 TULSA, OKLAHOMA – SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 – JAY KROTTINGER AND RYAN JUDE TANNER OF SQUARE 1 THEATRICS, CO-PRODUCERS OF WAITRESS CURRENTLY ON BROADWAY, AND THE TONY AWARD® WINNING REVIVAL OF PIPPIN, ARE PART OF THE PRODUCING TEAM THAT WILL BRING COME FROM AWAY TO THE GERALD SCHOENFELD THEATRE ON BROADWAY.
COME FROM AWAY IS A BREATHTAKING NEW MUSICAL THAT HAS PLAYED RECORD-BREAKING ENGAGEMENTS IN LA JOLLA AND SEATTLE, CURRENTLY PLAYING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND WILL OPEN IN TORONTO IN NOVEMBER. THIS STUNNING PRODUCTION FROM TONY-NOMINATED DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (MEMPHIS) HAS BEEN CALLED “AN AFFECTING AND STIRRING NEW MUSICAL” BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES. BASED ON THE EVENTS FOLLOWING 9/11, THIS STORY IS CENTERED AROUND THE 38 PLANES WITH 6,579 PASSENGERS THAT WERE STRANDED IN A REMOTE TOWN IN NEWFOUNDLAND WHERE LOCALS OPENED THEIR HEARTS AND HOMES. THIS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF STRANGERS SPURRED UNEXPECTED CAMARADERIE UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. |
