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Why see Newsies?

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Newsies is the blazing, high-kicking true story of New York's newsboys who made their living hawking papers, but in the face of rising prices and poor wages, started to make the headlines themselves! Based on Disney's 1992 film, which is in turn based on the newsboys strike of 1899 that brought the city to a standstill, this storming, energetic, adaptation is now heading out on tour.

After making its Broadway debut in 2012, the show, with book by Harvey Fierstien and Music by Alan Menken, Newsies went onto win 2 Tonys, including Best Score and Choreography, which was lavishly praised in the first rash of reviews, with the cartwheeling, flipping and pirouetting dance numbers declared 'Electrifying' by Vogue.

With classic Broadway flair, unforgettable songs (see 'Seize the Day' and 'King of New York') and a defiant tale of feisty kids making a difference, Newsies is a definite hit and a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

Reading between the lines, what is newsies about?

Orphaned and homeless, New York's newsboys live, urchin like, day by day, dreaming of a better life. In the meantime, the popular and charismatic Jack and friends have got more than just dodging juvenile detention centre on his mind. The newspaper editors are inflating their prices, meaning the newsies can't afford to sell them. Now is the time to pull together, create strength in numbers and protest! Join Jack on the adventure of his life as he finds the courage and the hope to change his destiny!

Did you know?

This is lyricist Jack Feldman's first Broadway show, previously he wrote the lyrics for Barry Manilow's hit Cococabana

Key Information

Audience

Newsies is a Family show, but please note, children under the age of four are not permitted in the theatre

Run Time

Two hours and 15 minutes, including one intermission

Dates

Finished Sep 10, 2016

Cast

Joey Barreiro as Jack Kelly
Steve Blanchard as Joseph Pulitzer
Zachary Sayle as Crutchie
Morgan Keene as Katherine
Aisha de Haas as Medda Larkin
Stephen Michael Langton as Davey
John Michael Pitera / Ethan Steiner as Les (Pitera to debut from October 20)

Creative

Direction: Jeff Calhoun
Choreography: Christopher Gattelli
Scenic Design: Tobin Ost
Costume Design: Jess Goldstein
Lighting Design: Jeff Croiter
Projection Design: Sven Ortel
Musical Supervision, Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements: Michael Kosarin
Musical Direction: David Holcenberg
Orchestrations: Danny Troob
Lyrics by: Jack Feldman
Music by: Alan Menken
Book by: Harvey Fierstein

Awards

TONY AWARDS 2012

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre. Music: Alan Menken. Lyrics: Jack Feldman
Best Choreography: Christopher Gattelli

Reviews

Customer reviews

3 reviews, average rating: (4.2 Stars)

Anonymous

why you should see newes.

I saw newses in new yourk. and it was so good there was a lot of singing and acting and the stage was set up good there was not a lot of stage changes. the cast did a good job at acting and singing. it was very intertaning. ... Read more

Cam

STELLAR Performance

Reading these reviews is very disappointing to me. Ariana did and always has served up an amazing show with beautiful visuals and stunning live vocals. Seeing people complaining about her coming on "two hours late" is also irritating to read because artists always come on after the tickets showtime. She has two opening acts, what do you expect? Everyone in that arena was extremely engaged the entire show and you could tell how pleased fans were as we exited the arena. Don't attend an Ariana Grande show if you expect a gig where half of the show is spent talking to the audience. Ariana focuses on visuals and live vocals for her shows, in order to please the fans who paid to hear her sing their favorite songs. If Ariana spent half of the show talking, she would not be able to fit her 30 SONG setlist full of everyone's favorites. Amazing performance Ariana, you outdo yourself every single time. ... Read more

Jason

Awesome

She was not late on the venue website it said the show started at 7:30 but when u purchase the ticket on ticketmaster it said it starts at 8. The venue pushed the show back due to the game that was going on around 7:00 so they didn’t want the traffic to be bad with a game and a concert starting around the same time ... Read more

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