Come From Away wins four Olivier awards and makes Canadian theatre history along the way GlobeArts
Gloria Estefan and Kelly Devine with the cast and crew of"Come From Away" who won Best New Musical during The Olivier Awards with Mastercard at the Royal Albert Hall on April 07, 2019 in London, England.y has made Canadian theatre history again – becoming the first Canadian-penned show to win the Laurence Olivier Award for best new musical.
“[It feels] especially incredible now here in England, where there’s so much division and confusion, to be a show about coming together and responding with kindness.”missed out on the Tony Award for best musical to, a decision still hotly debated on Broadway, where both shows are still selling out., a critical darling that won the Tony for best musical in 2015, and two new British hits:, a new show that imagines the wives of Henry VIII as a girl group.
Sunday’s Olivier wins will help the show continue what has been unprecedented commercial success for a Canadian work of theatre.The show’s Broadway production recently celebrated its second anniversary and is booking until 2020, while its Toronto production has had bigger box-office success than any musical in the city for a decade.
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