Twyla Tharp took on the music of Billy Joel and created Movin’ Out, which ran for more than three years on Broadway.Now the director-choreographer has turned to another pop superstar, Bob Dylan, for her next project – The Times They Are A-Changin’.The musical, a coming-of-age story set in a circus, opens Oct. 26 at Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Preview performances begin Sept. 25.The Times They Are A-Changin concerns a young man, played by Michael Arden; his tyrannical father, portrayed by Thom Sesma, and a beautiful circus performer (Caren Lyn Manuel) The musical received mostly encouraging reviews when it premiered last February at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre. The San Diego Union-Tribune called it an "exciting, flawed, phantasmagoric fable," while the San Francisco Chronicle said it "looks like a success," praising the production’s "dynamic performances and imaginatively acrobatic choreography."Among the Dylan hits in the show – besides the title song – are Blowin’ in the Wind, Mr. Tambourine Man, Lay Lady Lay, Subterranean Homesick Blues and Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right.
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