Tickets are now available for the much-anticipated Come From Away, which will begin performances on February 18, 2017 at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Opening night for the new musical, which follows a group of travelers stranded on 9/11, is scheduled for March 12.
With a book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away will be directed by Christopher Ashley and choreographed by Kelly Devine. In a heartbeat, 38 planes and 6,579 passengers were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, doubling the population of one small town on the edge of the world. On September 11, 2001 the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all.
The cast will include Chad Kimball, Jenn Colella, Petrina Bromley, Geno Carr, Joel Hatch, Rodney Hicks, Kendra Kassebaum, Lee MacDougall, Caesar Samayoa, Q. Smith, Astrid Van Wieren, Sharon Wheatley, Josh Breckenridge, Susan Dunstan, Tamika Lawrence and Tony LePage.
After acclaimed engagements at La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre and Washington D.C.’s Ford’s Theatre, the new tuner will now head to Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre (November 15 through January 8). The Broadway company is also set to play Toronto.