COME FROM AWAY to play final Broadway performance on 2 October
Photo credit: Matthew Murphy
After 1,670 performances and 25 previews on Broadway, it has been announced that the Tony & Olivier Award-winning smash hit musical Come From Away will play its final Broadway performance on 2 October at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
Come From Away features a book, music and lyrics by Olivier, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award winners and Grammy and two-time Tony Award nominees Irene Sankoff & David Hein, with direction by Tony Award winner and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Christopher Ashley, musical staging by Olivier Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Kelly Devine, music supervision by Olivier Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Ian Eisendrath, set design by Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt, costumes by Tony Award nominee Toni-Leslie James, lighting by two-time Tony Award winner Howell Binkley, sound by Olivier & Outer Critics Circle Award winner and Tony Award nominee Gareth Owen, orchestrations by Olivier Award winner and Grammy & Tony Award nominee August Eriksmoen, and music arrangements by Olivier Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Ian Eisendrath.
The Broadway production currently features Petrina Bromley, De’Lon Grant, Becky Gulsvig, Caesar Samayoa, James Seol, Q. Smith, Astrid Van Wieren, Emily Walton, Jim Walton, Gene Weygandt, Sharon Wheatley, Paul Whitty, Josh Breckenridge, John Jellison, Tony LePage, Monette McKay, Happy McPartlin and Julie Reiber. Original Broadway cast member Jenn Colella will return as ‘Beverley/Annette & others’ for a strictly limited engagement from 21 June-7August. Sharone Sayegh (The Band’s Visit) will also join the Broadway company direct from the North American Tour on 21 June as ‘Bonnie & others.’Olivier Award nominee Rachel Tucker will return to the role of ‘Beverley/Annette & others’ on 9 August and original Broadway cast member Petrina Bromley will return to the role of ‘Bonnie & others’ on 27 September.
Irene Sankoff & David Hein said, “We are immeasurably grateful for the past five years, to Junkyard Dog Productions, Chris Ashley, Kelly Devine, Ian Eisendrath and our entire team, for the support of this incredible Broadway community and for our audiences who embraced and celebrated a story about kindness and being good to one another - a message which is needed now more than ever. Winning awards around the globe and becoming the most successful Canadian musical is a testament to this story and the incredible artistry of every member of our Come From Away family. But we’re even more proud of the good we’ve all been able to do with this show: packing meals for food banks on 9/11, paying it forward with random acts of kindness and raising millions of dollars for countless charities.
“The candle is still in the window and the kettle’s always on at Come From Away, with the continuation of our North American Tour and West End production, the return of our productions in Australia and Canada - and returning from a Netherlands production in Dutch to see an Argentinian production in Spanish, we are amazed how far the incomparable Newfoundland generosity continues to inspire around the globe. It continues to be an honor to tell this story and an incredible gift we'll never forget.”
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