#Girl From The North Country

[savagewildnerness]

I’ve never met Sam, but he did photobomb me once!

I wish I wasn’t such a shy, reserved person, as I adored Sam in this play, but it took ALL of my energy to get myself to get a photo with just the incredible Shirley Henderson (even though I’d seen the play probably 10-15 times at this point. I utterly ADORED it & everyone in it.) I am SO scared of being annoying! You do not understand how much it took for me to build myself up to get a photo & autograph from just the ONE human! Gosh, Shirley was insanely great in this play! Like you couldn’t take your eyes off her magnificence! And the emotion in how she sang: I can feel it just as strongly in my heart right now still.

Anyway, I was too scared & incapable of speaking to everyone/too afraid to be annoying to more than one human! So I didn’t get an autograph or photo with Sam or anyone else in the play.

However, I noticed that there is Sam, in the background here!! Teehee! He was SO un-Lestat back then! But the character he played in this play had a tragedy to him. As did all the characters in the play. It was such a yearning play. Sam played a young man who had so much potential (in life & love), yet squandered it till he was doomed to tragedy… and how realistic is that to reality! I feel (& am) that. Everyone tended towards satisfying, resonant, true, beautiful & sorrowful tragedy & there was never any other conclusion. Gosh, I ADORED it! And THE MUSIC! But music with all the resonance folk who are actors first can give it.

Honestly I would give ANYTHING to experience this play, especially incredible Shirley just one more time. It’s in my top 5 plays ever. It’s an awful photo of me, as even on my 15th watch of the play, I had spent the entire 2-3 hours sobbing! It was SO SAD! I cried just as much every single time I watched it.

Also, LOL - you know you’re short when Shirley Henderson crouches for a photo with you!!! Look at us, like wee gnomes, with normal human-sized Sam in the background! 😂😅😂🤣😭💀

#girl from the north country #sam reid #shirley henderson #Conor McPherson #interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #anne rice #the vampire lestat #iwtv lestat #amc interview with the vampire

[greedandenby]

Just Sam being a little guy.

From the Girl from the North Country rehearsals back in 2017.

Source: the cursed bluebird hellsite

Also what exactly were you talking about here mister?

#LOOK AT HIM #samothy my beloved little pixel #sam reid #iwtv cast #interview with the vampire cast #girl from the north country #iwtv

[heyitsmelouiss]

Throw back to the time Sam spent on a play

#I was bored okay #sam reid #interview with the vampire #iwtv cast #girl from the north country

[alicebyheartt]

Why I love him

#alice by heart #colton ryan #broadway #dear evan hansen #alfred hallam #musical #girl from the north country #the girl from plainville #musical theatre #new york new york

[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash “Girl from the North Country” (Take 1)—The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15: Travelin’ Thru [1967–1969].

#Bob Dylan #Johnny Cash #The Girl From The North Country #Girl From The North Country #Nashville Sessions #1969 #1960s #Audio #Bob Dylan Audio #Cash / Dylan #Nashville Skyline (1969) #The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) #The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 #Travelin' Thru 1967 / 1969 #2019 #Autumn

[ladymatt]

Credit: AnnieVesper

#girl from the north country #sam reid #claudia jolly #Love his speaking/singing voice so much #Youtube

[fallimentiquotidiani]

If you're travelin' in the north country fair

Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline

Remember me to one who lives there

Oh she once was a true love of mine

See for me if her hair's hanging down

It curls and falls all down her breast

See for me that her hair's hanging down

That's the way I remember her best

If you go when the snowflakes falls

When the rivers freeze and summer ends

Please see for me if she's wearing a coat so warm

To keep her from the howlin' winds

If you're travelin' in the north country fair

Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline

Please say "hello" to the one who lives there

Oh she was once a true love of mine

If you're travelin' in the north country fair

Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline

Remember me to one who lives there

Oh she once was a true love of mine

A true love of mine

A true love of mine

True love of mine

A true love of mine

A true love of mine

She was once a true love of mine

#girl from the north country #bob dylan #johnny cash #nashville skyline #1969

[fyeah-olivia-colman]

Chlöe Bailey, Tosin Cole, Olivia Colman and Woody Harrelson are set to star in Girl From The North Country, adapted from the Tony Award-winning Broadway show of the same name inspired by the songs of Bob Dylan.

