Come From Away, Toronto return engagement

[Call_me_jorge]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#1

Posted: 2/28/17 at 10:51am

It's returning to Toronto for the 2017-2018 season. I wonder if this will lead to a North American tour. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2017/02/28/come-from-away-returning-to-toronto-for-mirvish-next-season.html

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[Clyde15]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#2

Posted: 2/28/17 at 11:04am

They have been billing it as a Sit Down production, but I'm sure there will be a North American Tour. It will be interesting to see how long it's return engagement to Toronto is. 

[ACL2006]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#3

Posted: 2/28/17 at 12:29pm

It doesn't say when it's playing, just that it's part of the next season. But I could definitely see them using the Toronto production to launch the tour.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[littlemouse921]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#4

Posted: 2/28/17 at 1:00pm

I'm not entirely surprised. It was absolute madness trying to get a ticket for it the last time it was here.

[SeattleTraveler]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#5

Posted: 2/28/17 at 2:06pm

Mirvish site and email announcement say "Begins February 13, 2018"

[ACL2006]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#6

Posted: 2/28/17 at 7:02pm

It does appear to be an open run in Toronto. Maybe have it run for 6-9 months then launch the tour?

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[Unknown User]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#7

Posted: 3/2/17 at 1:58am

any chance there can be two casts? I think it's going to run for a long time in NYC. 

[Tag]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#8

Posted: 3/2/17 at 2:09am

^The Toronto production next year will have a separate all Canadian cast.

[sabrelady]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#9

Posted: 3/2/17 at 7:12am

Wonder if they will try to get Louise Pitre for the Bev Bass role?

[Tag]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#10

Posted: 3/27/17 at 12:26pm

Announced today that the 2018 Toronto production will have a 4 week pre-Toronto run in Winnipeg (of all places).

[LizzieCurry]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#11

Posted: 3/27/17 at 12:27pm

Here:

http://www.playbill.com/article/come-from-away-sets-dates-in-winnipeg

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[Tag]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#12

Posted: 11/30/17 at 2:42pm

Media day performance

[adam.peterson44]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#13

Posted: 11/30/17 at 3:14pm

"Wonder if they will try to get Louise Pitre for the Bev Bass role"

They announced the cast a while ago, and they are all listed at Tag's link.  If i recall the newsletter correctly, I think Lisa Horner is the one playing Bev and others.  

Regarding length of the open-ended run, it is playing in the same (small-ish) theatre where Kinky Boots did their sit-down with the Canadian cast, and that run lasted about a year (11 months, maybe?).

I'd be quite surprised if Come From Away didn't last significantly longer than that.  It sold out its first subscription run a lot faster (before lots of subscribers even saw it for the first time), so there were lots of subscribers who saw it on subscription, wanted to go back and see it again and/or bring their friends, but couldn't because there were no more tickets for the entire run.  I went back to KB a few more times, each with different groups of friends who wanted to see it, and it was never hard to get tickets.   CFA was in such demand that they offered SRO for the first time that i heard about in 11 years of living in Toronto.  So i'd predict at least a 2-year run, maybe even 3 or 4,  but then again, "prediction is hard, especially about the future" (Yogi Berra or Neils Bohr; i've heard both attributions in different sources). 

[Tag]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#14

Posted: 11/30/17 at 3:25pm

They're signed for 14 months (including rehearsals and Winnipeg), which would take them until the end of next year-ish.

Lisa Horner is playing Beulah, with Eliza Jane Scott playing Beverly.

[Tag]

Come From Away, Toronto return engagement#15

Posted: 1/20/18 at 8:44pm

Here is the opening number (unfortunately interspersed with some stock footage of Canada!).