Disney’s Newsies
MAIN STAGE Night Show
Adapted from the Disney film, New York City’s newsboys seize the day when they strike against unfair working conditions.
Performances:
Friday, July 20 @ 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 21 @ 2:00 PM
Sunday, July 22 @ 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 26 @ 8:00 PM – LIMITED SEATING
Saturday, July 28 @ 8:00 PM – LIMITED SEATING
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Jack Feldman
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White
Disney’s Newsies, based on the 1992 motion picture, features a score by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sister Act) and Jack Feldman and a book by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy). While on Broadway, Newsies received 23 major theatrical nominations – including eight Tony Award nods – and won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Score and Choreography.
Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged “newsies,” who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for what’s right.
Newsies is inspired by the real-life “Newsboy Strike of 1899,” when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers. Timely and fresh, the fictionalized adaptation of Newsies addresses age-old themes of social injustice, exploitative labor practices and David-versus-Goliath struggles as the young learn to harness their power against a corrupt establishment. High-energy with non-stop thrills, the stage version introduces eight brand-new songs by the original team of Menken and Feldman while keeping many of the beloved songs from the film, including “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” “King of New York” and “Santa Fe.”
Director: Chris Brindley
Music Director: Bethany Aiken
Choreographer: Emily Craver
Production Stage Manager: Ari Welch
Assistant Director: Tristan Burke
Costume Designer: Jana
Scenic Designer: Nick Oberstein
Lighting and Projection Designer: Chris Fournier
Sound Designer: Mark DeLuzio
Executive Producer: Chris Brindley
Producer: Aidan O’Hara
Technical Producer: Ari Welch
CAST
Jack Kelly: Jackson Schwartz
Crutchie: Andrew Caira
Davey: Terry Mullany
Les: Cam Levesque
Katherine Plumber: Jordana Kagan
Joseph Pulitzer: Jack Williams
Medda Larkin: Rachel Sidmore
Wiesel/SM/Guard/ Mr. Jacobi/ Mayor: Ethan Kerr
Morris Delancey/ Bunsen: AJ Sherwood
Oscar Delancey/ Seitz: John Philippides
Nunzio/ Snyder: Pablo Maytorena
The Newsies
Race: Parker Fisher
Albert/ Roosevelt: Spencer Daniel
Specs/ Spot Conlon/ Dance Captain: Chris Mitchell
Henry/ Darcy/ Policeman: Joe Nedder
Finch: Max Connor
Romeo: Charlie Hattabaugh
Elmer: Jake Brosnan
Mush: Will Jevon
Buttons/ Bill/ Policeman: Caleb Leeming
Splasher: Lucas Pepin
Tommy Boy (Newsie) Alex Muzilla
Jo Jo: Christopher Tillen
Mike/ Goon: Brock Hoey
Ike/ Goon: Brett Sherman
Sniper: Bobby Kebartas
Featured Dancer Newsie: Lauren Biedron
Featured Dancer Newsie: Hannah Foster
Featured Dancer Newsie/ Scab 1: Caitlyn Luria
Featured Dancer Newsie/Scab 2: Casey Monteiro
Featured Dancer Newsie: Eva Pearlman
Featured Dancer Newsie: Maya Puffer
Featured Dancer Newsie: Charlotte Varga
Featured Dancer Newsie/ Scab 3: Eowyn Young
Hannah/ Featured Dancer Newsie: Madi Spear
Woman/ Newsie/Nun: Hollyann Edwards
Secretary/ Newsie/ Bowery Beauty: Hannah Bossange
Newsie/ Bowery Beauty: Jocelyn Wadland
Newsie/ Bowery Beauty: Madelyne Gooltz
Newsie/ Bowery Beauty: Hayley Goldstein
Newsie/ Nun: Rachel Batsevitsky
Newsie/ Nun: Elena Beard
Newsie/ Nun: Phoebe Cook-Ludwig
Newsie/ Nun: Nicole Davila
Newsie/ Nun: Kaitlyn Dmohowski
Newsie/ Nun: Caitlin LaValle
Newsie/ Nun: Cara Leahy
Newsie/ Nun: Margaret Leeming
Newsie/ Nun: Julia Royal
Newsie/ Nun: Angela Watts
Produced through special arrangements with Music Theatre International.
