COME FROM AWAY to Open at the Schoenfeld Theatre Sunday, March 12, 2017

COME FROM AWAY

TO OPEN AT BROADWAY’S GERALD SCHOENFELD THEATRE SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017

PREVIEWS BEGIN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2017

AMERICAN EXPRESS PRE-SALE BEGINS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016

AUDIENCE REWARDS PRE-SALE BEGINS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2016

GENERAL ON SALE BEGINS MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016

BROADWAY, TORONTO AND GANDER CAST FEATURES PETRINA BROMLEY, GENO CARR, JENN COLELLA, JOEL HATCH, RODNEY HICKS, KENDRA KASSEBAUM, CHAD KIMBALL, LEE MACDOUGALL, CAESAR SAMAYOA, Q. SMITH, ASTRID VAN WIEREN, SHARON WHEATLEY, JOSH BRECKENRIDGE, SUSAN DUNSTAN, TAMIKA LAWRENCE AND TONY LEPAGE

COME FROM AWAY AT WASHINGTON DC’S FORD’S THEATRE EXTENDED!

NOW THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2016

BENEFIT CONCERT PERFORMANCES OF COME FROM AWAY

IN GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2016

TORONTO’S ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2016 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017

(New York, NY) Junkyard Dog Productions announced today that the new musical COME FROM AWAY will begin performances on Broadway on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) and officially open Sunday, March 12, 2017, following productions at Washington DC’s Ford’s Theatre (Friday, September 2 – Sunday, October 16, 2016) and Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre (Tuesday, November 15, 2016 – Sunday, January 8, 2017), and two special benefit concert performances in Gander, Newfoundland (Saturday, October 29, 2016).

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Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Monday, October 24, 2016 at 10am EST, and will be available at www.telecharge.com (212.239.6200).

Tickets range from $47 - $157 (including the $2 facility fee).

Beginning Saturday, February 18, the playing schedule for COME FROM AWAY is as follows: Tuesday through Saturday at 8pm, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm. Beginning Tuesday, March 13, the playing schedule is as follows: Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 8pm. Please note: There will be two performances on Sunday, February 19 at 2pm and 7pm. There will be no 2pm matinee on Wednesday, February 22.

The Broadway, Toronto and Gander cast of COME FROM AWAY will feature Petrina Bromley (Stratford’s As You Like It); Geno Carr (The Old Globe’s Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas); Jenn Colella (If/Then); Joel Hatch (Annie); Rodney Hicks (The Scottsboro Boys); Kendra Kassebaum (Wicked); Tony Award nominee Chad Kimball (Memphis); Lee MacDougall (Stratford’s The Music Man); Caesar Samayoa (Sister Act); Q. Smith (Mary Poppins); Astrid Van Wieren (North American premiere of Mamma Mia!); Sharon Wheatley (Avenue Q); Josh Breckenridge (The Scottsboro Boys); Susan Dunstan (The Lion King US National Tour); Tamika Lawrence (If/Then) and Tony LePage (Rock of Ages).

With a book, music and lyrics by Canadians Irene Sankoff & David Hein, COME FROM AWAY is directed by Tony Award nominee Christopher Ashley (Memphis), choreographed by Tony Award nominee Kelly Devine (Rocky), with music supervision by Ian Eisendrath (A Christmas Story), scenic design by Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt (Act One), costume design by Tony Award nominee Toni-Leslie James (Jelly’s Last Jam), lighting design by two-time Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (Hamilton), sound design by Tony Award nominee Gareth Owen (End of the Rainbow), orchestrations by Tony Award nominee August Eriksmoen (Bright Star), music arrangements by Ian Eisendrath and casting by Telsey + Company.

In a heartbeat, 38 planes and 6,579 passengers were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, doubling the population of one small town on the edge of the world.

On September 11, 2001 the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all.

Following sold-out, record-breaking, critically acclaimed world premiere engagements at La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre, COME FROM AWAY landed on the “Best Theater of 2015” lists in the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, San Diego Union Tribune, and Times of San Diego. Charles McNulty of the Los Angeles Times called the show “An affecting, stirring and unpretentious new musical. Christopher Ashley's production lets the simple goodness of ordinary people outshine sensational evil,” and Bob Verini of Variety raved, “Superb! Canadians Irene Sankoff and David Hein have forged a moving, thoroughly entertaining tribute to international amity and the indomitable human spirit.” Peter Marks of the Washington Post called COME FROM AWAY, “a heartwarming, compelling and refreshing musical packed with goodwill. The score has an infectious vitality. My heart leaped several times.”

