{"id":1256,"date":"2019-07-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\/"},"modified":"2019-07-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T00:00:00","slug":"come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Come From Away Debuts In Melbourne To Rave Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Come From Away<\/em> is a musical about a remarkable true story which took place in the wake of 9\/11.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After much anticipation, the show recently opened in Melbourne\u2019s Comedy Theatre and has received rave reviews from critics and fans alike.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Melbourne production of Come From Away is extraordinary. I haven\u2019t felt a wave of energy like it after a show. I was lucky enough to interview Diane Davis, a Newfoundland teacher who helped thousands of people after 9\/11. You can hear her story here:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Di4JX59l8D\">https:\/\/t.co\/Di4JX59l8D<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nance Haxton (@NanceHaxton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NanceHaxton\/status\/1155376018695131136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I went to see \u2018Come From Away\u2019 at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne yesterday. The Packed house gave it a standing ovation. Don\u2019t miss it. It\u2019s wonderful!<\/p>&mdash; Helen Perkins (@helenperkins59) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/helenperkins59\/status\/1155603168803168256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Melbourne, if you can spare the cash, I DEMAND that you buy a ticket for Come From Away, right now. I don&#39;t care if you don&#39;t like musicals. You&#39;ll feel better for it, I guarentee it. That was the most heartfelt joyous shows I&#39;ve ever seen<\/p>&mdash; Andy (@torak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/torak\/status\/1154345701741981697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/entertainment\/arts\/come-from-away-is-a-hit-and-a-masterpiece\/news-story\/22eb4f84b15552dfe88c533f76f971a8\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Herald Sun <\/a>has called the production \u201ca hit and a masterpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOf all the jewels in the musical theatre crown, few shine as brightly as newcomer<em> Come From Away.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/melbourne\/theatre\/come-from-away-review\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TimeOut Melbourne wrote<\/a> that \u201cthe production, as you\u2019d expect from this kind of slickly mounted replica of a Broadway hit, is superb\u201d and said that the performances from the cast are also hard to fault.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In other words: it\u2019s a show you don\u2019t want to miss.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Come From Away<\/em> is currently showing in Melbourne\u2019s newly renovated Comedy Theatre. Book now at comefromaway.com.au.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Images: Supplied.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOf all the jewels in the musical theatre crown, few shine as brightly as newcomer Come From Away.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Come From Away Debuts In Melbourne To Rave Reviews - Smooth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Come From Away Debuts In Melbourne To Rave Reviews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cOf all the jewels in the musical theatre crown, few shine as brightly as newcomer Come From Away.\u201d&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smooth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-29T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/come_from_away_0-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1073\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"599\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Krisinda Merhi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Krisinda Merhi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.smooth.com.au\\\/stage\\\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.smooth.com.au\\\/stage\\\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Krisinda Merhi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.smooth.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/93780907ceeb7394ce383936d9f00b87\"},\"headline\":\"Come From Away Debuts In Melbourne To Rave Reviews\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.smooth.com.au\\\/stage\\\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":300,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.smooth.com.au\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.smooth.com.au\\\/stage\\\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.smooth.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/come_from_away_0-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Stage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.smooth.com.au\\\/stage\\\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.smooth.com.au\\\/stage\\\/come-away-debuts-melbourne-rave-reviews\\\/\",\"name\":\"Come From Away Debuts In Melbourne To Rave Reviews - 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