The New York Times described the Broadway play — which reimagines legendary Dylan songs, including “Forever Young,” “All Along The Watchtower,” “”Hurricane,” “Slow Train Coming,” “Make You Feel My Love” and “Like A Rolling Stone. — as “profoundly beautiful” and the Chicago Tribune called it “a Broadway revelation!.”

After seeing the play, Dylan said: “The play had me crying at the end. I can’t even say why. When the curtain came down, I was stunned. I really was.”

#Olivia Colman #Girl From The North Country #OColman

[blackinperiodfilms]

Chlöe Bailey, Tosin Cole, Olivia Colman and Woody Harrelson are set to star in Girl From the North Country, adapted from the Tony Award-winning Broadway show of the same name inspired by the songs of Bob Dylan.

Set in 1934 against the backdrop of Duluth, MN, during the Great Depression, the drama revolves around a group of wayward travelers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope.

Things are spiraling out of control for proprietor Nick Laine (Harrelson). His wife Elizabeth (Colman) is suffering from dementia. The bank is foreclosing on their home. Their adopted daughter, Marianne (Bailey), has a closely guarded secret that no one can explain.

When escaped convict Joe Scott (Cole) seeks shelter at the guesthouse, a relationship develops between Marianne and Joe that will change everything for everyone forever in a timeless love story.

The movie adaptation is written and directed by Conor McPherson, the playwright behind the original Broadway musical.

#Girl From The North Country #Chlöe Bailey #Chloe Bailey #Tosin Cole #Olivia Colman #Woody Harrelson #musical adaptation #casting news #Black in Period Films

[lyricspoetrynstuff]

I found this song while watching Silver Linings Playbook(2012). I mean call me uncultured or whatever because I truly never knew of this Dylan-Cash rendition. The song has the typical 60s vibe but what stands out to me is the polar opposite voice texture of Dylan and Cash. They meld together to form this melodious cacophony that truly fits the vibe of the movie as well.

Song: Girl From the North Country

Artist: Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash

Genre: Folk

Released: May 27, 1963

#bob dylan #johnny cash #soundtrack #girl from the north country #silver linings playbook #music #movies #60s #duet #spotify #lyrics #folk rock #jennifer lawrence #bradley cooper

[savagewildnerness]

Incidentally, the photo I shared the other day, it is a Live Photo, so I share again so you can see me being blinky, Shirley saying “Okay” & Sam being noddy! 😂

I adored this play so much! I haven’t been to London now since February 2020 & I miss the days I sat in the theatre(s) for (many other plays &) this play as I saw it at both the Old Vic & the Noel Coward Theatre for hours, alone, immersed in the glorious world of this play!

Teehee. It’s so weird to me that Sam was literally a few metres away from me, but I was too scared to ask everyone for photos! Or anyone, beyond Shirley! I wish I had been braver now! But then again, I’m glad I didn’t annoy Sam & I guess I have a memento photo anyway! Here it is! It’s not only a photo even, LOL! It’s a video, essentially 😂.

The play was so exquisite though! I don’t think I could have coped to also know Sam would one day be Lestat on top of the exquisite glory that the play was. If you ever get the chance to see Shirley Henderson on stage, run as fast as you can at that! Sam wasn’t bad either! 😉😁😇 The while cast were glorious! But Shirley was transcendent! Just mesmerising, she was. And the emotion as she sang. I wish I could describe the emotional power. I’m crying now, because I can bring it back into my heart still now - how it felt. I mean, you can listen to the cast recording, but obviously it had more power in the context of the play. Why do time machines not exist? Anyway! Lucky me to have experienced it.

