Broadway's Come From Away | Talks at Google
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- COME FROM AWAY is the breathtaking new musical that played record-breaking engagements in La Jolla, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Toronto. Written by Canadians Irene Sankoff and David Hein, this is the stunning production from Tony-nominated director Christopher Ashley (Memphis) that the Los Angeles Times calls “an affecting and stirring new musical.”
In a heartbeat, 38 planes with 6,579 passengers were stranded in a remote town in Newfoundland. The locals opened their hearts and homes, hosting this international community of strangers-spurring unexpected camaraderie in extraordinary circumstances.
On September 11, 2001 the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all.
comefromaway.com/
Cast:
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
Joined by:
Irene Sankoff and David Hein (Writers)
Kelly Devine (Musical Staging)
Ian Eisendrath (Musical Supervisor, Musical Arrangements)
Moderated by Alan Seales.
What happened in Gander after 9/11 is one of the most beautiful and heartwarming stories ive ever heard. I get emotional thinking about it. Im so proud to be Canadian.
God the way she sung "Me and the Sky" sounded so effortless. God it's so incredible
As a Newfoundlander, I am incredibly proud of this production. Thanks for this, Talks at Google! :)
Hannah Rose no. I was not in Gander, I was in St. John's.
I love how they say Newfoundland, the way Islanders do:)
LA Griff can I be a Newfoundlander?
@@emreva1357 if you visit and get Screeched in you will be an honorary Newfoundlander.
@@NovaScotiaNewfie yay
As someone involved in theater myself, I feel for the actors. That audience sounds like a Sunday matinee crowd, the hardest to play to because the energy they give to the stage is next to nothing.
With that said, "Come From Away" is great and everyone needs to at least listen to the cast album.
And as a theatre FOH engineer: this is a phenomenal mix for that type of environment
@@joshmaday1462 Really? Wow. That's rough. If that's a "phenomenal mix" for an audience at a Google Talk, I can't imagine what a truly lackluster one is like.
@@AliciaNyblade I guess I commented that while still listening to the opening number. For one thing, it’s fairly unlikely that their usual mixer did this performance. It’s probably a guy who got dropped on it that morning, who is used to maybe managing two mics for speakers, not musical performance. Mixes for recordings are also notoriously rough. There generally isn’t a dedicated mix for the record, it’s usually just capturing whatever was coming out of the speakers in the room (which has very different needs from an audience listening at home). The fact that the gang vocals are actually cohesive, and there aren’t voices sticking out was what caught my attention. But of course, it’s google with nearly infinite resources, so maybe there was a dedicated broadcast mix, and this was only a moderately okay mix. But just from my experience working in corporate AV, that’s exceedingly rare.
I hope that for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 the touring company of COME FROM AWAY goes back to Gander to perform. The citizens of Gander deserve to have their kindness rewarded.
Being from New York City I've loved this show since the second i heard it, because it's so much about the island of newfoundland...and the fact that our city is an island as well, the heart of the story really is in two places at once. Just makes it even more special.
Completely unique staging, wonderfully rich layers of voices/instruments, and a tremendous story ... we look forward to seeing the show many times.
I saw this in march with the band at my High School for our trip to New York, with this cast
As a fellow Newfoundlander I’m proud of what we do and I’m visiting family there in st.johns next summer my fav part is when they sing IM AN ISLANDER
I go HARD on that part lol
Watching the faces of the other cast members while Jenn sang "Me and the Sky," it was like they were hearing and reacting to it for the first time. It shows the power of the show that even those who live with it can still be so moved.
I just read in a CZcams comment that Capt. Bass didn’t know that that solo was happening until she saw it live for the first time….
And also, she and her husband saw the show I think almost 80 times (probably more by now!) - and even after all that, her husband still cried every time Jenn sang “Tom, oh thank God I finally got through… no I’m fine Tom, I’m fine.” The poor man had been trying all day to find out if she was ok bc two of the planes were HER airline. I can’t imagine
I get chills thinking about it…. and Jenn is absolutely phenomenal
Some of the most humble and talented people I've ever met. They treat every fan stagedooring after the show so kindly. 💗 This show so much.
There's no one on earth like Newfies. They are the salt of the earth by, they would give you their boots in a blizzard. Well done Gander from Nova Scotia, love you all.
this style of music is so familiar and refreshing to hear on broadway
Wait I, just noticed... "on the edge of the Atlantic, where the river meets the sea."? gander is is Central Newfoundland, there's no sea?
