Later this year Americans will observe 25 years since the 9/11 tragedy and Phoenix Theatre Company is bringing to its stage a Tony Award-winning musical that dramatizes events from that time.
“Come From Away” shares the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded airline passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001.
That day the world stopped and 38 planes were diverted to the small town of Gander, Newfoundland. “Come From Away” tells the story of what happened when a community opened its doors, and hearts, to strangers in need.
