Mary Doherty News

The West End production of the multi award-winning Come From Away has officially returned to its home at The Phoenix Theatre in London! Get a peek inside the company's triumphant return to Gander here!

Come From Away returns to the West End from 22 July. Learn more about the production, casting, and how to purchase tickets!

As the multi award-winning Come From Away prepares to welcome audiences back to the Phoenix Theatre in London from 22 July, the international hit musical today announces its extension in the West End until February 2022.

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the Mary and Frank J Doherty Principal Flute Chair. The Dohertys, long-time supporters of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra who have previously endowed OPO's Principal Clarinet Chair, leave a great legacy for the organization with this second endowment.

The Phoenix Theatre in London will reopen on 22 July and welcome audiences once again for the re-opening of international hit musical Come From Away.

This Sunday, September 20 at 2 p.m., Opera Orlando pulls out all the stops in celebration of five seasons with its online Fifth Anniversary Party: A Grand Night for Singing. Audiences can access the live broadcast from Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum via the Company's YouTube channel.

Fans of Opera Orlando will want to tune in this Sunday, September 13, at 2 p.m., as Opera Orlando in Concert presents executive director and acclaimed baritone Gabriel Preisser celebrating his recent Grammy win.

Central Florida philanthropists, arts supporters, and friends of Opera Orlando Frank J. and Mary Doherty have pledged a $30,000 match in celebration of the Company's fifth season.

It's a mark of a great show that it seems to speak directly to the present moment, even if that moment is years after its original creation. Come From Away passes that test with flying colours; in its depiction of an international community dealing with a crisis – including, raising a wry audience laugh, stockpiling loo paper – this 9/11 musical has plenty of resonance with our coronavirus times. Except that the world would be a much better place if we all behaved a bit more like the people of Gander.

The Olivier Award-wining West End production of COME FROM AWAY celebrated its first birthday at Phoenix Theatre tonight (11 March), and officially welcomed to the Rock 10 new cast members. Helping usher the show into its second year were two very special Gander guests: the real Bonnie Harris and Brian Mosher. Watch the videos below!

Come From Away is celebrating its first birthday in the West End! More tickets are going on sale, taking bookings through to 17 October 2020.

From 10 February, there are going to be some new faces amongst the Come From Away West End cast. Welcome them into the rock by watching the current and incoming cast members perform the final song of the show in the video below!

There are new islanders joining the Come From Away family, and we were lucky enough to get an exclusive sneak peek into their rehearsals!

As the Olivier Award-winning a?oeBest New Musicala?? Come From Away enters its second year in the West End, it welcomes new cast members from Monday 10 February 2020. This joyous musical tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed, and nerves ran high, but as uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.

Welcome to the podcast series, 'Welcome to the Rock!' A behind the curtain peek at what it takes to get a show from a seed of an idea all the way to a Broadway hit.The international musical hit Come From Away tells the incredible real-life story of the passengers from all over the world that were grounded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland in the wake of the events of 9/11.

As hit musical Come From Away celebrates its 300th performance and 300,000th visitor in the UK, the Olivier Award-winning a?oeBest New Musicala?? announces that it will further extend its hugely successful run in the West End until 23 May 2020.

Rebekah Murrell made her professional acting debut in Natasha Gordon's award-winning Nine Night, which opened at the National Theatre before transferring to Trafalgar Studios. Earlier this year, she followed that up with her directing debut: J'Ouvert at Theatre503. She can now be seen performing in Glass at the Royal Court, one of four new plays written by Caryl Churchill and directed by James Macdonald. BroadwayWorld spoke with Rebekah about the rehearsal process, Churchill's work, and what changes she would like to see in the theatre industry.

David Thaxton is joining the cast of Come From Away in London! Thaxton will take on the role of Kevin T/Garth and Others, replacing David Shannon from 9 September.

Cast, band members and fans of hit musical Come From Away in London celebrated Canada Day today, 1 July, by performing at Tottenham Court Road Station and sharing random acts of kindness with 500 passing commuters by handing out £5 travelcards. With this show of goodwill they hoped to honour the spirit of the musical and the residents of Newfoundland, Canada who welcomed stranded air passengers from around the world in the wake of 911.

Hit musical Come From Away will extend its run in the West End until 15 February 2020. Telling the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them, the critically acclaimed production recently earned great success at the Olivier Awards, winning "Best New Musical", "Best Theatre Choreographer", "Best Sound Design" and "Outstanding Achievement in Music".