# Come From Away and Waitress - Recommended? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2019, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620 "2019-03-06T06:30:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620/1 "2019-03-06T06:30:44Z")
The musicals Come From Away and Waitress have arrived in London’s West End from Broadway. My wife and I are considering booking tickets for them. Has anybody seen either musical, and would you recommend either one? ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620/2 "2019-03-06T10:11:45Z")
We saw Waitress on Broadway in August and thought it was great. Our kids loved and and couldn’t stop playing the music for months afterward. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620/3 "2019-03-06T10:15:07Z")
I **LOVED** _Come From Away_! It’s coming to Chicago this summer and I’ll see it again. mc ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620/4 "2019-03-06T14:29:09Z")
Come From Away is a show everyone should see, if only for the historical event it portrays. And, of yes, it is good. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620/5 "2019-03-06T19:18:38Z")
I was worried about _Come From Away_ (too soon and all that) but it was a lovely, heartwarming show – the songs are good, the actors play multiple characters but are amazing at transformations. Five stars; would see again. _Waitress_ was much better than the movie. I didn’t have any sympathy for the waitress character in the movie, but the stage show does a better job making her a more sympathetic character. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620/6 "2019-03-06T19:28:50Z")
I haven’t seen either however, people I know who’ve seen Come From Away rave about it and I really enjoy the music from Waitress. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620/7 "2019-03-07T17:25:57Z")
I loved the movie Waitress and the musical is good, too. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620/8 "2019-03-09T10:31:14Z")
Thanks to everyone who responded. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-from-away-and-waitress-recommended/830620/9 "2019-03-09T12:22:12Z")
Please post back with updates, OP. I have tickets to Waitress in June. mmm