COME FROM AWAY Gets Ready to Spread the Love on Broadway!

Hi Broadway world buddies, it's your Broadway buddy Ben Cameron here at the meet and greet for the new musical Come From Away

We had a moment to talk to some of the cast and creative team and we found out that it's all about the love

Happy first day of school. Wow, I brought my trapper keeper, I got my pencil case, I got my Spider-Man lunchbox, I'm ready

It is all happening. What started out as a blink in your eye two and a half years ago is coming to fruition

Broadway is happening. How does it make you feel to see this through through so many stages and make the transition to Broadway

I mean, I couldn't sleep last night. It was like the first day of school. You know, we're like, we're finally here

And you're like, wait, I can't believe it. It seems like the longest, shortest time to get here, if that makes any sense, you know

But once again, it's a big love fest, and we're all thrilled

That's what everyone has said kind of throughout, that there's a genuine love between this cast and creative team

What do you attribute that to? It's a lie. It's a lie

I'm here with Chad and Caesar from Stars Have Come From Away

Chad's enjoying a delicious prop meal. What's in your bowl, Chad? Fish and cheese

Is fish and cheese a thing? In this show, it is. What are you looking forward to sending people away with after they see Come From Away

What are the main messages you're hoping that they walk in? Besides tapping their toes the score is incredible but what greater mission do you have in this I think it just feeds kindness And it so simple

Also that we are good, that people are good, and they just want to help each other out

And when it really comes down to it, we want to help each other out. And I think we need that message now more than ever

Kindness has come up a lot. Inclusion and kindness and friendship and the power of that

how do you think that the messages didn't come from a way applied to today's world

where there's a lot of disconnect, maybe? You know, I think kindness is a message anybody can hear at any time

There's never a time when it's not appropriate. I think certainly in some places in the world right now

it might be a more needed message. But I think it's something that is never out of fashion

And have you guys thought about opening night yet? What are we wearing? Or is that so far away

You know what? I'm hoping they get us into some kind of showroom, if I'm being honest

Okay, Donna, Karen, where you at? We were in Vanity Fair, so let's have this happen

We were in Vanity Fair. No, no, no. That's what we got to do. Okay. You know, we want to look good

We want to look good. We want to look good. You're both very attractive. I'm sure you'll look great

Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. But also individual. You know, we're all so individual, this whole company

And that's what I think has made us so complete as a family

You know, theater, we always talk about family. But we've been together for two years, strong

And we seen each other at our highest at our lowest in between And we have just I love you You know and that really resonates on stage

And what do you hope that people walk away from after seeing Come From Away? I hope that they take that sense of community that we create on stage about these people

and how they took care of one another. And that they want to be part of the community, be good citizens in the sense of

you know, not good citizens, but just kind people. to bring that out of themselves and to have a good laugh

and to have fun and to celebrate people being kind. The people that had the experience of being again

or that come from a ways, from off the plains, they came back and they have revisited those people many times over

because they want to reconnect over and over and over again with that sense of goodness and openness and kindness

I met a couple in Gander who said they don't feel comfortable if their house doesn't have extra toothbrushes, extra soap bars, extra deodorant, everything set up for somebody just stopping in and staying

How have you navigated all of those to make the most of this incredible music? Yeah, we were so inspired and blown away with the music making that is happening in Newfoundland today, which is really unlike any other sound I've experienced

And I would describe it as like a traditional Celtic band gets jammed together with a contemporary rock band

So we have whistles We have one guy playing 25 different whistles and flutes which are all portable instruments that was a big thing in Newfoundland is a big thing that so much of the music making happens socially and in people kitchens and people living rooms so you see these instruments like the flutes and whistles the fiddle the button accordion which is different than the

keyboard accordion I had to learn a button accordion for this show and what kind of research

did you do I saw there was some step dancing going on I did see there was a little very little

yeah sort of took my own little spin on it and I don't it's it's because we're representing real

people and I've met a lot of them. They're not professional dancers

Sure, it would be silly if they were doing 20 turns. It's about finding the right tone and

making sure that they're not too good at anything but it just feels real

in the moment and situational. That's been interesting. There's a lot of trial and error in that too

Now compare this experience to Rock of Ages where you have dancing sluts

everywhere. How does this vary and what are the perks to either

or both? I miss those dancing sluts all the time. No, come on

I mean, who gets to pole dance anymore? What do you hope that people take away after seeing Come From Away? I know

there's a lot of really important themes of friendship and kindness, and you all seem

everybody I've talked to just says how much, how madly in love with each other you all are

Which is such a beautiful thing, it doesn't always happen. What do you hope that, how do you think that

translates to the audience, and what do you hope they get out of this show? I hope they feel the same way

that we do, that we love each other and we're in this together

And I hope they leave even more so feeling that ripple effect of love

and maybe they can spread that love out like the people of Gander did. It's a world we live in right now

and always a good time to love somebody else but even more so now than ever