In your first comment, by Jonathan Mandell. Fourth out of town tryout. She's exactly right. You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. Original Cast Member Joel Hatch, who plays Mayor Claude Elliott. In reply to You, hypothetical New by Ronmags. So Canada shouldn't tell this story because it's . And then they can go back to their regularly regimented lives, do nothing about it, yet feel that in some way they have. We are here because of you! The irony for me is that it wasnt the Trump Effect that most affected my view of Come From Away. Come From Away chronicles the real-life experiences of the people of Gander, Newfoundland, and the almost 7000 airline passengers who were forced to land there when US air space was closed on September 11, 2001. Now, this is not a precise analogy. "[74] Michael Dale of Broadway World called the show an "inspiring, funny and kick-ass beautiful new musical" and went on to say that "as long as 'Come From Away' is playing on Broadway, I will recommend it to everyone. My interpretation, based on the authors' own words, is at least as valid as yours. It is based on the events in the Newfoundland town of Gander during the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes, carrying approximately 7,000 passengers, were ordered to land unexpectedly at Gander International Airport. In October 2018 it became the longest-running Canadian musical in Broadway history, surpassing The Drowsy Chaperone's previous record of 674 performances,[4] and has since joined the list of Broadway shows with 1,000 or more performances. We don't care where you came from! I think Come From Away is special for several reasons: it tells a story in a context that audiences don't expect, in a way that they don't expect. [5], A second Canadian production opened in a sold-out, four-week run in Winnipeg at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in January 2018. Yes, fair point on Hamilton; perhaps on Great Comet, too. Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, there's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Premium seats are the best seats in the house, and may still be available when general tickets are not. (A gushily sentimental piece of theatrical yard goods that makes every mistake a musical can make.Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal.) This title is currently restricted. What he's really concerned about is that when he is told to just take people's garden furniture, he's going to be shot, or otherwise dealt with harshly. One trailblazing pilot, Beverley Bass, comments on how her once optimistic view of the world has suddenly changed ("Me and the Sky"). . Im not worried about getting shot. But don't. Buy Premium tickets HERE. I believe we are. Music Theatre International (Australasia). Two women, Beulah (from Gander) and Hannah (from New York), bond over the fact that both of their sons are firefighters, but Hannah's son is missing ("I Am Here"). 2. In reply to 1. Besides, he said, it is superbly put together. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. But I don't think it's a valid point of view to say that this story (which really happened) shouldn't be told. You, hypothetical New Yorkers and Jesse Green are of course entitled to your views on the character and the show, as I am entitled to mine (I disagree that my interpretation is at odds with the authors' intentions, but you are perfectly entitled to think so). Please, please, come closer - Too close, a little too close. Enough with the politics Just do the damn decent thing! But your response makes me curious as to whether when you call Come From Away "the single most interesting piece of musical theatre on Broadway," you're praising that particular show to the rafters, or, instead, obliquely knocking the state of musical theater on Broadway. You name none. As Green puts it: "even openhearted locals may rankle at the glibness" of some of it. But, that's my opinion. Joining the producing team are Jennifer Todd, Bill Condon and one of the stage production's producers, Junkyard Dog Productions. It's a snapshot, entirely of a time and a place. Find out when the show is closing, how to get tickets & more. And the Plane People the US and their many diverse politics. One of these New Yorkers seems primarily concerned that the rubes of Gander will steal his wallet. [28] The entire run of the Toronto production sold out during its second week of performances. . I write: "I enjoyed the foot-stomping Celtic-flavored music. You do you, I suppose. Premium seats are the best seats in the house, and may still be available when general tickets are not. Photos: CHICAGO's Jinkx Monsoon Meets the Press! Think yourselves lucky that I'm giving you an audience tomorrow, instead of twenty years from now! www.vincentpelligrino.com In reply to After this last comment of by Jonathan Mandell. If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why oh why can't I? Something of the same phenomenon occurred with Having Our Say, a 1995 play by Emily Mann based on an oral history of two sistersBessie Delaney, who at the time of the play was age 104, and Sarah Delaney, who was 106. I mean, are they charging for these free showers? In your first comment, you said "What he's really concerned about is" -- but I used evidence to demonstrate that's not the intention of the authors. Come on. Open our interactive chat window to ask questions about ticketing, learn more about the show and our true story, and more! I think self-important is a ridiculous evaluation and cynical, dismissive of the artists, but whatever. All these critical assessments strike me as especially irrelevant. BOOK TICKETS. "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley. Diverse Cast, Ensemble Cast, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, Production Manager at Labyrinth Theater Company. Like the lady from the Legion who said she just carried a tray of sandwiches over to the legion. ", In reply to Funny, I resented this work by Jos Carrasquillo. "[61], Jay Irwin with Broadway World called the production "emotionally transcendent" and "the best musical I've seen all year and possibly ever. Once more, father, nothing can be more First, my comment about Canadian