Video Flashback: Newfoundland Meets Broadway on Opening Night of COME FROM AWAY!
By: A.A. Cristi Mar. 12, 2018
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COME FROM AWAY opened on Broadway one year ago today, officially sharing the tale of a remarkable little town in Newfoundland with inspired audiences eight times a week.
In a heartbeat, 38 planes and 6,579 passengers were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, doubling the population of one small town on the edge of the world. On September 11, 2001 the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all.
The opening night cast of Come From Away featured Petrina Bromley (Stratford's As You Like It); Geno Carr (The Old Globe's Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas); Jenn Colella(If/Then); Joel Hatch (Annie); Rodney Hicks (The Scottsboro Boys); Kendra Kassebaum (Wicked); Tony Award nominee Chad Kimball(Memphis); Lee MacDougall (Stratford's The Music Man); Caesar Samayoa(Sister Act); Q. Smith (Mary Poppins); Astrid Van Wieren (North American premiere of Mamma Mia!); Sharon Wheatley (Avenue Q); Josh Breckenridge (The Scottsboro Boys); Susan Dunstan (The Lion King US National Tour); Tamika Lawrence (If/Then) and Tony LePage (Rock of Ages).
BroadwayWorld took you inside all the opening night action last year. Re-live the official opening of one of Broadway's most uplifting shows with us below!
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