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Come From Away - Broadway Creative Team


Come From Away Broadway

Production Staff

David Hein Book, Music, and Lyrics
Irene Sankoff and David Hein are a Canadian married writing team. Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (based on David’s mother’s true story) was the hit of the Toronto Fringe Festival, and then picked up for a commercial run by Mirvish Productions. It has now played and won best musical awards in the New York Musical Theatre Festival and across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in most productions. Come From Away was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project and Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, showcased at the NAMT Festival of New Works and ... read more
Irene Sankoff Book, Music, and Lyrics
Yonge Street Theatricals is a Dora Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated production company led by Linda Barnett and Natalie Bartello. Champions of great storytelling, the duo has been developing new musicals from the grassroots for more than thirteen years. By nurturing exceptional works from their earliest stages, and collaborating with the most exciting theatre professionals in Toronto and New York, Yonge Street Theatricals showcases quality entertainment that appeals to a wide audience by embracing artistic ambition. ... read more
Michael Rupert Producer
David Spier Producer
Paula Reynolds Producer
Steve Rosen Producer
Gwen Arment Producer
Christopher Ashley won the Tony Award for his direction of the stage production of Come From Away on Broadway, and serves as the Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA. Other film credits include Diana: The Musical on Netflix, the feature films Jeffrey and Lucky Stiff, and the American Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life for PBS. At La Jolla Playhouse, Mr. Ashley directed the world-premiere productions of Come From Away, Diana: The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Memphis, The Darrell Hammond Project, Hollywood and Chasing the Song. Other select Playhouse credits include Freaky ... read more
Richard Belkin Producer
Sherry Belkin Producer
Joel Benoliel Producer
Maureen Benoliel Producer
Les Biller Producer
Sheri Biller Producer
Howell Binkley Lighting Designer
Binkley's Broadway credits includeSummer: The Donna Summer Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Come From Away (2017 Tony nomination), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony winner/2018 Olivier winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed... (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination). He is also the Co-Founder/Resident Lighting Designer for Parsons Dance. 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier and Canadian Dora Awards for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and ... read more
Beowulf Boritt Scenic Designer
25 Broadway shows including: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony Nomination), Come From Away, Flying Over Sunset, Freestyle Love Supreme, The New One, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince Of Broadway, Hand To God, Sondheim On Sondheim, …Spelling Bee , LoveMusik, Grace. 100 Off- Broadway shows including The Last Five Years, Fiddler On The Roof (in Yiddish), Sleepwalk With Me, and Miss Julie. 2007 OBIE Award for sustained excellence. ... read more
Corey Brunish Producer
Brunish started producing shows in Portland, Oregon.In his first 6 seasons on Broadway, he has garnered 8 Tony Award Nominations and 2 Tonys.He has also won the Drama Desk, Drama League, Audience Choice and Outer Critic's Circle Awards.He has been an investor on 2 cast recordings which have won the Grammy.He has 2 Emmy Nominations (NY Region) ... read more
Marlene Cohen Producer
Gary D Cohen Producer
Producer, Me Too. Stella Adler Theater. 2006, AKA as Garmar Ventures Producer, Dumbstruck, documentary Producer, Come From Away, Broadway 2017 Co Producer, The Samuel Project, full feature 2017 Producer: Be More Chill Broadway 2019 Producer: Tootsie Broadway 2019; Upcoming Producer : Diana, the musical Broadway 2020 ... read more
Ellise Coit Producer
Michael Coit Producer
Sheridan College Producer
Broadway/Tours: Elf, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Spiderman Turn Off The Dark, A Life in the Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet, The Addams Family, Memphis, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, In the Heights, Wicked, 9 to 5, South Pacific, Peepshow in Vegas. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, MCC, Signature. Film: Margin Call, Howl, Sex and the City 1 & 2, Jonah Hex, Main Street, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, I Love You Phillip Morris, Rachel Getting Married, Dan in Real Life, Then She Found Me, Across the Universe, Ira & Abby, Rent, Pieces of April, Camp, The Grey Zone, Finding ... read more
Pamela Cooper Producer
Pamela Cooper is a talented actress who has made a name for herself both on stage and on screen. Born in New York City, Cooper began her career in theater, making her Broadway debut in the 1979 production of "The Elephant Man" alongside Philip Anglim and Kevin Conway. She went on to appear in several other Broadway productions, including "Agnes of God" and "The Crucible," both of which earned her critical acclaim. In addition to her work on stage, Cooper has also made a name for herself in film and television. She made her film debut in the 1980 drama "Ordinary ... read more
Ron Danz Producer
Marjorie Danz Producer
Allan Detsky Producer
Kelly Devine Choreographer
Kelly Devine is a theatre choreographer. Her Broadway choreography credits include Rock of Ages, Rocky, Doctor Zhivago, Come from Away and Escape to Margaritaville. She was associate choreographer on Memphis and Jersey Boys. In 2018 she choreographed the Off-Broadway musical Clueless. She won the 2019 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Choreography for her work on the West End production of Come From Away. ... read more
Lauren Doll Producer
Ian Eisendrath Music Supervisor, Musical Arranger
