Come From Away to close on Broadway in October
Essentially the most profitable Canadian musical to ever run on Broadway is lastly closing.
The favored and award-winning Come From Away will finish its run on the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Oct. 2, the producers introduced Wednesday night.
The manufacturing, primarily based on real-life tales of individuals in and round Gander, N.L., who supplied meals, shelter and luxury to hundreds of stranded passengers after the 9/11 terrorist assaults, first opened on the Nice White Means in March 2017, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former prime minister Jean Chrétien later attending performances there.
“With a full coronary heart, with due to our exceptional firm, onstage and off, we are going to play our remaining efficiency on Broadway October 2,” the Broadway present’s producer, Junkyard Canine Productions, stated in an announcement. “We hope you’ll be able to be part of us this summer time as we have fun our remaining months on Broadway. Be part of us at The Rock!”
Written by Canadian husband-and-wife David Hein and Irene Sankoff, Come From Away was first workshopped in Oakville, Ont., by Sheridan Faculty’s theatre program. It then ran at choose North American places together with Toronto earlier than hitting Broadway.
The introduced time limit will signify 1,670 reveals on Broadway. The manufacturing there was nominated for seven Tony Awards in 2017 — profitable for greatest path of a musical for Christopher Ashley — whereas it additionally took residence three Drama Desk awards, together with for greatest musical.
Final 12 months, Apple TV+ debuted a filmed model of the manufacturing to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist assaults on the World Commerce Middle. That present occurred in Could 2021, directed by Ashley and together with unique Broadway solid members Petrina Bromley, Joel Hatch and Jenn Colella.
The efficiency continues to be accessible on Apple TV.
For the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, there was additionally a free efficiency of Come From Away on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Productions all over the world
Come From Away has been staged in theatres all over the world since its origins, together with in Europe, Australia and China. The British manufacturing gained 4 Olivier stage awards in 2019.
The present additionally got here residence to Newfoundland in 2019.
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Come From Away ran for a number of years in Toronto’s essential theatre district on the Royal Alexandra Theatre till Canadian producer Mirvish Productions introduced final December it was “bluntly obvious that it might be inconceivable to proceed” given the unpredictability of the coronavirus and its impact on theatre attendance.
The Toronto manufacturing had simply reopened after a 21-month pandemic hiatus days earlier, however capability limits made a return economically unfeasible.
It is a reflection of the nonetheless ongoing struggles for the theatre trade. Simply days in the past the American musical Pricey Evan Hansen — which beat Come From Away to win the Tony Award in 2017 — introduced it should shut on Broadway in September.
As for Come From Away, tickets will probably be accessible this month for a manufacturing to roll out on the Nationwide Arts Centre in Ottawa in December, with plans following that for a return to Toronto in 2024, in line with promoter Broadway Throughout Canada.
There had been plans for a movie adaptation of Come From Away, written by Hein and Sankoff, though it is not clear if the challenge will in a position to get off the bottom.
