Overview
- Music Theatre International announced that rights for Come From Away are now available for productions in the United States and Canada, with international and regional restrictions noted.
- Writers Irene Sankoff and David Hein praised the wider release and reiterated their hope that school and community productions will carry the show's message of kindness.
- MTI President and CEO Drew Cohen underscored the musical's focus on the power of community and its potential to inspire new performers and audiences.
- Playbill reported that producing theatres can create authorized Playbill programs using PLAYBILLDER, which auto-populates MTI-approved billing and show data.
- The musical opened on Broadway in 2017 and closed in 2022 after 1,669 performances, has a Grammy-nominated cast album and a 2021 Apple TV+ live capture, and saw a non-replica staging in Gander in 2023.