Lisa Horner

COME FROM AWAY in Toronto to Offer New Friday Matinees Beginning in January

The multi-award-winning global sensation Come From Away has returned home to the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre. Beginning January 10, 2025 – weekends will start on Friday afternoons! Learn more about the new matinees and see how to purchase tickets.

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Royal Alexandra Theatre

You must be living under a rock if you haven't heard of or seen Come From Away, the critically acclaimed musical with book, music, and lyrics written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein that has captured the hearts of audiences all over the world. Based on a true story with characters written after real people, Come From Away tells the tale of 7000 people stranded in Gander, Newfoundland after the September 11 tragedy and the small town that opened their hearts and homes and welcomed them in. 

COME FROM AWAY Extended in Canada To March 2025

Performances of Come From Away at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre have been extended. Come From Away takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Video: 2024 Canadian Production of COME FROM AWAY

The Canadian production of Come From Away will make its triumphant return home to the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre this fall. Get a first look at footage from the production!

Photos: COME FROM AWAY At National Arts Centre English Theatre

Now playing a sell-out engagement at the National Arts Centre English Theatre in Ottawa, the Canadian production of the multi-award-winning global sensation Come From Away will make its return home to the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre next month. See photos from the production!

Review: COME FROM AWAY at the National Arts Centre

What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at National Arts Centre?

COME FROM AWAY Co-Writer Irene Sankoff Will Play Bonnie in Ottawa Production

BroadwayWorld has learned that Irene Sankoff, co-writer of Come From Away with her husband David Hein, will star in a replica production of the musical in Ottawa this summer when the Canadian production reopens there ahead of its return to Toronto. 

Cast Set For New Canadian Production of COME FROM AWAY

The cast has been announced for the new Canadian production of the multi-award-winning global sensation Come From Away.

Photos: Go Inside The COME FROM AWAY Gander Concerts

Go inside Come From Away: The Concert Steele Community Centre in Gander and September 19-21 at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, which brought home the musical about the small Canadian town that temporarily doubled in population in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and tells the real-life stories of the people from there, and those who came from away. 

Petrina Bromley, Clint Butler, Kate Etienne & More to Star in COME FROM AWAY: THE CONCERT

A dynamic group of performers from several ‘Come From Away’ companies around the world will assemble for this special presentation. The concerts will welcome home Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, Petrina Bromley (from the original Broadway cast) and Clint Butler and Kate Etienne (from the Toronto cast).

Drayton Entertainment Announces New Digital Series BACKSTAGE PASS

New year, new digital series! Patrons can provide vital support to the theatre industry and enjoy top-notch entertainment from the comfort of their homes with Drayton Entertainment's brand-new digital streaming series, Backstage Pass.

VIDEO: Go Inside Rehearsals For COME FROM AWAY Creators Benefit Concert Of First Musical In Toronto

In July 2009, in the backroom of a narrow shop, two young, first-time playwrights performed their first musical at the Toronto Fringe. The show had a quirky title that immediately got it attention. When the first audiences saw it, they knew they were witnessing something unique from writers who had a very promising future. The show became a Fringe sensation. Four months later, David Mirvish, the largest Canadian commercial theatre producer, presented a longer vision of the show at the 700-seat Panasonic Theatre (now the CAA Theatre), where it was extended five times. Go inside rehearsals for the one night benefit in the video below!

Wake Up With BWW 1/9: THE NANNY is Headed to the Stage, and More!

Today's top stories: The Nanny will be developed as a musical, and more!

VIDEO: Irene Sankoff and David Hein Talk MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING Reunion Concert in Toronto

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Irene Sankoff and David Hein, the team behind Come From Away, will hold a reunion concert for their first musical, MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, in Toronto.

COME FROM AWAY Creators To Lead Benefit Concert Of First Musical In Toronto

In July 2009, in the backroom of a narrow shop, two young, first-time playwrights performed their first musical at the Toronto Fringe. The show had a quirky title that immediately got it attention. When the first audiences saw it, they knew they were witnessing something unique from writers who had a very promising future. The show became a Fringe sensation. Four months later, David Mirvish, the largest Canadian commercial theatre producer, presented a longer vision of the show at the 700-seat Panasonic Theatre (now the CAA Theatre), where it was extended five times.

BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY Is As Heartfelt And Timely As Ever Before

Following a transfer to the Elgin Theatre that lasted most of 2019, COME FROM AWAY has returned to its original Toronto home, the Royal Alexandra Theatre, in full form. Under director Christopher Ashley, writers and composers' Irene Sankoff and David Hein story of what happened in the town of Gander, Newfoundland, in the days following 9/11 maintains all the charm that it held before moving.

VIDEO: COME FROM AWAY in Toronto Celebrates 500 Performances

Come From Away celebrated its 500th performance in Toronto with a giant cake, and producer Randy Adams on hand to say a few words. Check out the video below!

COME FROM AWAY Releases New Block of Tickets for 12 More Weeks of Performances

The Canadian production of COME FROM AWAY, a "Best Musical" Award winner across North America, and now on stage at its new home, the Elgin Theatre, continues to play to sold out houses and thrill Toronto audiences, demanding yet another extension. Twelve more weeks of performances - 99,000 tickets, will be added from July 2 through September 29, 2019 at the Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge Street.

Exclusive: The Canadian Company Of COME FROM AWAY Welcomes Islanders to the Rock in Return Concert Engagement

For the Toronto company of Come From Away, their return to Newfoundland this week is a homecoming of sorts - bringing back to the island the musical that tells the stories of those who were stranded there, and the Canadians who took them in, following the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001. For the first time since the original TorontoBroadway company performed the musical in concert for the town of Gander - the musical has returned to 'the rock,' this time for a week of performances in St. John's, Newfoundland at the Holy Heart Theatre.

Final Chance to Vote for the BWW Toronto Awards!

It's the last week to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.