Some people think Bob Dylan’s music is depressing — and in “Girl From the North Country,” Conor McPherson makes the case by setting more than twenty of Dylan’s songs into a … Irish playwright and director Conor McPherson weaves songs from across the vast catalog of Bob Dylan into 'Girl From the North Country,' a poetic drama set in Minnesota during the Great Depression. NOTE: THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE 2018 PUBLIC THEATER PRODUCTION OF GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY... May I just say that I take back every negative thing I have ever said about Bob Dylan.Including the part about the first time one of the cool girls at high school played his record for me back in 1965 or so, and I thought the record was on the wrong speed. Girl from the North Country review – Dylan's songs are Depression-era dynamite Review: In ‘Girl From the North Country,’ Rolling Stones Gather Regrets Sheila Atim, left, and Shirley Henderson in “Girl From the North Country” at the Old Vic Theater in London. We regret to announce that, effective immediately, performances of Girl From the North Country on Broadway have been postponed. Closing Date: Dec. 23, 2018 Public Theater - Newman Theater, 425 Lafayette St. 212-967-7555 and 30 min. Girl From the North Country NYT Critic's Pick Off Broadway, Musical 2 hrs.