I believe they were talking about the actual island.....not just Gander in that particular verse. When the host asked "What is the rock?" The response was Newfoundland..... I could be horribly wrong thou :)
nah that makes a lot of sense. thanks broski!
Right? Kind of reminds me of going to the Irish pubs downtown in st. John's.
@@tylerjerabek5204 yea, bud, Im from Gander.
I like how Ceasar says “Chad and I play a couple,” and the subtitles think he says Jenn instead
I JUST LOVE THESE SONGS, 2:50
24:15 for the 2nd AWESOME song
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If I were there to ask a question to this cast, i'd ask them where they were on 9/11.
I was in Gander that week, living in a place where we slept on the floor and had nothing to do. The people of Gander should be praised for what they accomplished, but it was very difficult for those of us suddenly dropped there.
24:00 "we didn't rehearse this at all"
You can tell how skilled they are, they immediately knew exactly what they needed to preform the song. And the backup singers for the song staged everything perfectly.
That was obviously sarcasm, they rehearsed it 😂
An extraordinary cast in a very moving show.
I've just recently heard the cast album, and it was so wonderful to have a chance to meet these brilliant people. Thank you.
The staging is the best thing about the show.
Proud to be a girl from the Rock
I would love to hear about all the stories that never made it in.
There's a great book called 'The Day the World Came To Town' that includes many stories not in the show. I won't even tease you with what I know order the book!
@@jaimealarcon9644 I bought this book when it was first published and I read it every summer just to remind myself that there is good in the world. As a Canadian, I have never been so proud of the people of Newfoundland!
Search gander 911 and you will find several US news stories about the responses that speak with th passengers...
I liked the one about the Beatles tribute band playing in the bar.
The Beatles first set foot in North America, in Gander Newfoundland. So they had a great time to share.
(This did not make it into the show because the producer wisely decided against licensing all the Beatles songs. I saw a CZcams video where they recreated the song as part of the "cut content".)
3:47 that nod is so heartfelt
I 1st saw the show in Seattle years ago-not during the initial run, but before Broadway-Was blown away! since then telling everyone, if you ever have a chance See it!
Now it's back in Seattle(Aug '22) and I'm going again. so good to have the background of some of the characters.!
The music is so amazing and touching
Are these tickets on sale yet??
Petition to have one performance of the full original uncut musical streamed online
it was filmed and airs on Apple+ now.
You still come from away. Even when we travel outside of Halifax to a small town down the south shore, they'll say to us oh you're from away, LOL, we live in the same province.
It's kind of the same for fellow Newfoundlander here. You're either from town or around the bay (west coast is an exception as corner Brook is kinda "from town")
I have never been prouder to be a Newfoundlander. And we truly do mean..."Aww...give over....we do this ALL the time!" LOL
Jenn Colella looks like an older version of Emma Watson lol
Cant wait to see the production! Will be there in 2 weeks! :)
To anybody who may be reading this comment, LONG MAY YER BIG JIB DRAW!
Deed I is, me old cock!
Question: Who is thy neighbor?
Newfoundland: Yes.
Everyone: Yes?
Newfoundland: Yes. Would you like some tea?
Everyone is your neighbor, help where you can.
"The Rock, What is the Rock?"
Me :....... Daywn Johnson
We call it that because just about any angle you approach the island that's what you see/ a giant rock.
DWayn the Rock Johnson's father is from Eastern Canada being Nova Scotia.
The Island of NFLD is known as the ROCK.
Here's another story - my sister got married 9/9/11, two days before. She and her new husband were scheduled to fly out to Portugal on 9/11 for their honeymoon, and of course that didn't happen. I think it wasn't until Friday, Sept 14, that they were able to fly out. We later heard that they were camping somewhere in Portugal and met a couple from Canada. My sister exclaimed, "Oh, thank you for taking our planes!" The couple had a bewildered look on their faces - evidently they hadn't been in touch with civilization for a little while. My new brother-in-law then spoke up, "Oh, don't mind my wife - she's just babbling." And they went on with their hike, knowing the couple would put two and two together later on...
Woah. That’s really cool.
Was Me and the Sky in a different key than what’s on the cast album
the quote at the end sounded familiar. Build Series?
Is come from away actually going to come to Newfoundland?....I’d love to see it they should come to st.johns
I have a feeling that Gander will be the only place to host shows of it at home.
Pronouncing the H's too clearly :D LOL..'af day !
Joel nails his accent!
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