COME FROM AWAY
A New Musical
Book, Music and Lyrics by IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN
Featuring
PETRINA BROMLEY, GENO CARR JENN COLELLA, JOEL HATCH,
RODNEY HICKS
KENDRA KASSERBAUM, CHAD KIMBALL, LEE MacDOUGALL, CAESAR SAMAYOA,
Q. SMITH
ASTRID VAN WIEREN, SHARON WHEATLEY, JOSH BRICKENRIDGE, SUSAN DUNSTAN
JOHN JELLISON, TAMIKA LAWRENCE, TONY LaPAGE, and JULIE REIBER
Directed by
CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY
Musical Staging: KELLY DEVINE
Music Supervision: IAN
EISENDRATH
Schoenfeld Theatre
236 West 45th
Street (between Broadway & Eighth Avenue)
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or (212) 239-6200
The brilliance of Irene Sankoff’s and David Hein’s COME FROM AWAY cannot be denied. To take an international disaster with everlasting repercussions and create an inspiring uplifting play is no easy feat, but that is what they have done. On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center was attacked by two planes flying into the buildings. Immediately air space around the world was frozen. And while we were dealing with the largest attack on American soil, it never occurred to us to wonder where all the planes went when they couldn’t land in the United States. Well 38 of them ended up in Gander, Newfoundland, and this small town opened its doors and welcomed the 7,000 passengers that suddenly showed up on their doorsteps.
COME FROM AWAY is a story of the goodness in humans coming to the forefront in an emergency, told with snappy dialogue put to music. There are poignant moments of course but the underlying message is that we are all connected. This is the play you cannot miss. You will laugh, you will cry, you will remember, and you will restore your faith in humankind. Everyone living in the United States should have the opportunity to experience this amazing production.
- Laurie Lawson -