Broadway/National Tour: A Christmas Story. Music Supervisor and Director of New Work at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. 5th Avenue: Paint Your Wagon, Carousel, A Room With a View, Secondhand Lions, Aladdin, Vanities, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Sunday in the Park..., Cabaret, Into the Woods, West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd and Miss Saigon. Other regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, TUTS, Ordway, Casa Manana, Banff Centre for the Arts. University of Michigan graduate ... read more Radio Mouse Entertainment is the theater and media producing partnership of M. Kilburg Reedy and Jason E. Grossman. ... read more
August Eriksmoen Orchestrator
Recent orchestrations and/or dance arrangements: Memphis (Broadway), Romantic Poetry (M.T.C.), All Shook Up (1st national tour), Walmartopia (cast recording), Berlin, Imperfect Chemistry (cast recording), Always...Patsy Cline, Honky Tonk Angels. Coming up: The Addams Family, The Big Time. Broadway/Tours: All Shook Up (conductor), Ring Of Fire (Assoc. M.D., cast recording), Rent (Assoc. Conductor), The Full Monty (conductor, 1st national). ... read more
Ronald Frankel Producer
Received Tony Awards for August: Osage County and Glengarry Glen Ross. Other Broadway shows include: Blithe Spirit, Race, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, China Doll, The Last Ship, Matilda and Something Rotten. Upcoming production: Come From Away. ... read more
Jerry Frankel Producer
Barbara Freitag Producer
Wendy Gillespie Producer
Joel Goldes Dialect Coach
Come From Away (La Jolla, Seattle, DC, Toronto, Broadway), Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse). Film/TV: Birth of A Nation, “24: Legacy,” Fifty Shades of Grey, Fury, “The Crazy Ones,” “After Earth,” “Hatfields & McCoys,” “True Blood,” “24,” The Hangover. In memory of mentor Dudley Knight. ... read more
Joshua Goodman Producer
Toni-Leslie James Costume Designer
Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet; Come From Away; August Wilson’s Jitney; Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The Scottsboro Boys; Finian’s Rainbow; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last Jam. Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Soho Rep, Lincoln Center Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the Roundabout Theatre, among others. Regional: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, the ... read more
Sam Levy Producer
Sam Levy is a producer in New York and London. Previous credits include COME FROM AWAY (Broadway, Toronto); and THE MENTALISTS starring Stephen Merchant (West End). Until 2014, Sam worked at ATM Productions, a company producing theatre in New York and London, receiving over 80 Tony and 35 Olivier nominations since 1998. Recent productions include: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES starring Liev Schreiber; AN ACT OF GOD, starring Jim Parsons; THE ELEPHANT MAN, starring Bradley Cooper; LUCKY GUY, starring Tom Hanks; I'LL EAT YOU LAST, starring Bette Midler; RED, starring Eddie Redmayne and Alfred Molina; HAMLET, starring Jude Law; and the ... read more
Latitude Link Producer
Terry McNicholas Producer
Co founder of International Incidents Productions. ... read more
Rena Mendelson Producer
Molly Morris Producer
Gareth Owen Sound Designer
Sound Design Award highlights : Tony Award & Drama Desk Award for MJ: THE MUSICAL. Olivier Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Broadway World Award, Green Room Award, Dora Award, Craig Noel Award, and the WhatsOnStage Award for COME FROM AWAY; Olivier Award for MEMPHIS, Olivier Award for MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, Tony nomination for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Tony nomination for END OF THE RAINBOW, Olivier nomination for BACK TO THE FUTURE, Olivier nomination for BAT OUT OF HELL, Olivier nomination for TOP HAT, Olivier nomination for END OF THE RAINBOW, and Pro Sound Award for SOUND ENGINEER OF THE ... read more
Carl Pasbjerg Producer
Linda Potter Producer
Bill Potter Producer
Rodney Rigby Producer
Broadway credits include Summer, Children of a Lesser God, Come From Away, Catch Me If You Can, and Lend Me a Tenor. ... read more
Spencer Ross Producer
Spencer is the founder of SBR Productions LLC. Broadway: Amelie, Come From Away, Present Laughter (2017), Significant Other, An American in Paris. National Tours: An American in Paris, Fun Home. ... read more
Lauren Stevens Producer
Cynthia Stroum Producer
Rosemary Willman Producer
Kenneth Willman Producer
Richard Winkler Producer

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Awards and Nominations

2017 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Irene Sankoff won.
Outstanding Choreography: Kelly Devine was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical: Toni-Leslie James was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Christopher Ashley was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: Irene Sankoff was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Music: Irene Sankoff was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Musical: Come From Away won.
Outstanding Orchestrations: August Eriksmoen was nominated but did not win.

2017 Drama League Awards
Outstanding Production of a Broadway of Off-Broadway Musical: Come From Away was nominated but did not win.

2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway): Irene Sankoff won.
Outstanding Choreographer: Kelly Devine was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Christopher Ashley won.
Outstanding New Broadway Musical: Come From Away won.
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway): Irene Sankoff was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical): Gareth Owen won.

2017 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: Irene Sankoff was nominated but did not win.
Best Choreography: Kelly Devine was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Christopher Ashley won.
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Howell Binkley was nominated but did not win.
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Howell Binkley was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Irene Sankoff was nominated but did not win.

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