superiority was a direct response to SDrick's snarky put-down of my honest reaction to the show. The music of Come From Away blends both traditional musical theatre styles (Me and the Sky, Stop the World) as well as traditional Newfoundland orchestrations (Heave Away, Screech In). Comedic. I think I understand why people are drawn to this show. ", In reply to I suppose if I squint very by blufftonee. Very necessary in this case. Back where I come from there are men who do nothing all day but good deeds. If we literally all just ignored it, just switched it off, Trump and all his ilk would disappear like a shadow before you even knew it. So I was wondering if there are plans to bring it to Brisbane. After 1,670 performances and 25 previews on Broadway,the Tony & Olivier Award-winning smash hit musical COME FROMAWAY will play its final Broadway performance this fall. "I certainly don't say that it shouldn't have been made at all -- and, since I apparently created the hypothetical New Yorkers of which you speak, I can say with authority that they don't say that either.Yes, he, I and they have some problems with the show. 2. A friend Ive known since high school, also a native New Yorker, argued that I should look at the show differentlythat it would be too soon to set a 9/11 musical in Manhattan, that the very distance is what allows us to consider the tragedy at all. But feel free to label it any way you wish. 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA also provided development support. It doesn't mean we can't appreciate this one. But to come out point-blank with a proposal of marriage--to make no love but with a marriage-contract, and begin a novel at the wrong end! I certainly don't feel any "need" to believe that humans are decent. [8], The show was conceived by Michael Rubinoff, a Toronto lawyer, theatre producer, and Associate Dean of Visual and Performing Arts at Sheridan College in Oakville. Come from Away is based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world. I have now convinced several people to see it but we are all located in Brisbane and the production is currently in Melbourne only. One such Gander resident, Beulah Cooper, head of the Gander Legion, was quoted recently as saying she didn't understand what the fuss was all about; anybody would have done what they did. Come from Away is a Canadian musical, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. This is, of course, in sharp contrast to President Donald Trump. The endless arguing about anything just to to keep a foot hold anywhere. After the curtain call, Joel Hatch spoke to the audience, thanking them for attending the show, as well as thanking the crew, house staff, swings, and understudies, all who have been crucial parts of the show, especially during this unprecedented era of performing theatre during a pandemic. I praise it not because it is the greatest musical ever written, but because it does something different on Broadway. Oversimplified yes, but that's what everyone decent who's going to the show is screaming for, right along with the show! Perusal and license applications are not available until release. The more outrageous Trump tweets, the more outrageous everyone reacts. Or worse, ignored completely. There were many New Yorkers who behaved decently during 9/11, even though their lives were endangered. About an apolitical play. I suppose if I squint very hard I could see how wondering why a reviewer talked more about politics than the play itself could be construed as a "personal attack". It by Jonathan Mandell, "When I saw Come From Away, I was grateful that the musical didnt wind up being triggering, as I wrote in my review of it for DC Theatre Scene. In reply to 1. [36] From June 21, 2022, until August 7, 2022, original cast member Jenn Colella briefly returned as Beverley/Annette & others. A play that goes to great lengths to avoid the politics of 911, for God's sake? Finally, in Scene 29, he says:"Im not worried about my wallet. When I die, she said, Im going to tell them to put on my tombstone, I brought a tray of sandwiches to theLegion.. He's invited to the mayor's house."His wife shows me where my bedroom is and where the shower is and through it all, I keep thinking where am I going to leave my wallet? They are showing Bob as a neurotic New Yorker who's afraid of many things, such as being murdered in the shower by a Norman Bates type, that are comic not realistic fears. But Dear Evan Hansen? You might ask. Our reaction to any show is no doubt influenced by what we bring into the theatre with us, but once in a while a show owes its collective appeal to the world and the times more than any lyrics or lines. It has nothing to do with the inherent nature of the Ganderites and more to do with their isolation. Direction is by Christopher Ashley, choreography by Kelly Devine, scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Gareth Owen, and music direction by Ian Eisendrath. The staff of HowlRound Theatre Commons at Emerson College wish to respectfully acknowledge that our offices are situated on land stolen from its original holders, the Massachuset and Wampanoag people. Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travelers with music, an open bar and the recognition that were all part of a global family. Character: Ernestine. I. Listen to Curtain Call Theatre's Podcast featuring an interview with Broadway's Come From Away creators Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Come From Away IS over simplifying, but to great effect! Production Manager at Labyrinth Theater Company It makes its Sacramento premiere this week in a special engagement that had been postponed since 2020. It peaked at number 92 on the Top Current Albums chart and number two on the Cast Albums chart. . Produced and financed by Entertainment One and RadicalMedia, a May 2021 staging at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater with Ashley directing and Gordon as producer was used. This is a political essay, then. Thank you for your article. Come From Away allows theatregoers to register their dissent against whats happening in Washington, at least in their own minds. But, to further explain, America does a fantastic job of impeding it citizens'complexity on just about all cultural and educational levels (except for some parts of those those pesky left and right blue coasts). I of course don't agree with your assessment, for reasons I just explained. [95], In February 2021, it was announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the film industry and the performing arts, the film adaptation was cancelled in favor of producing a live recording of the stage production with the members of the Broadway cast reprising their roles, to be released in September 2021 on the 20th anniversary of the attacks. