 TULSA, OKLAHOMA – APRIL 7, 2019 – TONY AWARD WINNERS JAY KROTTINGER AND RYAN JUDE TANNER OF SQUARE 1 THEATRICS, PRODUCERS OF THE NEW REVIVAL OKLAHOMA!, COME FROM AWAY AND WAITRESS CURRENTLY PLAYING ON BROADWAY, LONDON AND THROUGHOUT THE U.S., ARE PART OF THE PRODUCING TEAM THAT RECENTLY TOOK COME FROM AWAY TO THE PHOENIX THEATRE IN LONDON’S WEST END.
COME FROM AWAY OPENED IN LONDON ON FEBRUARY 18, 2019, AND RECEIVED OLIVIER AWARDS FOR BEST NEW MUSICAL, OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC, BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER / KELLY DIVINE, AND BEST SOUND DESIGN / GARETH OWEN, WITH NOMINATIONS FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / RACHEL TUCKER, BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / CLIVE CARTER AND ROBERT HANDS. COME FROM AWAY IS A BREATHTAKING NEW MUSICAL THAT HAS PLAYED RECORD-BREAKING ENGAGEMENTS ALL ACROSS THE U.S. AND SOON TO OPEN THIS SUMMER IN AUSTRALIA. BASED ON THE EVENTS FOLLOWING 9/11, THIS STORY IS CENTERED AROUND THE 38 PLANES WITH 6,579 PASSENGERS THAT WERE STRANDED IN A REMOTE TOWN IN NEWFOUNDLAND WHERE LOCALS OPENED THEIR HEARTS AND HOMES. THIS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF STRANGERS SPURRED UNEXPECTED CAMARADERIE UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. |
