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Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock – a fully illustrated companion volume to the hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, featuring the book and lyrics for the first time in print, backstage stories and the real history behind the show’s events, character design sketches, and songs that ended up on the cutting room floor.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Come From Away tellsthe remarkable true story of a small town that welcomed the world. OnSeptember 11, 2001, 38 planes and 6,579 passengers were forced to landin the provincial town of Gander, Newfoundland. The local residentsopened their arms to the displaced visitors, offering food, shelter, andfriendship. In the days that followed, cultures clashed and nerves ranhigh, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, andgratitude grew into enduring friendships.

Come From Away: Welcome to the Rockis the ultimate companion piece to Irene Sankoff and David Hein’ssmash-hit musical based on that extraordinary experience. Featuring thecomplete book and lyrics for the first time in print, a foreword byCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and exclusive photos of thecompany and physical production, this essential companion also includesoriginal interviews with passengers, Gander residents, and the actorswho portray them. The narrative by theater historian Laurence Maslondetails the events of that memorable and challenging week and alsotraces the musical’s development from the ten-year reunion of residentsand airline passengers in Gander, where the idea for the musical wasborn , to the global phenomenon it is today.

Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock givesan unprecedented look behind the curtain and demonstrates why the storyhas touched so many so deeply: Because we come from everywhere, we allcome from away.