I’m actually very glad that at least I steeled myself enough to do this! I don’t know exactly how many times I saw the play (but I did see it enough that once at the Old Vic when I got a ticket on the day, the box office staff gave me the seat in the centre circle they usually save in case the Director wants to watch any performance, so the staff clearly knew I was there *again*!!! 😇 To give me the special seat… I think I only saw it twice at the Noel Coward Theatre though as it was more expensive then, but this particular photo was after the very final performance, which I was lucky to be at. They were dismantling the set & taking it out if the back of the theatre too.)

I did a tour of the Old Vic while it was on there too & so stood on the stage. In my humble opinion, The Old Vic is the most beautiful theatre in London & standing on the (massive!) stage, looking out at the auditorium it makes you desire to be there, performing. I felt similarly to how Lestat must have as a young boy, that world & its feeling so clear!

I’m not a big fan of musicals (though I love some, if I feel them!) but plays with music in are my absolute favourite. Because I love & feel music deeply & when you can be moved by music AND be moved by the incredible skill of actors (How do people act!? It’s a mystery to me! I find it awkward enough being even myself & like I don’t know how to be a real person!!) & it all combines, especially in such an aching, yearning play about the sorrowful tragedy of being alive & our sad, doomed lives. Oh, it’s so resonant and perfect!

I miss live theatre very much indeed!

Buuutttt…. TV vampires certainly are a fair substitute! They’ll do me, for now!!

Anyway, I thought I’d share this silly wee video!! 😂😅😇

#sam reid #interview with the vampire #anne rice #lestat de lioncourt #the vampire lestat #iwtv lestat #amc interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #girl from the north country #Conor McPherson

[selescope]

so sad there aren’t any girl from the north country tour cast bootlegs.. i need to show my friends what i saw

#i cant find any videos of the performance of rolling stone i witness #god #she stood on the table and like #with the mic stand? #christ #and duquesne whistle???? #RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE #musical shit #girl from the north country

[havendance]

Girl From the North Country Thoughts

You know, it was... Interesting.

And that's basically the same thing that everyone I talked to who saw it said

All I knew about coming in was that it was a Bob Dylan Jukebox musical

I'm not quite sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't that.

All the actors definitely put on a really good show. The guy playing Joe had a great voice and the actress playing Elizabeth put on a very striking performance

I also did quite like a lot of the musical arrangements of the songs.

Slow Train Coming was a standout there. I also liked the rendition of Hurricane mashed up with all along the watchtower

That being say, I wanted more music :( I'm a dylan fan. I wanted more than the abridged mashups.

More singing less talking

Like the preacher man? He only sang a little but he had a great voice. I would've liked to hear from him more.

Plot wise -- it was a show about a bunch of people in the great depression

Very vingetty

I get what they were going for but I'm not sure if I really liked how open and loose a lot of the character plots felt. I would've liked to be able to dig deeper into them.

I felt like the plot thread with Marianne's pregnancy especially felt unresolved and hanging. If you just kept it a secret the whole show that would've been one thing. But the combination of the buildup and the strangeness/unresolvedness of the answer we did get just left me wondering if I'd missed something.

Then it's the depression so you've got the bittersweet/sad end

I'd seen forever young was listed as one of the songs in the program as the ending grew closer I was like 'they're going to sing forever young and I'm going to cry' and then they did and I did.

Oh that was my other issue with the ending! I really thought they were building to Nick doing a murder suicide. Just the comments he made to his son. The presence of the gun (and like that got paid off in the scene with Elizabeth and preacher, but it also could've been reminding the audience that it existed). The comments the doctor made about how making the decision's the hard part.

I was dreading that and then it just didn't happen and I was glad that he didn't do the murder suicide but also

why did you make me think he would?

It feels kind of like it was an old ending that got changed to something slightly less grim.

But yeah. Wouldn't see it again. But it was definitely interesting to see once.

#girl from the north country #theater #carthago delenda est

[alicebyheartt]

!!

