Eff Yeah Newsies!
June 2012
7 posts
Play
I went to see Newsies last night (on the Broadway).
It was simply fantastic. When I have more time I will write youse guys a full review and also post pictures of all the trading cards. I’m not sure how it is they normally hand them out but when I bought a t-shirt the woman overheard my mom saying it was my birthday and she threw them all in my bag (everyone there is super nice). Since it was a Saturday night and I hate crowds I didn’t bother to stay and get any autographs but maybe I’ll stop by the stage door on weeknight and get them then (and then I will post a picture of that as well).
Keep carrying the banner!!
May 2012
20 posts
Watch What Happens
Original Broadway Cast
Watch What Happens | Kara Lindsay | Newises
All I know is nothing happens if you just give in, it can’t be any worse than how it’s been.
Newsies Lottery Rush Policy
Lottery Rush: $30 - Beginning two-and-a-half hours before every performance, patrons are invited to enter the lottery; winners will be drawn two hours before each performance. Winners may then purchase up to two $30 cash-only tickets to that day’s performance. Winners must be present with valid identification at the time of the drawing. The lottery will be offered before every performance other than the opening-night performance. Entries are checked for duplication prior to drawing. Winners must be present at the time of the drawing and show valid ID to purchase tickets. Limit one entry per person and two tickets per winner.
'Newsies' calls Broadway home indefinitely →
ticketnews.com
Disney’s Broadway musical “Newsies” was scheduled to close August 19, but announced on May 16 that their run will now be open-ended giving first-time showgoers more time to purchase tickets and diehard fans more opportunities to catch the show again.
Originally a 1992 film by Disney of the same name, the show tells the story of newsboys in New York City who formed a union to demand fair compensation from publishers following the paperboy strike of 1899. “Newsies” made its Broadway debut March 15 for a limited engagement and extended their run from June to August based on the success of initial ticket pre-sales, according to Entertainment Weekly. The musical had a successful three-week run in September 2011 at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey prior to bringing the production to Broadway.
Since its debut the hit show has earned eight Tony Award nominations (including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, and Best Lead Actor) and has grossed around $7.9 million, which is one of the best financial track records of any show to open this season, according toThe New York Times.
The current cast will stay on board, including Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan who plays newsboy and leader of the strike, Jack Kelly. Single tickets are on sale through November 18 and group sale tickets are available through January 6, as reported by The New York Times.
“I think that ‘Newsies’ extending will continue to help their ticket sales, making it possible for more people to be able to buy tickets and plan their trips to New York City,” said Amanda Pekoe, president of theatrical marketing and advertising company The Pekoe Group, in a recent email to TicketNews. “There is such a huge audience base for the show — it’s not only for families, but also for adults who grew up watching and loving the movie, who will want to see the show live on stage.”
According to the official website for “Newsies,” tickets typically range from $93 to $125. Ticketmaster has limited tickets available for $67 or $83 for orchestra for select dates and showtimes.
Who is ou're favorite chrarcter in NEWSIES?
RACETRACK
Do you have a place where I can watch Newsies the musical? Please, I'm desperate.
For real, I have no idea. I am not encouraging nor discouraging bootlegs. They are what they are. If somebody knows something and they want to pass it along to babyshoes, I am not going to say anything about it.
Also, I’m sorry I have not been updating this blog. I totally suck. But I love you all.
January 2012
10 posts
Union peeps:
I hate to do this again, but y’all should join Little Italy. Think about it. The start of the mob, turn of the century. Filled with people who are awesome.
Just sayin’ that it’s the place to be.
Oh my god guys, remember the writing community/role playing lodging houses in their heyday? It was good. It was so good.
Seize the Day
Original Paper Mill Playhouse Cast
“Seize the Day” — the Paper Mill Newsies Cast (closing performance, 10/16/11)
“courage can not erase our fear,
courage is when we face our fear,
tell those with power, safe in their tower:
we will not obey…”* this was one of the songs that I initially balked at the lyric changes but now I’m absolutely in love with the opening part — even if I still find myself singing the old lyrics once STD really gets going.
The last gif really needs to be tagged with #epilepsy warning
Yeah I was considering not posting it because it made me dizzy. Maybe I will delete it now.
News From Broadway: Jeremy Jordan To 'Carry The Banner' as Jack Kelly In Disney's NEWSIES on Broadway →
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Jeremy Jordan, who created the role of rebellious newsboy leader Jack Kelly in Newsies last fall, will play the role when the show moves to Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre March 15th for a strictly limited 101 performance engagement.
