COME FROM AWAY Previews — Page 5

Thanks for that reassurance Whizzer!

I'm intrigued by the comments about the gay couple, who didn't seem particularly cliche or stereotypical to me. The fact that this event was the catalyst for their (apparently) real life breakup shouldn't be the musicals fault for depiction. How would you have portrayed these characters so they felt more real for you?

After Eight is clearly the Kellyanne Conway of Broadway World.

Roscoe- agree 100%.

"I accepted most of it gladly as musical theatre entertainment."

Is it so wrong to expect our musical theater writing to be good? I guess my expectations are too high here.

The Humans was in the Helen Hayes, not the Schoenfeld.

I sat in a rush seat, mezzanine Row C all the way over on house left, and the view was great. I missed a tiny bit of the action on the far side, but as you note the staging is front and center most of the time.

I was happy to see that the wooden chairs from The Color Purple found a new gig so soon!

Seriously, my friend and I both loved it. I was determined to resist the show, but its charms won me over.

I am bizarrely fascinated by how well this show will do, or not do, over the next few months. I would so love to see Jenn Colella get a Tony nomination from this! Hearing about so many great performances this season...it will be an exciting ceremony.

I saw it and loved it. That being said, the producers/marketing team better up their marketing game. I know it's only the second week of previews, but most of my non-theatre friends & colleagues have never heard of it, whereas they (mostly) all had tickets to Dear Evan Hansen before previews started. I really want this show to succeed, but it's a very big season for new musicals, and I'm scared it's going to get overshadowed by DEH & Great Comet (the two "big" new musicals of the fall) and the recognizable commodities of the spring. It's an important story that's told very well, and a true ensemble piece like I've never seen before.

somebody wanna documentary?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRrkJ_TDuYM



There was also a TV movie done too in 2009 called "Diverted" I remember seeing it cos I knew several of the crew. Not sure if it commercially avail. I do remember it featuring the love story w the Brit.

I wrote this in an earlier thread, and I want to repeat my comments:

Of all the shows currently open. or scheduled for the spring, "Come From Away" is, by far, the most topical. It reinforces the feelings of many, from away to here, of the current political stupidity. Need I say more???!!

They took care of us, and everyone else with no place to land on 9/11-13. And, today, how are we reacting to allowing . . .

By the way, I saw this in DC last fall -- it was excellent and beyond in many ways.

Vanity Fair did a 2 page spread on them in January. I agree tho need to do the morning shows et all.

little_sally said: "It doesn't help that the poster/artwork is terrible and tells nothing about the actual show."



It looks like an ad for Earth Day.

I saw this last night and I really, really loved the show. I personally thought it struck a great balance and handled a delicate subject matter very well. I was also surprised to see that, while it has a positive message, it was not exactly all sunshine and rainbows about how people treated each other on that day.

I loved the score and the celtic influence. I did have a little trouble understanding at first due to the accents, but I got used to them fairly quickly. I thought they included just the right number of stories at the right depth for a vehicle of this nature. That said, it made me immediately want to know more about these people and other stories from that day, so I went home and found The Day the World Came to Town through google and downloaded it on my kindle. Obviously a book can go more in depth than a musical ever could, so I'm excited to read it.

In response to some of the other comments on this board:

I sat in the second to last row of the mezz off to the side and I had a great view. I didn't feel too far away at all and I could see the sides of the stage just fine. (Note however that the balcony is narrower at the back than the front, so there are actually people in the mezz who are a lot farther to the side than I was. It didn't look to me like it would be obstructed but I can't say for sure.)

I hope to see this again but I'm getting to New York much less than I used to and only have one more trip this season, so I don't know that I will see this again due to the number of other shows coming out, but I really would like to. If you go, don't forget to check out the map in the lower lobby! I loved seeing the pins where everyone was from! (I wonder if they're leaving them in for the whole run, or if they start fresh for each show. Anyone know? I didn't get down there until after the show so I don't know how full or empty it was at the beginning.)

Hairspray0901 said: "I haven't seen DEH yet (will see it in May) but I wouldn't be surprised if this ended up winning best musical. "

I think anything but Dear Evan Hansen winning is an extreme long shot at this point. And DEH absolutely should win in my view.

lol no