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada traveled to New York City to attend Come From Away, it was already clear that the outpouring of affection for the show wasnt just because of what was happening on the Broadway stage. Funny, I resented this work not because it came from away, but because of its shallow, vintage Disney-like portrayal of people during tragic circumstances complete with homophobic jokes and broad strokes assumptions about race and cultures. Behind the moon, beyond the rain. It is my dream to be in this show. Come From Away. The show relates some of the ways in which the townspeople took to their hosting duties with exceptional hospitality and ingenuity. 4. As I write in the penultimate paragraph above, the creative team "captured something palpably extraordinary about these people who insist they are ordinary. . Current venue: Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto. However, we have dozens of other monologues that you can read. [49][50][51][52][53] Although the initial Melbourne Fall Season was cut short due to SARS-CoV-2, a short encore in Melbourne in February 2021 occurred before briefly stopping at Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane before transferring to Capitol Theatre in Sydney. Did she hurt you? [2], After being workshopped in 2012 and first produced at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, in 2013, it went on to have record-breaking runs at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California, and the Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2015, at the Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., and the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto in 2016. It is beautiful and clever, peculiar to its medium, while remaining emotionally resonant. Canadians are of course free to create whatever they want. You clearly have a different view of Come From Away than I do. No one is saying that Ganderites are inherently better people (especially the townspeople themselves). Apollo 13 (1995) "You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home." Apollo 13 is most famous for the line, "Houston, we have a problem," which has been replicated and spoofed countless times since, in no small part thanks to the fear and intensity that Tom Hanks displays in his delivery. Character: Sister James . NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 and HELLO, DOLLY! Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News called the show "big-hearted and crowd-pleasing" and "a singing reminder that when things are at their worst, people can be at their best. I don't believe, as you do, that the show is "apolitical" or "innocuous. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! [37] The production began performances at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto on February 13, 2018,[38] and recouped its full capitalization in 14 weeks. 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Yes, many people like what you call this feel-good musical, but "the single most interesting piece of musical theatre on Broadway"? Dramatic monologues are a literary device that have been used since ancient Greek theatretoday, they are a common tool in modern plays and films. But I loved the show. It is what it is - and what it is, is a feel-good piece, much like most feel-good pieces, with broadly drawn characters (that are based on real people - see some of the interviews), and a message of tolerance. If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why cant I? Someone is gonna steal my wallet. 'Come From Away' allows theatergoers to register their dissent against whats happening in Washington, at least in their own mindsbut I couldnt help harboring some resentment towards the show and its admirers. I personally didn't feel that way. Come From Away Come From Away Musical New Work Writers: Irene Sankoff David Hein Ian Eisendrath Monologues Sorry! 1. Well, don't look for it in contemporary musical theatre - 1984, The Handmaid's Tale, etc might be a better fit for you. College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and was further developed at Goodspeed I found Come From Away especially moving and unique with stellar performances by relatively unknown performers in a cohesive ensemble. This title is currently unavailable for licensing. And the message it still right, and true. Broadway's Tony & Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away resumed performances last night at Broadway's Schoenfeld Theatre. Is there any way to open up those discussions among the people who make those decisions to get the rights released sooner to help us all? Open our interactive chat window to ask questions about ticketing, learn more about the show and our true story, and more! I enjoyed the foot-stomping Celtic-flavored music, and the energetic ensemble work of its talented twelve-member cast, who switched back and forth between portraying the townspeople and theplane people, as they were called. [23] The play had extended runs in each location. My understanding is that the editors deleted your previous comment, because it attacked me personally, a violation of their comments policy. That doesn't mean there's not truth behind it. 9/11 is the back drop for the crisis that is separating people and pulling apart communities. But they have one thing you haven't got: a diploma. [7], At the 71st Tony Awards in 2017, the musical was nominated for seven awards, including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Jenn Colella, winning for Best Direction of a Musical for Christopher Ashley. 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