Before March 12, 2020, before Covid-19 forced Broadway to shut down, Sharon Wheatley would most likely be blissfully performing in the hit show Come From Away six days a week.

Wheatley is an original cast member of the life-affirming, Tony-winning gem of a musical about the passengers on the 38 planes who were stranded in Gander and the Newfoundland residents who, in addition to food and shelter, offered extreme kindness and much more. Wheatley has played Diane and other characters since Come From Away’s 2015 world premiere in La Jolla. She performed on the Tony Awards. She is on the show’s original cast recording. [READ MORE]