After a record-breaking run at The Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, the Sheridan-incubated musical Come From Away officially opened on Broadway on March 12 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. It’s garnering positive reviews and buzz from critics and theatre goers alike. In fact, the New York Times named it a Critics’ Pick!
The Washington Post called it an “an antidote for what ails the American soul” and wrote “the Tony race for best musical of the year just got interesting.” The New York Post called the musical “Justin Trudeau’s ‘Hamilton’”, The Stage in the UK gave it a five-star review and lauded it as “a musical that tells an unusual, unfamiliar 9/11 story with tact and tremendous feeling.” A Broadway World critic noted: “As long as Come From Away is playing on Broadway, I will recommend it to everyone. Everyone.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took in the show with his wife and hundreds of other government officials on March 15, including “first daughter” Ivanka Trump, Phyllis Yaffe, the Consul General of Canada in New York, over 100 UN Ambassadors, and scores of Canadian Ministers, MPs and MPPs. After the show, Associate Dean Michael Rubinoff, who serves as both a producer and creative consultant on the current iteration of the musical, had the opportunity to speak with them about the musical’s origins and the Canadian Music Theatre Project.
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