Music Theatre International (Australasia). In reply to You, hypothetical New by Ronmags. Broadway's Tony & Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away resumed performances last night at Broadway's Schoenfeld Theatre. I admit I don't like hyperbole in reviews like "single most" . That doesn't mean there's not truth behind it. It's become an addiction to bickering for the sake of bickering and the merit of each topic subjugated in the process . (The others are Hamilton, Book of Mormon, Dear Evan Hansen, and Hello, Dolly starring Bette Midler.) Ask yourself: Would the reaction to Come from Away have been the same if it were not a true story? Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. I don't believe, as you do, that the show is "apolitical" or "innocuous. Enough with the politics Just do the damn decent thing! [33][34], On March 12, 2020, the show suspended production due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He's way harsher about the show than I am, but he does talk about "its fine qualities, which are sufficient to position Come From Away as a possible feel-good hit. To alleviate rising fear and mounting tensions ("On The Edge"), the passengers are invited to be initiated as honorary Newfoundlanders at the local bar ("Heave Away / Screech In"). [5], A second Canadian production opened in a sold-out, four-week run in Winnipeg at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in January 2018. Rather interesting to see how the monologue transcends Chuck Noland's circumstance. Or are they gonna go all Norman Bates." Character: Ernestine. Why is this first 9/11 musical on Broadway set 1,500 miles away from New Yorkor indeed very far from any place that was attacked? It's far, far away. Well, I - I think that it - it wasn't enough to just want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em - and it's that - if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Availability tends to decrease closer to the actual performance date. [30] The show could not be extended due to its Broadway commitment but, as a result of the strong demand, Mirvish Productions announced on December 2, 2016, that it was adding an additional four box seats and 12 standing-room locations for the duration of the show. Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Apollo 13 (1995) "You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home." Apollo 13 is most famous for the line, "Houston, we have a problem," which has been replicated and spoofed countless times since, in no small part thanks to the fear and intensity that Tom Hanks displays in his delivery. [9] The National Alliance for Musical Theatre in New York selected it as a showcase presentation in fall 2013, where a performance, also directed by Brian Hill, led to the show being optioned by Junkyard Dog Productions, the production company behind Memphis and First Date.[10][11]. One such Gander resident, Beulah Cooper, head of the Gander Legion, was quoted recently as saying she didn't understand what the fuss was all about; anybody would have done what they did. The folk and country influenced pop score is tuneful and the cast sings the hell out of it. You do you, I suppose. Yes, many people like what you call this feel-good musical, but "the single most interesting piece of musical theatre on Broadway"? However, I can't agree with you that it isn't name-calling to label a hypothetical New Yorker and Jesse Green "overly defensive" for having a view different from your own about a musical on Broadway. They were reportedly still cogent, insightful, funny. With the partisan politics in the US right now, everyone is fighting rabidly over the minutiae of every little thing said and done and inferred and tweeted. Limit two per person, subject to availability. Maybe that's a good question: Should Come From Away have come to New York?From a business point of view, the obvious answer is: Yes, it's a hit.Some New Yorkers (again, hypothetical) might answer differently. I'm starting to find it kind of hilarious that theatergoers who appreciate this feel-good musical are engaging in feel-bad name-calling because someone has a slightly different take on the show.And, relatively speaking, it IS just slightly different, as I hope a careful reading of either of my pieces would make clear. In reply to After this last comment of by Jonathan Mandell. Premium seats are the best seats in the house, and may still be available when general tickets are not. In your first comment, you said "What he's really concerned about is" -- but I used evidence to demonstrate that's not the intention of the authors. They are showing Bob as a neurotic New Yorker who's afraid of many things, such as being murdered in the shower by a Norman Bates type, that are comic not realistic fears. In October 2018 it became the longest-running Canadian musical in Broadway history, surpassing The Drowsy Chaperone's previous record of 674 performances,[4] and has since joined the list of Broadway shows with 1,000 or more performances. Once in a while, an event occurs that is so viscerally powerful that you will always remember exactly what you were doing when it happened. the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, Steve and Paula Reynolds and the Listen to Curtain Call Theatre's Podcast featuring an interview with Broadway's Come From Away creators Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Chacun a son gout, as the French say. It may also help you organize your thoughts during times you can't speak out loud. A limited number of $58 rush tickets will be available for both performances on Saturday 10/1. The Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl Party But they have one thing you haven't got: a diploma. It's hidden. To purchase, visit the Gerald Schoenfeld box office when it opens 10 AM (12 PM on Sundays) for that days performance only. It is entirely an ensemble piece, relying on no single actor, or any star turns; it requires the audience's imagination in a way that no other show on Broadway does; it is seamlessly choreographed, to the point that it's hard to figure out how they actually go from A to B as characters C and D; the band and sound is entirely different to anything else on Broadway right now; and, although it has some competitors, I would argue that it elicits an emotional response like no other. Once allowed off the planes and transferred to various emergency shelters in and around Gander ("Darkness and Trees"), the passengers and crew watch replays of the attacks on the news and learn the true reason why they were grounded ("Lead Us Out of the Night"). So Canada shouldn't tell this story because it's . You do seem in personal attack mode, with that gratuitous "You do you, I suppose"and I don't even have to squint. I write: "I enjoyed the foot-stomping Celtic-flavored