Rachel Tucker joins cast of Broadway’s COME FROM AWAY

Casting has been announced for the Tony and Olivier award-winning Come From Away, ahead of its reopening at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 21 September.

The cast includes De’Lon Grant; Joel Hatch; Caesar Samayoa; James Seol; Q. Smith; Pearl Sun; Olivier Award nominee Rachel Tucker; Astrid Van Wieren; Emily Walton; Jim Walton; Sharon Wheatley; Paul Whitty; Josh Breckenridge; John Jellison; Tony LePage; Monette McKay; Happy McPartlin and Julie Reiber.  Petrina Bromley will also return as Bonnie & others from 8 October.

Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.

On 11 September 2001, the world stopped. On 12 September their stories moved us all.

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, and music supervision by Olivier Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Ian Eisendrath.

The production features 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.

Tickets for Come From Away are on now sale here and is currently booking until 26 June 2022.