Newsies

New York City, 1899. Jack Kelly and his team of newsagents make a poor living selling newspapers on the city streets. But when newspaper prices are raised, sellers are left without support.
Led by the charismatic Jack and young freelance journalist Katherine Plummer, Journalists form a union and stage strike against greedy New York World publisher.
Can the idealistic group of workers win against renowned publisher Joseph Pulitzer?

Find the trailer of the version filmed in 2017:

General information
  • Style : Disney, Dance, Romance
  • Theme : Friendship, New York, Dream, Inspired by a true story, Strike, Union
  • year of creation : 2011
Music
  • Composer : Alan Menken
  • Lyricist :Jack Feldman
  • Librettist : Harvey Fierstein
  • famous songs : "Carrying the Banner" "The Bottom Line" "That's Rich" "I Never Planned on You/Don't Come A-Knocking" "The World Will Know" "Watch What Happens" "Seize the Day" "Santa Fe" "King of New York" "Brooklyn's Here" "Something to Believe In" "Once and for All"
  • Famous performers : Jeremy Jordan, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Steve Blanchard, Kara Lindsay, John Dossett, Ben Fankhauser, Tommy Bracco, Ben Cook, Mike Faist.
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : The stage version is an adaptation of the 1992 Disney film directed by Kenny Ortega. The film featured Christian Bale, David Moscow, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall and Ann-Margret.
  • Exists in film : The musical is based on the 1992 film. The stage version was filmed and is available on Youtube and Google Play.
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : The musical was nominated for 8 Tony Awards and won 2: Best Score and Best Choreography. She won 2 Drama Desk Awards in the same categories.
  • Number of performances : 1004
Currently on stage