COME FROM AWAY is produced by Junkyard Dog Productions, Jerry Frankel, Latitude Link, Smith & Brant Theatricals, Steve & Paula Reynolds, David Mirvish, Michael Rubinoff, Alhadeff Productions, Michael Alden & Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Sam Levy, Rodney Rigby, Spencer Ross, Richard Winkler, Yonge Street Theatricals, Sheridan College, Michael & Ellise Coit, Ronald Frankel, Sheri & Les Biller, Richard Belkin, Gary & Marlene Cohen, Allan Detsky & Rena Mendelson, Lauren Doll, Barbara H. Freitag, Wendy Gillespie, Laura Little Theatricals, Carl & Jennifer Pasbjerg, Radio Mouse Entertainment, The Shubert Organization, Cynthia Stroum, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Gwen Arment/Molly Morris & Terry McNicholas, Maureen & Joel Benoliel/Majorie & Ron Danz, Pamela Cooper/Corey Brunish, Demos Bizar/Square 1 Theatrics, Joshua Goodman/Lauren Stevens, Just for Laughs Theatricals/Judith Ann Abrams Productions, Bill & Linda Potter/Rosemary & Kenneth Willman, and La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre.

American Airlines is the official airline partner for COME FROM AWAY.

COME FROM AWAY was originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theater and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre. COME FROM AWAY (NAMT Festival 2013) was originally developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Michael Rubinoff Producer, Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam, CT. The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, Steve and Paula Reynolds and The Fifth Avenue Theatre, Seattle WA also provided development support.

Please visit: www.ComeFromAway.com.

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BIOGRAPHIES

PETRINA BROMLEY (Bonnie & others). Regional credits: Enron, The Sound of Music, Tartuffe, Metamorphoses (National Arts Centre, Ottawa); Oil and Water (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, St. John’s; Factory, Toronto; The Grand, London; Vertigo, Calgary; National Arts Centre, Ottawa); Fear of Flight (Artistic Fraud, St. John’s; Factory, Toronto; The Cultch, Vancouver); Cabaret, White Christmas: The Musical (TaDa!); Little Women: The Musical and Songs for a New World (Theatre St. John’s); As You Like It, The Hypochondriac (Stratford Festival). Ms. Bromley is a Newfoundland native.

GENO CARR (Oz & others). Off-Broadway: Bush Wars. Tours: Phantom, Buddy Holly Story, Grease. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse: Come From Away (Noel nom.); Old Globe: Allegiance, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; Merry-Go-Round: The Producers (Bloom), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Gus) (BroadwayWorld nom.); Lamb’s Players: The Foreigner (Charlie); Cygnet Theatre: Assassins (Guiteau); Heritage Theatre Festival: South Pacific (Billis); Intrepid Theatre: Spelling Bee (Panch); San Diego Musical Theatre: Next to Normal (Dr. Madden). Education: MFA, Sarah Lawrence College; Dual BA, Hartwick College. www.GenoCarr.com.

JENN COLELLA (Beverley & others). Broadway: If/Then, Chaplin, High Fidelity, Urban Cowboy (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination). Off-Broadway: Beebo Brinker; Lucky Guy, Don’t Quit Your Night Job, Slut, Closer Than Ever. Regional: Annie Get Your Gun (PCLO); Peter Pan (Sacramento Music Circus); Side Show (Kennedy Center). TV: Currently recurring as Val in Feed The Beast on AMC (with David Shwimmer); Elementary; All My Children; The Good Wife; Cashmere Mafia; Rescue Me. Film: Uncertainty (with Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Stand Up: Laugh Factory; Comedy Store. M.F.A. Acting, UC Irvine.

JOEL HATCH (Claude & others). Broadway: Billy Elliot, Annie. Off Broadway: Adding Machine: A Musical (OBIE, Lucille Lortel Award). National Tours: Showboat, Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast. Regional: Goodman: House and Garden; Chicago Shakes: Cymbeline; Writers Theatre: Another Part Of The Forest; Indiana Rep: Inherit The Wind; Alliance Theatre: Bull Durham. TV: The Good Wife, Boardwalk Empire, Elementary, Prison Break.

RODNEY HICKS (Bob & others). Broadway: The Scottsboro Boys; RENT (Closing Cast, DVD); Jesus Christ Superstar; RENT (Original Cast). Off-Broadway: Jacques Brel is Alive…; RENT; Bring in the Morning. Regional: The 5th: Paint Your Wagon, HAIR. PCS: The Mountaintop, Dreamgirls, Oklahoma. Seattle Rep/La Jolla: Come from Away. DTC: King Lear. Geva: Lobby Hero. Royal George: White Noise. CenterStage: Two Gentlemen of Verona. TV: Leverage; GRIMM; Law and Order: Criminal Intent; NYPD Blue. Film: Bad Decisions; Django. Playwright:

NC-17.

