Dylan – The Musical

Reaction to the recent opening of the Dylan musical on Broadway was pretty negative (me, too - see below) but I’m saddened by the announcement of the show’s early demise: all those people working their socks off, all that money invested… a great pity, even though I, for one, would never have gone to see it.


Gerry Smith




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Bob Dylan - the Musical

Short version: no, absolutely not!

Longer version: I wouldn’t got to see the new Broadway musical featuring Dylan songs if the producer arranged a door-to-door return flight by Concorde (RIP) and helicopter, seated me in a premium view box, and arranged a private 30-minute post-show meeting with Dylan himself. (OK, forget the last bit – I might be persuaded).

My musical tastes are reasonably wide, and encompass the fabulous Broadway shows of the great composers, such as Cole Porter. But musicals since the South Pacific era leave me absolutely stone cold: I’ve tried, but I can’t think of modern musicals as anything other than meretricious, middlebrow trash.

The Times… on Broadway? No thanks, keep it.