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Newsies the Musical is a stage musical produced by the Disney Theatrical Productions, inspired by the film in the year 1992 entitled ‘Newsies’. The film ‘Newsies’ was also taken out from an inspiration on the real-life Newboys Strike in 1989 of the New York City.
The whole production comprises music by Alan Menken, book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics created by Jack Feldman. The musical show was premiered in 2011 at the Paper Mill Playhouse situated in Millburn, New Jersey and was first launched on-Broadway in the year 2012. According to reviews, the musical show gathered multiple compliments and favorable assessments from its viewers and critics.
Back in the year 2011, during its premiere on September 25, 2011 until October 16, the show was under the direction of Jeff Calhoun and complete choreography by Christopher Gatteli. The ‘Newsies the Musical’ is a show made of songs, which were taken out of a movie and various up to date numbers.
The show’s stage adaptation was taken out of the story of Jack’s true love interest to Sarah Jacobs, who happens to be the sister of Les and Davey, and Brian Denton (New York Sun reporter), who writes about Newsies the Musical.
The ‘Newsies the Musical’ started its journey in the Broadway world on March 29, 2012 at the Nederlander Theater, where they had their limited previews dated on May 15, 2012. The limited engagement on the show’s previews ran until August 19, 2012.
At the beginning of their on-Broadway show, the production was originally packed with casts, including Jeremy Jordan portraying as Jack Kelly, John Dosset as Joseph Pulitzer (the newspaper tycoon), Kara Lindsay as Katherine Plumber, Capathia Jenkins as Medda Larkin, Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Crutchie, Ben Fankhauser as Davey, and Matthew Schecter and Lewis, who both portray the character of Les.
For the record, Newsies the Musical was once the fastest among any Disney musical on-Broadway to hit and turn profits. In fact, the production regained its $5 million initial investment within 7 months.