#alice by heart #colton ryan #broadway #dear evan hansen #alfred hallam #musical #girl from the north country #the girl from plainville #musical theatre #new york new york

[sonofcelluloid]

You can’t ever tell me my boy ain’t got the pipes to back it up. When Lestat’s rock star era comes around I’ll probably just pass away:)

#sam reid #bob dylan #girl from the north country #lestat de lioncourt #interview with the vampire #iwtv #theatre #2010s #tv #2020s #jams

[hyperfixation-stations]

It’s that time of the year folks where I give my ramblings and general thoughts, feelings and ramblings on the Tony Awards. For those of you who are new to this account or follow me for other reasons, this used to be a musical fan page and even though I’ve evolved and post other things we always return to our roots during Tony Season.

Thoughts:

I love Ariana Debose as the host. I thought she was a natural and did the best work I’ve seen since the 2013 Tony’s where Neil Patric Harris hosted. I think that they should continue to have “Broadway people” host because there is such more love and enthusiasm for hosts that have really strong ties to the business. Hell you could run Ariana Debose back for the next five years and I’d probably be thrilled.

I’m always sad that they moved all of the technical awards to the broadcast prior to the awards actually starting. I was a theater tech throughout high school and it holds a special place in my heart and I miss seeing at least some of the categories live. As for the actual winners, I generally agreed with all of them. I really enjoy Six so I was happy to see them get recognized for score and costumes.

The music man performance was lackluster and I’m glad that it didn’t win any awards. It just felt so odd because it’s a huge ensemble show with historically great dancing but it just felt kinda boring and way longer then it was. Now I do love to see a good tap number, especially on the Tonys, but I felt like they could’ve done more, especially as the opening performance.

Now I haven’t seen any of the nominated shows (other then a six bootleg), so some of my thoughts on things like the acting categories are just going to be based off things I’ve read/heard. For the best supporting actor and actress in a play I don’t have super strong feelings. I wish L Morgan Lee had won for her role in A Strange Loop, but also Patti Lupone in company has received rave reviews the entire run of the show so I’m not entirely upset with the outcome. As for featured actor I was really pulling for either of the guys from Paradise Square, but like with Patti Lupone Matt Doyle has received rave reviews for his performance and I haven’t seen the show so I can’t say it was “undeserved”

MJs performance was a little weird for me at first because I had literally no idea what the show was about, but I ended up really enjoying it. Myles Frost as Michael Jackson was electric and his dancing was next level. I also thought the ensemble was really strong and it was a really good performance.

I was a little surprised that Company won Best Direction if a musical, I really thought it would go to one of the original new musicals (specifically A Strange Loop). But I do enjoy seeing women directors win and get recognized for their work.

I think Mr. Saturday Night was the next performance and I was a fun little performance. It highlighted the best of the show with having Shoshana Bean sing and Billy Crystal do stand up. Idk if I’d personally ever seen the show, but I wouldn’t be shocked if ticket sales were boosted during that segment.

I know I mentioned this before, but I’m going to talk about it again, Ariana Debose really was a great host. And I think that the is was really shown in the in between when she had her little bits, skits and monologues to kill time. It’s so easy for those moments to become filler or seem so fake, but she kept it really and entertaining and I really just love her.

A Girl From North Country performed. I thought it was good, I like Bob Dylan’s music but I don’t shit about the show. It felt like it needed a fiddle or something (though maybe that’s the Irish in me coming out). It was definitely the weakest performance of the night for me, and it wasn’t even bad just kind of boring

Sondheim’s tribute was really well done. It was nice to Bernadette Peters perform, especially given how many of his shows he was in (which is why I’m sure she was asked to perform in the first place). I know some people wished they had done a different song rather then Children Will Listen, I’m not shocked that’s what they went with and I thought it was fitting (especially given the context of the song within Into the Woods ).

It was at this point in the night that I started to get a little nervous for A Strange Loop because they hadn’t really won anything yet and I was worried that they weren’t going to get recognized (though what would’ve won over them, idk). But then they won Best Book and all is well in the world. I was so happy that they won and it.

