"Come From Away": Transforming tragedy into art, darkness into light

Comments

1. Danelarsen: This musical gets the quiet heroism right, finally - not just heroic acts but daily kindness when it's least expected, too
2. Diego: it's almost too beautiful to be true - the way you can take such a painful event and turn it into something so uplifting. I've seen how small towns come together during disasters
3. Grim Kite: I loved the way Sankoff and Hein wove real-life stories into music, made me tear up
4. Theo: I've never been one for musicals but the premise of this show really hits home. What resonates most is how these strangers came together during such a chaotic time – I can
5. Void Cinder: never really thought about 9/11 from the other side - what was that like for the people who took them in?
6. Zero Oracle: What really gets me is how this musical focuses on the small acts of kindness that changed everything. Those residents in Gander must've been exhausted but still managed to offer a sense of
7. Iron Raven: actually, the music feels like an understatement for what really happened there; it's the small acts that change things
8. Noel: love how this musical captures the resilience of everyday people during extraordinary times ❤️ but can we talk about the set design for a sec? those wooden planks looked suspiciously like what
9. ☕️ Rayan: saw this years ago in NYC and even then i thought it was cheesy. what i get is that it's heartfelt but can someone explain to me the musical theater snobbery
10. Danevoss: what's truly striking is how this musical shifts the focus from the disaster itself to the humanity and resilience of those who helped

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