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Newsies: The Musical

Newsies

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Set in New York City in 1899, teenage newsboy Jack Kelly leads a ragged band of newsies in a strike against powerful newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst when they raise the price of newspapers the boys must buy to resell. With the help of reporter Katherine Plumber and crippled newsboy Crutchie, Jack rallies the young workers across the city, discovering that even kids can make a differen…

Opened
2012
Performances
1,005
Type
Musical
Era
Modern
Music: Alan MenkenLyrics: Jack FeldmanBook: Harvey Fierstein

Productions2 on Broadway

2012 Nederlander Theatre Original. March 29, 2012 · Jeff Calhoun 1,005 performances · 2 Tony wins
2023 Transfer Theatre not recorded. April 3, 2013

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Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Newsies matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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In the literature22 passages

He also wrote a score for the 1992 TV mini-series Lincoln. Newsies [lyrics by Jack Feldman], which was a quick failure. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p393

among the musicals interested in looking at boys’ lives were: Big (1996), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001), a 2003 revival of Big River, Tarzan (2006), Billy Elliot (2008), and Newsies (2012) book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p172

Swing Kids (which Leonard Maltin in his Movie Guide annual termed “this year’s Newsies”) book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p335

This made him the first performer in living memory to originate leading roles in two new Broadway musicals in a single season. book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p29

Best Musical: Once Produced by Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart, Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, Orin Wolf, The Shubert Organization, Robert Cole, New York Theatre Workshop Nominees: Leap of Faith Produced by Michael Manheim, James D. Stern, Douglas L. Meyer, Marc Routh, Ric… book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p426

Best Choreography: Christopher Gattelli, Newsies Nominees: Rob Ashford, Evita; Steven Hoggett, Once, Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It Best Orchestrations: Martin Lowe, Once Neminees: William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess; Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Danny… book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p427

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