Then a Strange Loop performed and I just about died. Now I’ll admit I was not as familiar with this show (or really any of the shows) coming into this season, so I was seeing a lot of things for the very first time. And I had heard such great things about the show and their performance was probably the one I was most excited for. And they did not disappoint! I really love that they got to perform Intermission/Today and got to call themselves a big black queer ass show (or something along those lines, someone please correct me if I’m wrong I’m doing this entire thing from memory while commuting). This is a show that I was worried wouldn’t get love because the Tonys are glorified marketing ploy and I thought they’d go the safe route with one of the more “broad appealing shows) and I’m so glad they didn’t. It’s so important to have this kind of representation because it will continue to inspire new generations to become performers or write shows and I know that some kid out in the middle of no-where saw that performance and feel in love with musical theater.

Now that my gushing about a Strange Loop is over (for a bit) we’ll talk about one of the weirder parts of the night and that was the Spring Awakening performance. It was good, but the entire time I wanted to know why they were performing, it just felt like time that could’ve been dedicated to an additional category or allowed for winners to speak longer. Idk I could’ve lived without it.

Then Company won best revival and that was pretty much expected. I was really just glad to see that Music Man didn’t win (god I hate that show). Though I do wish Caroline or Change had been recognized a little bit more. I thought it was a great show from what I’d see/heard and I wish it had been celebrated a bit more.

Paradise Square performed and I just about lost my shit. That was probably my most anticipated musical coming into the season and the highest on my list of shows that want to see and that performance really solidified. I loved the bit of Paradjse Square they did to highlight the ensemble and joaquina kalukango started let it burn and I just about starter convulsing on my floor. I would pay obscene amounts of money to see that show

Best Actor and Actress in a musical felt like the only other categories with high stakes other then best musical. And it was with good merit both of those categories were stacked with talented performers. Best Actor in a musical I was surprised went Myles Frost, simply because I thought it’d go to Jacquel Spivey for A Strange Loop. But after seeing his performance I’m not shocked and I thought it was a well deserved, also I can’t believe his only 22! As for best actress if the award didn’t go to joaquina kalukango, I would’ve burned something down. She should’ve won the award based on the Tony performance alone. I was also really glad to see two POC performers sweep the best acting category, even though the show and awards could’ve been more diverse this is an important step into getting more representation (at least I hope)

Finally we got to the final performance of the night from Six the musical. I always feel a little bit bad for whoever gets stuck in this time slot because everyone just wants to finish the ceremony at that point I imagine and a part of me wondered if they were there in an attempt to hype the crowd back up and infuse some energy back into the show. But Six is a show I really enjoy and i will be rewatching their performance for days to come. This cast has been through so much shit since they beginning of their run in Chicago from injuries to Covid happening on their opening night, so I was glad to see them finally make it and get recognized. I also loved the shout out of Mallory Maedek and how she was the dance captain and got inserted into the number like that morning.

Then finally it was time for the big award of the night best musical. I was a little nervous for this category I’m not going to lie. I though A Strange Loop was the front runner but given the night at that point it was hard to tell. The only other shows that I thought had the potential in terms of quality and marketing I’d seen were Six and Paradise Square which are also diverse creative teams and storylines but A Strange Loop really deserved it and luckily they won! This was such a deserved win for that cast and creative teams. It has one of the best concepts I’ve seen in years and they story they are telling is vitally important.

Overall I thought it was a solid night and they honored the best of the season (which is something I can’t always say coming out of the awards). I like that the awards were spread around to a collection of different shows and the awards they were winning made sense, at least to me. This season really made me excited about the future of musical theater in a way I hadn’t been in a few years. We had a lot of original material from diverse creative teams and the best shows were being honored and not the ones they thought would see the most tickets.

If you’ve made it this far through my ramblings, then congratulations you are just as much a nerd as I am and thank you for making your way and attempting to decipher my loosely connected thoughts. If you disagree with any of my takes or what to discuss other things feel free to message me or comment. I love talking about theater so I could really go at this for hours.

#the tony awards #six the musical #six broadway #MJ #A Strange Loop #paradise square #the music man #company #caroline or change #girl from the north country