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The Times They Are A-Changin'
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SHOW INFORMATION

Average of 3 stars from 15 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 26, 2006
Closed Nov 19, 2006
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Directed and choreographed by the internationally-renowned Twyla Tharp, The Times They Are A-Changin' is set to the music of legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan. Like her Broadway hit Movin' Out, for which she won a Tony Award for Outstanding Choreography, this new project connects the worlds of theatre and dance with the groundbreaking songs of one of America's rock music icons.

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THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Brooks Atkinson Theatre
256 W 47th St
New York, NY 10036

Most Broadway theaters are named after famous actors, playwrights or impresarios. The Brooks Atkinson was named for the legendary NY Times theater critic who wrote from 1924 to 1960. The auditorium is wide and the best seats are in the center and m [...] Read More

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Twyla Tharp got in on the jukebox-musical ground floor. Way back in the 1970s, she raided the Beach Boys catalog for her dance pieces Deuce Coupe and Deuce Coupe II. Subsequently, she tackled the Frank Sinatra canon in Nine Sinatra Songs, and in the more recent Broadway musical Movin' Out, she lionized Billy Joel. Now she has conceived, directed, and choreographed The Times They Are A-Changin', a Bob Dylan entry that lands somewhere between dance piece and musical. But while Movin' Out is a work of art, The Times They Are A-Changin' registers only as hard labor.

In mining the Joel songbook four years ago, Tharp realized to her great credit that the songwriter had been consciously or uncon[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Oct 27, 2006

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