Winnipeg has announced that the national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will return to Winnipeg at Centennial Concert Hall for a limited engagement October 25-30. 2022.
COME FROM AWAY tickets go on sale Monday, June 20 at centennialconcerthall.com, by phone at 204.949.3999 or in person at the Centennial Concert Hall box office at 555 Main Street. Group orders of 10 or more can be placed by emailing Canada.Groups@BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca or calling 1.800.889.8457.
American Express cardholders can get pre-sale ticket access ahead of the line June 14-15, 2022.
The touring production of COME FROM AWAY currently stars Marika Aubrey (Lincoln Center South Pacific), Kevin Carolan (Disney’s Newsies), Harter Clingman (Peter and The Starcatcher), Nick Duckart (In the Heights), Chamblee Ferguson, Christine Toy Johnson (The Music Man), Julie Johnson (Memphis), James Earl Jones II (The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess), Julia Knitel (Beautiful), Kristen Peace, Danielle K. Thomas, Jeremy Woodard, Jenny Ashman, Jane Bunting, Amelia Cormack, Aaron Michael Ray, Kilty Reidy and Brandon Springman.
COME FROM AWAY features book, music and lyrics by Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Olivier and two-time Grammy and Tony Award nominees Irene Sankoff and David Hein under the direction of the winner Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Christopher Ashley, musical direction by Olivier Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Kelly Devine, and musical supervision by Olivier Award winner and nominee Ian Eisendrath Grammy Awards.
COME FROM AWAY features scenic design by Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Tony Award nominee Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by two-time Tony Award winner Howell Binkley, design sound by Olivier & Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony Award nominee Gareth Owen, orchestrations by Olivier Award winner and Grammy & Tony Award nominee August Eriksmoen, and musical arrangements by Olivier Award winner Ian Eisendrath Award and Grammy nominee, and Telsey + Company cast.
COME FROM AWAY tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small Newfoundland town that took them in. Cultures clashed and nerves mounted, but unease turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude turned into lasting friendships.
On September 11, 2001, the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all.
Winner of “Best Musical” in all of North America, the hit musical won the Tony Award for “Best Direction of a Musical” (Christopher Ashley), 4 Olivier Awards (London) including ” Best New Musical”, 5 Outer Critics Circle Awards (NYC) including “Outstanding New Broadway Musical”, 3 Drama Desk Awards (NYC) including “Outstanding Musical”, 4 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards (North American Tour) including “Best Production “, 4 Helen Hayes Awards (DC) including “Outstanding Production of a Musical”, 4 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards (Seattle) including “Excellence in Production of a Musical”, 6 San Diego Critics Circle Awards including “Outstanding New Musical”, 3 Toronto Theater Critics Awards including “Best New Musical,” 3 Dora Awards (Toronto) including “Outstanding New Musical/Opera” and “Outstanding Production,” and the 2017 Jon Kaplan Public Choice Award (Toronto).
The original Grammy-nominated Broadway cast recording of COME FROM AWAY is available digitally and in stores worldwide. Grammy Award winner David Lai and Grammy nominees Ian Eisendrath, August Eriksmoen, Irene Sankoff and David Hein served as album producers.
Apple Original Films’ filmed version of the Tony & Olivier Award-winning hit musical COME FROM AWAY, produced by eOne, Hasbro’s entertainment studio, had its world premiere on Apple TV+ on Friday the 10th. september. COME FROM AWAY, which marks the first Broadway show to air on Apple TV+, is directed by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley, who helmed the original Broadway production, and features an ensemble cast led by members of the Broadway show. The live performance of COME FROM AWAY was filmed in New York City at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in May 2021, where the Broadway production is staged, for an audience that included 9/11 survivors and frontline workers; and employed over 200 people, including members of the Broadway crew, staff, and creative teams.
COME FROM AWAY is produced by Junkyard Dog Productions (Randy Adams, Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff and Sue Frost), Jerry Frankel, Latitude Link, Smith & Brant Theatricals, Steve & Paula Reynolds, David Mirvish, Michael Rubinoff, Alhadeff Productions, Michael Alden & Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Sam Levy, Rodney Rigby, Spencer Ross, Richard Winkler, Yonge Street Theatricals, Sheridan College, Michael and Ellise Coit, Ronald Frankel, Sheri and Les Biller, Richard and Sherry Belkin, Marlene and Gary Cohen, Allan Detsky and Rena Mendelson, Lauren Doll, Barbara H. Freitag, Wendy Gillespie, Laura Little Theatricals, Carl and Jennifer Pasbjerg, Radio Mouse Entertainment, The Shubert Organization, Cynthia Stroum, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Gwen Arment/Molly Morris and Terry McNicholas, Maureen and Joel Benoliel /Marjorie & Ron Danz, Pamela Cooper/Corey Brunish, Demos Bizar/Square 1 Theatrics, Joshua Goodman/Lauren Stevens, Adam Blanshay Productions/Judith Ann Abrams Productions, Bill & Linda Potter/Rosemary & Ken neth Wil lman, and La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre.
COME FROM AWAY was originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC and Mirvish Productions at the Royal Alexandra Theater in Toronto, CA. COME FROM AWAY (NAMT Festival 2013) was originally developed at the Canadian Music Theater Project, Michael Rubinoff Producer, Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and was developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam, CT. The Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and the Fifth Avenue Theater in Seattle WA also provided development support.
Please visit: www.ComeFromAway.com
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