music. This play has made its way to the stages of Broadway. It is what it is - and what it is, is a feel-good piece, much like most feel-good pieces, with broadly drawn characters (that are based on real people - see some of the interviews), and a message of tolerance. [28] The entire run of the Toronto production sold out during its second week of performances. In reply to Yes, many people like what by Jonathan Mandell. It makes its Sacramento premiere this week in a special engagement that had been postponed since 2020. But, to further explain, America does a fantastic job of impeding it citizens'complexity on just about all cultural and educational levels (except for some parts of those those pesky left and right blue coasts). If we literally all just ignored it, just switched it off, Trump and all his ilk would disappear like a shadow before you even knew it. When you are someone like me, you connect with that dark place instantly and you identify with it. It is clear to me that this business of Bob being scared of the Ganderites is, as I said, a "comic thread" -- not intended to be either realistic or reasonable. There were many New Yorkers who behaved decently during 9/11, even though their lives were endangered. Take care of others. You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. Availability tends to decrease closer to the actual performance date. The rest is irrelivant. Jen Gushue explores the emergence of filk theatre, a niche genre that uses a folk-concert frame as a basis for storytelling. [59][60], Misha Berson, writing for the Seattle Times, praised Christopher Ashley's fluid staging, calling the show a "meaningful balm to the benumbed psyche." In reply to Fair enough. It is based on the events in the Newfoundland town of Gander during the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes, carrying approximately 7,000 passengers, were ordered to land unexpectedly at Gander International Airport. "I certainly don't say that it shouldn't have been made at all -- and, since I apparently created the hypothetical New Yorkers of which you speak, I can say with authority that they don't say that either.Yes, he, I and they have some problems with the show. Is that right? And if not, we're adding more every week so if you don't see one you like, keep checking back! It's a comic thread the purpose of which eventually becomes clear -- to show that he soon sheds his suspicious New York nature because of the overwhelming warmth and generosity of the Canadians. ( Grown-ups and older kids there's stuff for you too, just scroll down past this section) The Boy Who Cried Werewolf by Daniel Guyton. Monologues for men from published plays for auditions and acting practice. The "homophobic jokes" to which Mr. Carrasquillo surely refers is something I wrote about in my review for DC Theatre Scene, recounting a scene in a bar: "A gay couple, both named Kevin, (Chad Kimball and Caesar Samayoa), are cautious about their relationship in what might be redneck territory, but when they let it slip, they discover half the denizens seem to have relatives who are gay. The current leg of the tour started performances in July 2022 on the Gold Coast, followed by Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. [49][50][51][52][53] Although the initial Melbourne Fall Season was cut short due to SARS-CoV-2, a short encore in Melbourne in February 2021 occurred before briefly stopping at Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane before transferring to Capitol Theatre in Sydney. There must be. Authors Irene Sankoff andDavid Hein, and actor Jen Colella discuss Come From Away. It seems a clear beneficiary of what I had labeled The Trump Effect, in an article I wrote in December to describe how the election had altered my personal perception of the shows I was seeing. [37] The production began performances at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto on February 13, 2018,[38] and recouped its full capitalization in 14 weeks. 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You ungrateful creatures! This is a political essay, then. It peaked at number 92 on the Top Current Albums chart and number two on the Cast Albums chart. Just do the bloody simple decent thing and shut up about the rest. They're begging! "[67] Alan Henry of Broadway World said "You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll be a better person when you leave the theatre. Monologues from Musicals. ", In reply to What he's really concerned by Ronmags. Come From Away is now playing at Theatre Royal Sydney . Oh, but anyway, Toto, we're home. I suspect in real life they're as complicated as any group of human beings. [3] It opened on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 12, 2017, and became a critical and box office success, routinely playing to standing-room-only audiences even during previews. I explain the point of this "NewCrit" piece in the first paragraph. You're confusing courage with wisdom. I said "I could see a fellow New Yorker" coming away from Come From Away feeling as if the Canadian authors were saying Canadians were superior. Did she hurt you? BOOK TICKETS. Bring a damn tray of sandwiches. The full production, directed by Brian Hill, was an artistic success, but Rubinoff was unable to attract a Canadian producer for further development. A play that goes to great lengths to avoid the politics of 911, for God's sake? sentence. [42] After a 21-month pandemic hiatus beginning in March 2020, Come From Away reopened on December 15, 2021, but closed again on December 22. . library of free monologues. Under different circumstances, nothing he said would seem especially noteworthy. To call any New Yorker who feels this way "defensive" is to make an ad hominem attack. Birds fly over the rainbow. I don't think for one moment anyone was saying "See, we are better than New York". Rush tickets are not available for our final performance on Sunday 10/2. Each show touches people in different ways: Hamilton is a unique experience but I was "resentful" of the price gouging, and Dear Evan Hansen, a lovely show, has it's detractors as well, I found Great Comet to be empty spectacle and overwrought, with a singular impressive performance by Josh Groban (whom I have never really gravitated to before this). ", In reply to Bob's being scared of the by Ronmags. Thus things are carried on in fashionable life, and veritable gallantry cannot dispense with these forms. Below you'll find 31 fresh, funny comedic monologues. [9] The couple translated some stories directly to the musical while others were merged for story purposes. You seem to be objecting to my expressing my personal reaction to Come From Away. Or worse, ignored completely. Most people over 70 will remember what they were doing when John F. 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