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The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

BWW Review: Silly and Sunny ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE

The Mark Gordon Company (MGC) today announced that it will produce and finance a feature film adaptation of the widely acclaimed Broadway musical Come From Away.

The Broadway-bound ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE just opened at Broadway In Chicago's Oriental Theatre for a limited three-week engagement through December 2, 2017. Let's see what the critics had to say below!

Due to overwhelming demand, 15 more weeks of performances 149,280 tickets, to be exact to the highly anticipated return engagement of COME FROM AWAY will go on sale 9AM Monday November 20, 2017. The multi-award-winning show set a record for theatre sales in Canada last month when it achieved $12M at the box office after only one week of public sales.

The Mark Gordon Company (MGC) today announced that it will produce and finance a feature film adaptation of the widely acclaimed Broadway musical Come From Away.

Center Theatre Group announced three new productions fresh from Broadway that will join the 2017 Tony-winning Best Musical in the 2018-2019 season at the Ahmanson Theatre. Moving musicals 'Come From Away' and the Lincoln Center Theater production of 'Falsettos' join hit comedy 'The Play That Goes Wrong' and the previously announced 'Dear Evan Hansen.'

William H. Macy and wife Felicity Huffman stopped by Broadway's Come From Away yesterday, where Macy snapped a selfie and Tweeted, 'It's magnificent. I cried.' Check out the photo below!

Over the weekend, the Broadway-bound Escape to Margaritaville welcomed an exiting guest to the tiki bar: Lin-Manuel Miranda. Check out photos of the superstar on stage with music legend Jimmy Buffett!

Last night, the Broadway-bound ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE welcomed an exiting guest to the tiki bar: Lin-Manuel Miranda. Check out the video of the superstar on stage with music legend Jimmy Buffett!

Mailboat Records and Escape to Margaritaville producers Frank Marshall, Mindy Rich, Anita Waxman, and Beth Williams announced today that the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical featuring the songs of iconic singer-songwriter-author Jimmy Buffett, will be released next spring.

Last night at Broadway's COME FROM AWAY, American Airlines reunited the six American Airlines, TWA and US Airways crews who were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland on 9/11 and experienced the true stories brought to life in the musical, including Captain Beverley Bass (the first female Captain at American, who is depicted in the show), pilots and crews of these flights and AA's CEO & Chairman Doug Parker as well as the AA Vice Presidents of Flight Service and Flight. Scroll down for photos!

Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical featuring the songs of iconic singer-songwriter-author Jimmy Buffett, opens tonight, October 27, in New Orleans on its first pre-Broadway tour stop before arriving on the Great White Way.

Calling all Parrotheads! This week the musical starting the music of Jimmy Buffett, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE, opens at the Saenger Theatre! If you need to escape reality for a couple of hours, sink your toes in the sand, and breathe in that fresh island air, this is the show for you. As New Orleanians, we have sort of laid claim on Jimmy Buffett, although he is originally from Pascagoula, Mississippi, because over the course of his entire career he has brought his music and lifestyle straight to our hometown.

Jimmy Buffet stopped by NBC's TODAY to talk about the exciting project, admitting, 'It's been a long process to actually make this happen. It's a lot bigger process than I ever thought.'

Watch below as Paul Alexander Nolan poses for the November issue of Vanity Fair- on newsstands today!

Junkyard Dog Productions announced today that the Tony Award-winning musical Come From Away recouped its $12 million capitalization in less than 8 months on Broadway.

Tickets to the return engagement of COME FROM AWAY have been on public sale for only a week and already the multi award-winning musical has achieved $12M at the box office. That's a new record for theatre sales in Canada.

ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE, the new musical featuring the songs of iconic singer-songwriter-author Jimmy Buffett, is coming to Broadway! But before it lands on the Great White Way, the show launches a pre-Broadway tour in New Orleans at the Saenger Theatre (October 20-28, 2017), and will play Houston's Hobby Center (October 31-November 5, 2017), and Chicago's Oriental Theatre (November 9-December 2, 2017), before sailing to Broadway at the Marquis Theatre with previews beginning February 16, 2018 and an opening night officially set for Thursday, March 15, 2018.

Beverley Bass- the first female American captain in history, so Broadway fans have learned from Come From Away. Earlier this week the show celebrated her legacy at the Schoenfeld Theatre with a very special group of audience members. Check out photos below!