Broadway’s Come From Away is a best musical winner all across North America and makes its Bloomington debut in November!

This New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.

Newsweek cheers, “It takes you to a place you never want to leave!”

On 9/11, the world stopped. On 9/12, their stories moved us all.

Come From Away Pre-Show Talk

Wednesday, November 1 • 6:30–7:15 p.m. 

Fine Arts Building Room 102

Arrive early to a special pre-show talk titled, "9/11 and the Dividing of America."

The terrorists' attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, ignited a period of national unity. Americans rallied to the flag and moved quickly to launch a War on Terror designed to punish the perpetrators and demonstrate that the nation remained strong. This surge of patriotic fervor, however, was to be short lived. Within a few years, citizens began to criticize the wars launched in Afghanistan and Iraq. This talk will look closely at the course of this change from unity to fragmentation.

John Bodnar is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University. His books include The Good War in American Memory (2010) and Divided by Terror: American Patriotism after 9/11 (2021).

This is a FREE event and open to the public.