"Frank Scheck of the "Hollywood Reporter" wrote that the show "plays like an overconceived concert, with Tharp's choreography, as vibrant and physical as it is here, lacking the variety of her earlier work"; Scott Brown of "Entertainment Weekly" called the production "utterly wrongheaded," with Tharp demonstrating that "she clearly has no choreographic bond with [Dylan's] music"; Rob Sheffield of "Rolling Stone" wrote that "[i]t’s hard to describe the show without making it sound like a stoned nightmare," and that "the Broadway belters have no feel for Dylan’s meter or melodies; they just ham up the songs with dumb touches like Ahrab grinding his hips as he sings, 'She makes love just like a woman!