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The Rousuck Interview: "Come From Away" Playwrights David Hein and Irene Sankoff

photo courtesy Come From Away/Broadway

On Thursdays here on Midday, our theater critic, J. Wynn Rousuck, usually reviews all things theatrical across the region.  Today, instead of a review, we bring you an interview Judy conducted earlier this month with Canadian playwrights David Hein and Irene Sankoff, the married co-creators of the award-winning show, Come From Away

The couple spoke with Judy by phone from New York City.

Their show was inspired by real-life events in the small Newfoundland community of Gander, immediately following the September 11, 2001 series of  airborne terrorist attacks in the United States. Those attacks prompted the closure of US airspace and the diversion of all US-bound airline flights.  Thirty-eight commercial jetliners were forced to land in Gander, stranding nearly 7000 passengers in the tiny coastal community for the better part of a week.   

Credit Photo by Matthew Murphy
The N.A. Touring Company of COME FROM AWAY

The North American touring production of this hit Broadway musical is at the Hippodrome Theater here in Baltimore through Sunday, April 28.  

 

Click here to listen to more of J. Wynn Rousuck's interview with Irene Sankoff and David Hein.

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J. Wynn Rousuck has been reviewing theater for WYPR's Midday (and previously, Maryland Morning) since 2007. Prior to that, she was the theater critic of The Baltimore Sun, where she reviewed more than 3,000 plays over the course of 23 years.
Rob is a contributing producer for Midday.