Come From Away Bids Farewell to the Rock - Will Close May 4, 2025
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: John Karastamatis, Sue Toth, Erin Nantais Mirvish Productions
Final Extension – Four More Weeks
After a Record-Breaking Historic Run, the Canadian Company of the Global Musical Hit Will Close at the Royal Alexandra Theatre on May 4, 2025
Book, Music & Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Directed by Christopher Ashley
Musical Staging by Kelly Devine
David and Hannah Mirvish announced today a final extension to the all-Canadian production of Come From Away. The production will add four more weeks of performances to its current run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, closing on May 4, 2025. Tickets to the new performances are now available at mirvish.com and at 1-800-461-3333.
It’s been a brilliant run for Come From Away in Canada. First seen as a workshop presentation at Sheridan College, performed by students of the Musical Theatre Programme in the winter of 2013, the work was further developed and had its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in the summer of 2015. The show played its pre-Broadway engagement at Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre in the fall and winter of 2016/17, and was a sold-out success from the very first performance. It opened on Broadway in March 2017 to great acclaim, winning many awards, including a Tony.
It was obvious Canadian audiences hadn’t seen enough of Come From Away. A Canadian company was rehearsed and had its first performance in a pre-Toronto engagement at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre on January 4, 2018. The production transferred to Toronto and began performances on February 13, 2018, at the Royal Alex. Selling out for more than two years, the production was suddenly shuttered by the Covid pandemic on March 13, 2020.
But the production was not done. It returned when lockdown restrictions were lifted in December 2021. Alas, it was not to be. Only eight days after it had opened, the show was shut down again by the newest Covid strain.
In July 2024, most of the original company was reassembled and began rehearsals for the show’s long-awaited return. Appropriately, performances began at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre English Theatre on August 14, where it enjoyed yet another sold-out engagement. It returned to its home at the Royal Alex on September 22, where it has been playing ever since.
David Mirvish said: “Come From Away is a miraculous creation tackling a seemingly un-musical subject to become the most successful Canadian musical of all time. From humble beginnings, it went on to conquer Broadway, London’s West End, Europe, Australia, South America and Asia, with many more productions still to come.
“Telling a true story and based on firsthand interviews and research by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away explores and champions community, empathy, kindness and resilience.”
Hannah Mirvish added: “These same qualities have also defined our Canadian production, which has delighted and inspired over a million Toronto theatregoers since 2018.
“These theatregoers take great pride in how their fellow Canadians in Gander welcomed 7,000 strangers into their small community, and pride in the work of the brilliant Canadian artists who created Come From Away.
“Just like them, we couldn’t be prouder to have produced and presented Come From Away for all these years. The show will remain a highlight of more than six decades that the Mirvish family has been presenting theatre in Canada, London and New York.
“We’d like to thank David and Irene for their outstanding creation; director Christopher Ashley and his creative team for their creativity and dedication; the show’s original Broadway producers, Junkyard Dogs – Randy Adams, Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff, and Sue Frost – for their sterling commitment and support; all the artists, both on and off stage, for their talent and spirit.”
About The All-Canadian Cast
Come From Away stars: Kyle Brown as Bob & others, Saccha Dennis as Hannah & others, Steffi Didomenicantonio as Janice & others, Barbara Fulton as Diane & others, Lisa Horner as Beulah & others, James Kall as Nick/Doug & others, Jeff Madden as Kevin T. /Garth & others, Ali Momen as Kevin J. /Ali & others, Cory O’Brien as Oz & others, Kristen Peace as Bonnie & others, David Silvestri as Claude & others and Cailin Stadnyk as Beverley/Annette & others. The cast also includes Clint Butler, Kate Etienne, Barbara Johnston, Jawon Mapp, Sarah Nairne and Aaron Walpole as Standbys.
About Come From Away
This New York Times Critic's Pick takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.
This breathtaking musical is written by Tony®-nominated Canadians Irene Sankoff and David Hein and features Tony®-winning direction by Christopher Ashley. Newsweek cheers, “It takes you to a place you never want to leave!”
On 9/11, the world stopped.
On 9/12, their stories moved us all.
Come From Away features a book, music and lyrics by Olivier, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award winners and Grammy and two-time Tony Award nominees Irene Sankoff & David Hein, direction by Tony Award winner and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Christopher Ashley, musical staging by Olivier Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Kelly Devine, and music supervision by Olivier Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Ian Eisendrath.
Come From Away features scenic design by Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Tony Award nominee Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by two-time Tony Award winner Howell Binkley, sound design by Olivier & Outer Critics Circle Award winner and Tony Award nominee Gareth Owen, orchestrations by Olivier Award winner and Grammy & Tony Award nominee August Eriksmoen, and music arrangements by Olivier Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Ian Eisendrath. The Canadian production features casting by Stephanie Gorin, CSA, CDC.
A “Best Musical” winner all across North America, the smash hit musical has won the Tony Award for “Best Direction of a Musical” (Christopher Ashley), 4 Olivier Awards (London) including “Best New Musical,” 5 Outer Critics Circle Awards (NYC) including “Outstanding New Broadway Musical,” 3 Drama Desk Awards (NYC) including “Outstanding Musical,” 4 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards (North American Tour) including “Best Production,” 4 Helen Hayes Awards (D.C.) including “Outstanding Production of a Musical,” 4 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards (Seattle) including “Excellence in Production of a Musical,” 6 San Diego Critics Circle Awards including “Outstanding New Musical,” 3 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards including “Best New Musical,” 3 Dora Awards (Toronto) including “Outstanding New Musical/Opera” and “Outstanding Production,” and the 2017 Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award (Toronto).
The Grammy Award-nominated original Broadway cast recording of Come From Away is available digitally and in stores everywhere. Grammy Award winner David Lai and Grammy Award nominees Ian Eisendrath, August Eriksmoen, Irene Sankoff & David Hein served as album producers.
Come From Away was originally produced by Junkyard Dog Productions (Randy Adams, Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff and Sue Frost).
Come From Away was originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre, and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC, and Mirvish Productions at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.
Come From Away was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project (Michael Rubinoff Producer, Sheridan College in Oakville, ON), and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam, CT. It was also part of the National Alliance of Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals in New York 2013. The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, and the Fifth Avenue Theatre in Seattle, WA, also provided development support.