talented but the plot was convoluted.

Mike from Chicago, Illinois

WORST SHOW I’VE SEEN IN YEARS

I’ll give 2 stars to the cast just for making it through this long, messy show night after night. I could barely handle 2.5 hours of it. Too many story lines trampling over each other at full blast. In the end I felt nothing for any of the characters other than relief when they were put out of their misery as the house lights came up at the end.

Debbie Durante from Cohasset

BLEAK

Very disappointing. Vocals excellent but nothing engaging with the story’s presentation. Poor acting, terrible, distracting choreography, too many characters, subplots etc etc. As a therapist I was looking to be entertained not further depressed by gloominess. the whole play was performed in the dark .I appreciate realism but the presentation was the worse I’ve ever seen.

Jane from Boston , ma

MOST DEPRESSING PLAY I’VE EVER SEEN

Plot was so horrible I wanted to leave at intermission. You walk out feeling horrible. All the couples hated each other, family members hate eachother, realistic nasty fight scenes, references to rape, everyone is homeless, no love, no hope, families scattered every chara ending was lonely, unloved, unsettled, hopeless. Sent the message life is a useless empty hole. As I sit here today still shaken by it I wish I never saw it. Who the flip would waste such great singers on such an awful premise? During the depression folks wanted hopefully stories to uplift. This story strangles your soul.

Josephine from Boston, Massachusetts

TALENTED SINGERS HORRIBLE DEPRESSING PLAY

First - actors & actresses A+. only reason for any stars. The play experience F- which should tell you how bad the story was — it wasn’t just depressing, it was disturbing. If you have children with issues I want to warn you — Alcoholic son the father struggles to help , he loses him in the end. another father murders his handicapped son , son had attacked and nearly murdered him. All husbands and wives not only hate each other but have awful nasty hurtful realistic fights. Rape is used as a lazy plot point grotesquely unrealistic. Families break apart and lose one another in the end. All the characters are angry, lonely , depressed, homeless - their fates go from bad to worse. Heard a couple “what-the-f-bombs” as we walked out. In a time so many audience members probably have family members with addiction issues , the fate of the sons was deeply disturbing. One of our party almost left at intermission. wish they did. It only got worse. We all left deeply shaken.

Laura from Cincinnati, Ohio

TALENTED CAST. AWFUL MUSICAL

I left at the intermission — which I have never done in decades of attending performances. The cast was very talented and the vocal performances were incredible. However, the songs seemed apropos of nothing and the plot was way too convoluted for the audience to really care about anyone. In the end, I left because I actually felt bad that that talented cast was “forced” to be in that horrible musical. And, I was hardly alone. The exodus was very visible. I would recommend that you not go.

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