The Bob Dylan (songs) and Twyla Tharp (choreography and direction) musical The Times They Are A-Changin', set in a circus, gives us an ensemble of acrobatic dancers whose bodies are like Slinkies, and three terrific singers: Michael Arden, Thom Sesma, and Lisa Brescia who perform the Dylan repertoire. The timing of the songs may be altered from Dylan's originals, but the songs are there, and I like them. Perhaps the visuals and the almost-story that has been interjected don't necessarily correspond with the inner meaning of the lyrics, but I found myself well entertained by this energetic show in a rather surreal set by Santo Loquasto, who also costumed it. The tunes stick in my head (I think Dylan channeled Woody Guthrie for "Don't Think Twice" and the title song), and the trampoline-propelled bodies flipping, twisting and bouncing, kept me visually entertained as well as auditorily tickled by the singing.
