Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock - a fully illustrated companion volume to the hit Tony
Award-winning Broadway musical featuring the book and lyrics for the first time in print
backstage stories and the real history behind the show's events character design sketches and
songs that ended up on the cutting room floor.The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Come From
Away tells the remarkable true story of a small town that welcomed the world. On September 11
2001 38 planes and 6 579 passengers were forced to land in the provincial town of Gander
Newfoundland. The local residents opened their arms to the displaced visitors offering food
shelter and friendship. In the days that followed cultures clashed and nerves ran high but
uneasiness turned into trust music soared into the night and gratitude grew into enduring
friendships. Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock is the ultimate companion piece to Irene
Sankoff and David Hein's smash-hit musical based on that extraordinary experience. Featuring
the complete book and lyrics for the first time in print a foreword by Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau and exclusive photos of the company and physical production this essential
companion also includes original interviews with passengers Gander residents and the actors
who portray them. The narrative by theater historian Laurence Maslon details the events of that
memorable and challenging week and also traces the musical's development from the ten-year
reunion of residents and airline passengers in Gander where the idea for the musical was born
to the global phenomenon it is today. Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock gives an
unprecedented look behind the curtain and demonstrates why the story has touched so many so
deeply: Because we come from everywhere we all come from away.