KENDRA KASSEBAUM (Janice & others). Broadway/New York: Wicked (Glinda), Rent (Maureen/Mrs. Cohen), Assassins, Leap of Faith (Sam); MTC: The Receptionist (Lorraine); Roundabout: A Little Night Music (Petra). Regional: Seattle Rep: Come From Away; Actor’s Theatre of Louisville; Sundance Writer’s Lab; San Jose Rep; 5th Avenue Theatre; Ordway; Florida Stage; St Louis Muny; Arizona Theatre Co. Film: The Other Woman. Recordings: Leap of Faith, Grammy nominated Assassins.

CHAD KIMBALL (Kevin 1 & others). La Jolla/Seattle Repertory: Come From Away. Broadway: Memphis (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC noms); Lennon; Into the Woods; The Civil War; Good Vibrations. Off-Broadway: Finian’s Rainbow; My Life With Albertine; Godspell; Murder in the First. Regional: Sweeney Todd; Baby; Chess; Little Fish. TV: The Good Wife; Wallflowers. Chad won a Bistro Award for his solo cabaret show.

LEE MACDOUGALL (Nick & others). First National Tours: Mamma Mia!; Wizard of Oz. Regional: La Jolla/Seattle Rep: Come From Away; Stratford Festival: Music Man, Cyrano, Much Ado, Gondoliers, Cabaret. Shaw Festival: On the Town, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Lulu, Counsellor-at-Law. Canstage: Urinetown. Acting Upstage: Light in the Piazza. National Arts Centre: Growing Season. Theatre Calgary: Guys and Dolls. Playwright: High Life; The Ginkgo Tree; Who Has Seen the Wind. www.leemacdougall.ca.

CAESAR SAMAYOA (Kevin 2 & others). Broadway: Sister Act, The Pee Wee Herman Show. DC-area: Olney: Camilo in Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Jazz Musical, Billy Bigelow in Carousel; Kennedy Center: Bernstein’s Mass. Credits include leading roles in film, TV, off-broadway and regional theatre companies including The Delacorte Theater-Shakespeare in the Park, Yale Rep., La Jolla Playhouse, Goodspeed, Huntington Theatre, Barrington Stages, Primary Stages. Caesar has also appeared as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Baltimore Symphony and in various international concert tours. BFA, Ithaca College. CaesarSamayoa.com.

Q. SMITH (Hannah & others). Broadway: 1st revival of Les Miserables and Mary Poppins (Miss Andrew). Tours: A Night With Janis Joplin, Smokey Joe's Cafe' starring Gladys Knight, Mary Poppins (Bird Woman/Miss Andrew). Off Broadway/Concerts: Fame: The Musical (Cast Album); Showboat in Concert (Carnegie Hall); Abyssinia: A Gospel Celebration with Wynton Marsalis (Lincoln Center); Soloist at Hillary Clinton's Vital Voices Awards Ceremony (Kennedy Center); Soloist at Barack Obama's Inaugural Ceremonies representing the state of Nebraska. BFA: Ithaca College.

ASTRID VAN WIEREN (Beulah & others). La Jolla: Come From Away; Canadian Premiere/US Tour Mamma Mia!; Artistic Fraud (Newfoundland): The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams; Segal/Canadian National Arts Centre: Belles Soeurs: The Musical; Theatre Passe Muraille: The Way Back To Thursday; Toronto Fringe: Myth Of The Ostrich; Mercury: Baal; Sudbury Theatre Centre: The Drowsy Chaperone; Roseneath: Danny, King Of The Basement; Mercury/Mermaid Parade: This Wide Night (Dora Mavor Moore Award, Outstanding Performance).

SHARON WHEATLEY (Diane & others). Broadway: Golden Theater: Avenue Q; Majestic Theater: The Phantom of the Opera; Winter Garden Theater: Cats; Imperial Theater: Les Miserables. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Rep: Come From Away; Weston Playhouse: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Fiddler on the Roof. Author: ‘Til the Fat Girl Sings (Adams Media). Training: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, BFA Musical Theatre (Alumnae Award).

JOSH BRECKENRIDGE (Understudy). B'way: The Ritz; The Scottsboro Boys. Off-Bway:The Scottsboro Boys; Saved. Tour: The Book of Mormon (1st Nat'l). Reg'l: CFA (Toronto), Sunday in the Park with George (Huntington), The Whipping Man (KC Rep), Tales of the City (ACT), TSB (Guthrie), Hairspray (Marriott), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Cape), HSM2 (NCT), Memphis (La Jolla/5th Ave), Dreamgirls (NCT) Film: Finding Me: Truth. BFA: CCM.

SUSAN DUNSTAN (Understudy). Select Shows/Workshops: The Lion King (US/Tour), Kinky Boots, Priscilla Queen Of the Desert, Lord Of The Rings, The Lion King (Shenzi) - Mirvish. South Pacific (Drayton), Annie Get Your Gun (Massey Hall), Ragtime (Livent), Somewhere In The World (Canada Girl) &