This is not a 9/11 story; it’s a 9/12 story,” said John Anker Bow about "Come From Away," coming to the Academy of Music Feb.

On September 11, 2001 the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all. COME FROM AWAY is the breathtaking musical that reminds you of what good the human spirit is capable of.

Too often a worthy production can be dragged down by a lack of pace and its inability to liberate itself from the detail of the story it is telling. Come From Away suffers no such restraints.

Come From Away never felt inauthentic in its heart-tugging and through song, the show ranged from exhilirating to wrenching. Different from last time were the actors who played the gay couple of ...