A review by ljrinaldi
Come from Away: Welcome to the Rock: An Inside Look at the Hit Musical by Irene Sankoff, David Hein
5.0
I first came across the music for Come From Away, while listening to the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Network). It was so lively, so singable, I sought out the album, and much like I did with Andrew Lloyd Webers Cats, many years ago, I listened over and over again.
You would think that a story about what happened during the attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001 would be depressing, and not something to enjoy, but the show, which is about the 38 planes that hand to land in Newfoundland, Canada, when the American airspace closed, is a story of people helping others. Of people reaching out, and making thousands of people feel at home.
And the most amazing part of this whole story, which is revealed in this companion book, is how much of it was not just based on what happened, but is well researched enough that the people it was based on approved of how they were portrayed.
The authors did years of research on what happened that week, in Gander, and this book not only documents how they went about it, but also gives stories that did not make it into the musical, which were just as fantastic.
This book is full of pictures, and quotes, and footnotes galore.
If you have seen this musical, this is a must have.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
You would think that a story about what happened during the attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001 would be depressing, and not something to enjoy, but the show, which is about the 38 planes that hand to land in Newfoundland, Canada, when the American airspace closed, is a story of people helping others. Of people reaching out, and making thousands of people feel at home.
And the most amazing part of this whole story, which is revealed in this companion book, is how much of it was not just based on what happened, but is well researched enough that the people it was based on approved of how they were portrayed.
The authors did years of research on what happened that week, in Gander, and this book not only documents how they went about it, but also gives stories that did not make it into the musical, which were just as fantastic.
This book is full of pictures, and quotes, and footnotes galore.
If you have seen this musical, this is a must have.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.