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 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ivanka Trump, shown here in February, were spotted together at the Broadway show “Come From Away” Wednesday night. (Broadway.com) 
 
 Trudeau spoke to the audience before the show Wednesday night and thanked the cast, who “worked to pull together such an extraordinary crowd to celebrate this story of friendship during extraordinarily difficult times between individuals between countries.” 
 
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 The Prime Minister also spoke about “the close relationship between the United States and Canada.” 
 
 “The world gets to see what it is to lean on each other and be there for each other,” he said. (Evan Vucci/AP) 
 
 “Come From Away,” with book, music and lyrics by Canadian husband-and-wife team Irene Sankoff and David Hein, begins on Sept. 11, 2001, and tells the true story of a group of 6,579 people on 38 planes forced to land unexpectedly in Gander, Newfoundland and how the local residents embrace their new neighbors. Celebrating Canadian compassion following 9/11, the story is set in the small Newfoundland town of Gander, which saw its population double after it took in thousands of passengers and crew from dozens of planes diverted when US air space was closed following the terror attacks. One recurring subplot involves prejudice against Muslims. Ivanka Trump had Justin Trudeau on her arm at a Broadway show about embracing strangers. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, left, looks on before the start of the play on Wednesday. Trudeau previously announced on Twitter that he planned to attend the show with his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, and that he was “looking forward to showing New Yorkers Canada at its best.” 
 
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– While President Trump was defending his travel ban in Nashville, Tenn., his daughter Ivanka joined Canada's prime minister for a Broadway show with a message of tolerance. Ivanka Trump and Justin Trudeau attended Come From Away, a musical about how the residents of Gander, Newfoundland, welcomed more than 6,000 people stranded in the small town when planes were diverted there after the 9/11 attacks, when US airspace was closed, the New York Daily News reports. The show opened in New York Sunday to rave reviews after runs in cities including Seattle and Washington, DC. Ivanka and Trudeau arrived in the same motorcade and sat next to each other during the play, the Telegraph reports. US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was also in the crowd, as were up to 150 other UN ambassadors, reports the Toronto Star, which notes that the musical has a recurring subplot about anti-Muslim prejudice. Trudeau received a standing ovation for his speech introducing the play. He thanked the cast for working "to pull together such an extraordinary crowd to celebrate this story of friendship during extraordinarily difficult times between individuals between countries" and spoke about the close relationship betweeen the US and Canada. "The world gets to see what it is to lean on each other and be there for each other," he said. (Trudeau says Canada will welcome refugees of all faiths.)