{"id":380694,"date":"2026-08-25T14:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380694\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:22:18","slug":"orlando-shakes-to-present-broadway-hit-come-from-away-in-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380694\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Shakes to present Broadway hit “Come From Away” in Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Shakes to present Broadway hit “Come From Away” in Central Florida<\/p>\n

The musical “Come From Away,” based on a true story of community and compassion after 9\/11, takes the stage in Central Florida on select nights through September 27.<\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/a>\"DefaultORLANDO, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

The award-winning Broadway musical “Come From Away” opens Wednesday, Aug. 26, in Central Florida, bringing a true story of community, compassion, and connection to the stage. <\/p>\n

The musical tells the story of 7,000 passengers stranded after 9\/11 and the small town that opened its doors to them. <\/p>\n

Cast member Katie Whetsell, who plays Beverly and other characters, discussed her roles and how the cast brings dozens of characters to life. <\/p>\n

Music director Bert Rodriguez explained the significance of the music in the production, saying it is an essential part of telling the story. <\/p>\n

The musical runs on select nights through September 27. <\/p>\n

Tickets are available online, with various notable special events. <\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>to learn more. <\/p>\n

>> Watch the full interview in the video player above. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Shakes to present Broadway hit “Come From Away” in Central Florida The musical “Come From Away,” based…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[65469,13462,33937,147,152783,502,6078,917,28,30,29,1210,152786,13224,152787,716,139,3696,152785,28158,13226,152784,2486],"class_list":["post-380694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-away","tag-broadway","tag-cast","tag-central-florida","tag-come-from-away","tag-community","tag-compassion","tag-dozen","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-life","tag-music-director-bert-rodriguez","tag-musical","tag-musical-run","tag-night","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-shakes","tag-other-character","tag-production","tag-theatre","tag-true-story","tag-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}