Following a series of acclaimed Broadway performances in…
Like this show is really going to close right before the Tony Awards. Yeah right. OH THOMAS SCHUMACHER, YOU THINK YOU’RE SO SNEAKY…
December 2011
2 posts
why dont the lyrics make sense???
I don’t know if they don’t make sense, I’m just not used to them. I liked the movie lyrics, but who didn’t?
I think they should have stayed with the same story line as the old one. my mom had me watch this movie 1 yearago and the 1st time i watched i fell in love. ive watched it so many times i know it like the back of my hand (which i know extremely well) i LOVE THIS MOVIE. i just dont the new songs!
werd
November 2011
7 posts
Odd thing is the lyric changes make no sense to me. Some even seem like lazy substitutes, and it's not like the originals had 90's dated references in them. I get making new verses to stretch a song. I get making new songs completely. But classic lyrics in every song? It irks me like you wouldn't believe.
We’ll just have to wait and see the final product. I can’t imagine the show won’t have more rewrites through previews on Broadway.
Katherine, the female reporter, is actually based off of Nellie Bly, who was a real female reporter at the turn of the century. (Plus, it condenses two characters that both lacked development into one that HAS development.)
Aw, all right. For anyone who doesn’t know anything about Nellie Bly, or Elizabeth Jane Cochran(e), she faked her way into an women’s insane asylum to expose the awful conditions (investigative journalism what what) and also traveled the world in 72 days. She wrote for the New York World.
Does anyone know why they changed the lyrics??
Probably because it’s been over 20 years since the script has been written. Ugh, I feel old. I would like to know why there is a female reporter? It’s weird, it’s weird, it’s weird.
NEWSIES IS COMING TO BROADWAY
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October 2011
1 post
September 2011
4 posts
Rehearsal clip
Have you seen the video clips of the rehearsals for Newsies a the Papermill Playhouse?
http://broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=270240&fb_ref=.TmAhisXXdLk.like&fb_source=profile_multiline
(I’ve never done this, so sorry if I’ve messed it up.)
Become Newsies‘ Biggest Fan and Win Tickets to Opening Night at Paper Mill Playhouse →
playbill.com
Newsies, the stage adaptation of the 1992 Disney movie musical, will premiere Sept. 15 at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse, prior to an official opening Sept. 25. Tony nominee Jeff Calhoun, director of Broadway’s upcoming Bonnie & Clyde, will direct the Paper Mill limited engagement that runs through Oct. 16.
In celebration of the new stage adaptation, which features music by eight-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman and a new book by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, the musical will hold the “Newsies Biggest Fan Contest.”
To participate, click here to sign up. After all information is entered, fans can participate in weekly creative and social networking tasks posted on the musical’s Facebook fan page to gain points. Once you reach 60 points, you will be entered as a finalist to win the grand prize and the title of “Newsies Biggest Fan.”
The grand prize winner will receive round-trip air transportation to New Jersey for two, a two-night stay at the Hilton Short Hills (plus breakfast and two spa services), a monetary gift card to cover other travel expenses, a Newsies gift bag and two tickets to Newsies’ opening night and after party.
Newsies, according to press notes, is “inspired by the real life ‘Newsboy Strike of 1899,’ when newsboy Kid Blink led the ragged orphans and runaways known as newsies on a two-week-long action against Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers. Set in New York City at the turn of the century, the musical is the tale of newsie Jack Kelly, who dreams of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when Pulitzer and Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsies’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies his army of newsies to strike.”
Cast of Paper Mill's "Newsies" to Perform on "The View" →
playbill.com
The cast of the new Disney musical “Newsies,” which begins previews at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse Sept. 15, will perform on the ABC daytime chat show “The View” Sept. 19.
Alan Menken, who penned the music for “Newsies,” will be a featured guest on the program and will help introduce the cast performance medley of “Santa Fe” and “Seize The Day.”
The musical, according to press notes, is “based on the 1899 true story of a courageous group of scrappy newsboys who become unlikely heroes when they rally forces to fight an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon.”
Newsies features a book by Harvey Fierstein, lyrics by Jack Feldman and music by Menken. Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White, it is directed by Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli.
“The View” features Daytime Emmy Award-winning hosts Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. The program airs in the New York metropolitan area on ABC, Channel 7, at 11 AM ET. Check local listings.
