Canadian musical ‘Come From Away’ permanently cancelled in Toronto over pandemic restrictions

Mirvish Productions says the Canadian musical Come From Away is being permanently cancelled. 

The Toronto production ended its run on Wednesday, Dec. 22 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

The production has just had its reopening following a 21-month pandemic hiatus. Mirvish says in seven days the Omicron variant drew the curtain on the production. 

“Despite our best efforts, within a week of reopening an outbreak in the backstage company forced us to cancel four performances, with the hope that we would resume on December 28,” said founder David Mirvish in a statement. “But during this short break, it became bluntly apparent that it would be impossible to continue when this incredibly contagious variant has sent case numbers soaring.”

Mirvish says other governments around the world have stepped up to support the commercial theatre sector by offering a financial safety net for the sector to reopen and play during the pandemic, but in Canada there is no such government support.

“I know this news is shocking, and it causes me and our partners great pain to have to take this action, but we are simply out of options. The most responsible way forward is to close the production,” said Mirvish.

The production company says ticket-holders of the cancelled performances will be contacted and will be offered a transfer of the value of their tickets to account credits, gift cards, or refund.