The musical focuses on the power of kindness among air passengers grounded in Canada after the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington
Gloria Estefan, front row centre, and Kelly Devine, front row second right, with the cast and crew of Come From Away at the Olivier Awards on April 7, 2019 in London, England.Productions about gay men in New York City, friendship after the Sept. 11 attacks and love in Mississippi dominated Britain’s prestigious Olivier Awards for best theatre on Sunday.
to modern New York, where a group of young, ambitious men ponder their existence and the previous generation’s legacy.“I don’t have the proper vocabulary ... It feels like an out-of-body experience ... a bit crazy,” Soller told Reuters after winning the award over other nominees like Ian McKellen and David Suchet.
“To be speaking for a community where there’s so much pain, so much healing to be done, it is just really incredible, very emotional,” he added. In his acceptance speech, Soller paid tribute to the victims of AIDS and lamented that in some nations people can still be stoned to death for being gay., a musical about the power of kindness among air passengers grounded in Canada after the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, also won four awards including best new musical., a reworking of U.S. composer Stephen Sondheim’s comedy with a woman instead of a man in the lead role, took three prizes including best musical revival.
“I wasn’t expecting it ... Nobody knows who I am,” Ferran told Reuters afterwards, clutching a glass of champagne. “I might be slightly hung over tomorrow, don’t tell anyone!”Prince Charles’ wife Camilla joined stars of British theatre for the glitzy ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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