What: Here's what I knew about Come From Away before I saw the show -- it's a musical about flights that were diverted to a small town in Canada on September 11; it won the Best Musical Tony; one character is a female pilot.
Here's what I didn't realize until I saw it -- it handles tone perfectly (appropriately empathetic but with pockets of very Canadian humor); stories and dialogue were drawn directly from interviews with passengers and locals; with only one act and no pauses for applause until the end, it moves fast.
It will make you feel better about humanity in general (but also probably worse about how much the U.S. in particular is failing right now when it comes to the basic human decency of helping people in distress).
How to get it: Of course, the best option is to see a live production if you can. Failing that, the original cast recording is still stirring, gorgeous, and powerful.
Here's what I didn't realize until I saw it -- it handles tone perfectly (appropriately empathetic but with pockets of very Canadian humor); stories and dialogue were drawn directly from interviews with passengers and locals; with only one act and no pauses for applause until the end, it moves fast.
It will make you feel better about humanity in general (but also probably worse about how much the U.S. in particular is failing right now when it comes to the basic human decency of helping people in distress).
How to get it: Of course, the best option is to see a live production if you can. Failing that, the original cast recording is still stirring, gorgeous, and powerful.
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