Andréa Burns is a beloved Broadway star whose many credits include In the Heights, The Notebook, On Your Feet!, Dear World, The Light in the Piazza, Songs for a New World, West Side Story, and more. She is currently starring as Diane in Come from Away at Paper Mill Playhouse.
COME FROM AWAY Writers Receive 'Good Neighbor Award'
By: BWW News Desk
On Wednesday, September 21, Four Freedoms Park Conservancy honored Irene Sankoff & David Hein (COME FROM AWAY playwrights) and Dr. Alfredo Quinones Hinojosa (Johns Hopkins Hospital Neurosurgeon, Director of the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory and Author of the autobiography "Becoming Dr Q") with "Good Neighbor Awards" at the fourth annual Sunset GArden Party, an event celebrating the strong North American bonds forged between Mexico, Canada, and The United States.
Phyllis Yaffe (Consul General of Canada in New York) presented the "Good Neighbor Award" to Irene Sankoff & David Hein for their musical Come From Away which shares stories that celebrate FDR's Four Freedoms. His Excellency Jose Paulo Carreño King (Mexican Undersecretary to North America) presented Dr. Alfredo Quinones?Hinojosa the "Good Neighbor Award" for exemplifying through his career and personal life FDR's Four Freedoms.
Dignitaries who attended the annual sunset gArden Party ceremony at FDR Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island included Ambassador William vanden Heuvel (Founder of Four Freedoms Park Conservancy), His Excellency Carlos Manuel Sada Solana (Ambassador of Mexico to the United States), Ambassador Diego Gómez Pickering (Consul General of Mexico in New York), Heidi Kutz (Deputy Consul General of Canada in New York), Kathy Hochul (New York Lieutenant Governor), and David Paterson (Former Governor of New York).
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is the first memorial dedicated to the former President in his home state of New York. Located on the southern tip of Roosevelt Island in New York City, it is the last work of the late Louis I. Kahn, an iconic architect of the 20th century. The Park celebrates the Four Freedoms, as pronounced in President Roosevelt's famous January 6, 1941 State of the Union speech.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's eighth State of the Union address, now known as the Four Freedoms speech, came at a time of extreme American isolationism and was intended to rally the American people against the Axis threat and to shift favor in support of assisting British and Allied troops. Roosevelt announced his vision for "a world attainable in our own time and generation," and founded upon four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
The Four Freedom Park Conservancy's mission is to operate and maintain Four Freedoms Park, a public space dedicated to celebrating and honoring the life and legacy of President Franklin Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms through educational initiatives and public programming.
For more information, visit www.fdrfourfreedomspark.org.
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COME FROM AWAY — The Most Produced Play of the Year, part 2
This is the second part of this Encore Episode from 2021 featuring a conversation with Irene Sankoff & David Hein — the dynamic writing team and married couple that created the international smash hit musical Come From Away which recently topped American Theatre magazine's list of the most produced plays in America in 2025/26.
The Most Produced Play in America: Come From Away
My guests today are Irene Sankoff & David Hein – the dynamic writing team and married couple that created the giant international smash hit musical Come From Away. Five productions of Come From Away have recently reopened around the world: Broadway, Toronto, London, Sydney and on tour across America.
#96 - Caesar Samayoa - Takes Us Back to the Copa
Just in Time’s Caesar Samayao visited Behind the Awards to discuss his multiple roles in the show including the legendary Don Kurshnier. Caesar recounts his time creating his track in Come From Away, The Pee Wee Herman Show and How to Dance to Ohio.
Ep386 - Caesar Samayoa: Trust the Team, Tell the Story
Whether he’s helping shape a brand-new show or breathing life into real people onstage, Caesar Samayoa brings authenticity and heart to every role. In this conversation, Caesar shares what it's like building Just in Time from the ground up—balancing daily rehearsals with nightly performances, and trusting in the collaborative energy of a veteran cast.
#65 - Rodney Hicks - With Love and Gratitude
Original Rent cast member Rodney Hicks joins Behind the Awards to recount the creation of the cult phenomenon Rent and his friendship with Jonathon Larson. Fun Fact the OBC still has an active group text.
Ep 403- "Come From Away" Comes To Detroit! Kathleen Cameron Tells Us All About It!
Broadway’s COME FROM AWAY is a Best Musical winner all across North America! It rolls into Detroit's Fisher Theatre Feb 11-14th! We need this show more than ever! This New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them.
Episode 159: Dance In Musical Theatre — A History of the Body in Movement
My guests this week are Dustyn Martincich & Phoebe Rumsey who have edited and authored (along with a number of other contributors) a recent book titled Dance In Musical Theatre — A History of the Body in Movement.
178 - Guys & Dolls Revival at The Bridge...Cast Change Special with Jonathan Andrew Hume
Today, we have both a returning guest and a returning show…although not what you’d expect. Listeners of this podcast will remember Jonathan Andrew Hume from the original London Cast of the Olivier Award winning best musical “Come From Away” as one of the Kevins.
Broadway's Caesar Samayoa (How to Dance in Ohio): "Be Your Truest Self"
Broadway star Caesar Samayoa (Come From Away) joins The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul to discuss his heart-lifting new show How to Dance in Ohio, self care on Broadway and much more under the kindness sun.
COME FROM AWAY (Maui Reissue) with Hōkū Pavao & Geno Carr
A great musical will often grow and change as its audience does, and as the people of Maui continue the long road of processing the recent devastation left by deadly wildfires, we realized it was time to relook at the musical COME FROM AWAY.
#197 - Ricardo Castro - COME FROM AWAY West End
Ricardo Castro / @rico_castro was last seen in London on the West End in Come From Away and is now touring the US playing the role of Heathcliff in the in "Wuthering Heights"! https://builtforthestage.com/ - fill out the form and ask about our next fitness challenge!
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