Thanks very much to reader Paul who writes to say that he saw The Times They Are A-Changin’ and, well, in his words:

My wife and I saw “Times” in San Diego last weekend. I agree with your take
and passion about Uncle Bob, and her tastes run more toward Broadway. We
BOTH loved it! It was more like a “series of dreams” than a conventional
play, and it does need some tightening up, but it was amazing and strange
and wild and insightful and dark and plain FUN all at the same time. Kind
of like Dylan.

So, the worst fear with this thing was that it could be a true turkey – something that just didn’t work for anyone. At this point we know that’s not true. Two positive reviews from theater critics, and a good number of positive reactions from fans, and indeed non-fans, say that the show will go on.
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Oh … late-breaking is another review, from “SanDiego.com.” Actually more of a blog post (those darned bloggers!). Very clearly from someone who doesn’t get it at all, and is under the impression that “Dylan had nothing to do with this show and that’s important to remember. ” He further says, “Now comes Twyla Tharp with the concept of harnessing Dylan’s art to pump the Broadway bucks.” Oh boy, poor Dylan is being exploited by the unscrupulous profit seekers of the Great White Way. Embarrassingly for someone who is taking the pose of an affronted Dylan fan, he doesn’t even get the “Captain Arab” reference (from Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream). Oh well. This kind of offended reaction to the use of Dylan’s songs in such an apparently alien context will inevitably crop up again and again as The Times passes. As said before, what really matters is what the people without that particular chip on their shoulder think about it. And so far, it’s doing pretty well in that department.

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