Come From Away bravely confronts themes of grief and xenophobia while sustaining a hopeful, and at times even humorous, undertone.
With only a few wooden chairs and a company barely larger than 10 members, Come From Away tackles the heartrending, impossibly large and utterly true story of the aftermath of Sept. 11. The Tony Award-winning musical centers the often-forgotten town of Gander, Newfoundland, which — in the midst of the post-9/11 U.S. airspace closure — opened its one airport to more than 7,000 stranded passengers, doubling the town's population in a single morning...