Posted: 8/8/26 at 2:44pm
Wondering what happened to the planned transfer that was reportedly playing an extremely limited engagement at the Barrymore Theatre this fall to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks? We’re barely a month away from the anniversary and nothing has been announced or put on sale. Is it safe to assume the transfer is no longer happening at this point?
Posted: 8/8/26 at 5:03pm
Probably safe to say. It's being done by/at EVERY. SINGLE. regional, community and church basement right now and next year.
Posted: 8/8/26 at 5:43pm
CoffeeBreak said: "Probably safe to say. It's being done by/at EVERY. SINGLE. regional, community and church basementright now and next year. "
Sadly, the Barrymore will be dark until next April, probably.
Posted: 8/8/26 at 6:48pm
The original production should have never closed in the first place.
Posted: 8/8/26 at 8:56pm
Productions of Come from Away are a dime a dozen right now. It was the most produced show in regional theatres for the 25-26 season. If I can see a good production locally for $75 or less, am I likely to pay $125 or more to see it in Broadway? Probably not.
Posted: 8/8/26 at 9:53pm
tacotheatrelover said: "The original production should have never closed in the first place."
This. But I’m somewhat glad it did because the final performance was the greatest experience in a theater I have ever had and will ever have.
Posted: 8/8/26 at 11:50pm
CoffeeBreak said: "Probably safe to say. It's being done by/at EVERY. SINGLE. regional, community and church basementright now and next year."
The amateur rights were blocked from Sept-Dec. Hence why it was believed it was returning for a limited engagement.
Posted: 8/9/26 at 12:43am
sppunk said: "tacotheatrelover said: "The original production should have never closed in the first place."
This. But I’m somewhat glad it did because the final performance was the greatest experience in a theater I have ever had and will ever have."
Standing the with writer next to you on the first ever New York preview was spectacular. The roar that started in that theatre after the show ending was something I’ve never seen since.
Posted: 8/9/26 at 12:59am
I found this show really cloying and one-note back when it ran, just relentless and literal exposition and telling you how to feel about everything is my memory. Like I couldn't be trusted to sit in anything or have a genuine reaction for more than a second, with virtually nothing dramatized and everything told at you. But I'd be curious to see it again. There was so much quality in the 2010s that several shows from those years that I didn't think much of at the time have really appreciated for me in comparison to the current landscape.
Updated On: 8/9/26 at 12:59 AM
Posted: 8/9/26 at 9:17am
How expensive would it have been to do this, though? It's not an elaborate set.
I'm sort of surprised it couldn't come together for the 25th 9/11 anniversary; the Paper Mill production sold out for much of its run earlier this year. And while Come From Away has sold well regionally, too, I'd think a Broadway return could do quite well for at least a bit.
Posted: 8/9/26 at 11:55am
Posted: 8/9/26 at 12:26pm
CLC3 said: "How expensive would it have been to do this, though? It's not an elaborate set.
I'm sort of surprised it couldn't come together for the 25th 9/11 anniversary; the Paper Mill production sold out for much of its run earlier this year. Andwhile Come From Away has sold well regionally, too, I'd think a Broadway return could do quite well for at least a bit."
The rumor was the Papermill production was going to transfer. So the set was already built and in storage.
Posted: 8/9/26 at 1:29pm
Did not see the Paper Mill version. Would've liked to.
Did see a Seattle musician / actor version. Did not care for it. It tried way too hard and felt watered down John Doyle with awkward movement. Had high hopes but it was a bust for my daughter and I.
Posted: 8/9/26 at 1:30pm
ACL2006 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "Probably safe to say. It's being done by/at EVERY. SINGLE. regional, community and church basementright now and next year."
The amateur rights were blocked from Sept-Dec. Hence why it was believed it was returning for a limited engagement."
were or still are blocked? I had not seen that. I just see it on every season this fall and next year.
Posted: 8/9/26 at 2:17pm
This wonderful show is done all over the place all the time and it also has a fantastic pro-shot. It does not need to come back to Broadway for any reason. And if it was going to come back this Fall around the Anniversary, it would have been announced months ago.
Posted: 8/9/26 at 4:15pm
CoffeeBreak said: "ACL2006 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "Probably safe to say. It's being done by/at EVERY. SINGLE. regional, community and church basementright now and next year."
The amateur rights were blocked from Sept-Dec. Hence why it was believed it was returning for a limited engagement."
were or still are blocked? I had not seen that. I just see it on every season this fall and next year."
They were blocked. Amateur rights that is.
Posted: 8/9/26 at 6:40pm
I’m not sure that the 25th anniversary of 9/11 is going to be the selling point the producers of this revival seem to think that it is.
Posted: 8/9/26 at 9:09pm
So can anyone actually confirm that this revival is not happening at some point this season?
Posted: 8/10/26 at 3:39am
Posted: 8/10/26 at 4:06am
A NYC concert version is happening at the 9/11 memorial this September. That could be what’s impacting amateur rights availability. https://pacnyc.org/whats-on/come-from-away-in-concert/
There’s no such thing as a cheap musical nowadays, even one that has been done at a regional theatre or that’s making a return engagement. Would cost at least $10 million, which means it would have to sell out at a high price for the better part of a year+ to recoup.
Posted: 8/10/26 at 7:54am
brdwybound04 said: "So can anyone actually confirm that this revival is not happening at some point this season?"
common sense confirms this
if the show was scheduled to open within the next couple of months
their marketing team should already have been fired for gross incompetence
it is likely that they arent bringing this back to broadway because they didnt want to lose tons of money
like pretty much every other musical that has opened since the pandemic
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