The New York Times: On Sunday afternoon, “Come From Away” played its final performance on Broadway, before a raucous sold-out crowd that wept and waved. By Monday morning, stagehands were already taking down and hauling away the real trees that gave the Schoenfeld Theater its forested look.
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It’s so heartwarming to hear how someone actually from Gander was involved in this show. Come From Away definitely touched many lives and spread a very powerful message, and it’s sad to see that it’s finally closing. The real trees coming down feels sadly symbolic. I’m also just super fascinated to hear some of the process of making this show; it’s good that there was a commitment to making real, well-rounded characters and not caricatures of some made-up “Newfoundland persona.” And to think that they weren’t sure at first how popular or successful the show would be, and now it’s a fan favorite and has caught on like wildfire, because it’s so simple but so easy to connect to emotionally, which is ultimately what it’s about. What Bromley said about “the ordinaries in the extraordinaries” I think is really good to keep in mind.
I LOVE Come From Away. Although I never had the opportunity to see it in person on Broadway, I have listened to the beloved songs numerous times, and was able to watch the pro-shot on Apple TV, through which I absolutely fell in love with the musical. It was heartbreaking to hear that it was closing before I got the chance to see it. It's so wild that just one day after closing, the show was already being struck. This really goes to show how quick turnaround times can be in the professional world. I loved Petrina Bromley, and her characters were so fun to watch. I had no idea that she was actually a Newfoundlander in the cast. Her story was so amazing, and I loved how she decided to sing a song from Newfoundland. It was interesting to hear her trepidation, “I’ve been skeptical the whole time. I was always wondering about the sheer earnestness of it, in a world that is as cynical as our world is. And telling a story about 9/11 in New York to New Yorkers — there was a lot of concern.”
It is so heartbreaking to see such an amazing show close; however, I think its impact will last for a long time. There are many amazing things about this show, but some of the ones sticking with me right now are that the live tree has started to grow, despite being completely cut off from any natural roots in the theater. I want to think this was an actual moment of magic that shows that art can do anything. My family has roots in Newfoundland, and I got to get a backstage tour of the theater with my grandmother on her birthday to celebrate that. Everyone in the cast was beyond kind and willing to show us everything they had poured their hard work into. The show kept its Newfoundland routes in so many ways, including attitude, and I hope that that energy persists in any further productions of the play.
I clicked on this artcle because I absouluty love Come From Away. It is one of my favorite shows. I did not know that Petrina Bromley was from Newfoundland. That honestly gives me more appreciation for this show knowing they had someone who could back the culture of Newfoundland. They talk to her about the history and accrucy of the culture in the article and I think it is fascinating how the show was able to bring this place to a light and not make it a sterotype like other shows do. I also loved that the artcle shared how many performaces she did with the show and that she has been involved in the show since the pre broadway run. I also find it intresting that this show was able to bump up her carrer back home and gave her more oppurtunites in this feild. I really do love Come From Away because it has this sense of kindness and home and this artcle talks a lot about that and that being on of the reason Bromley loved doing this show.
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