Extra! Extra!! I Liked "Newsies The Musical"

During this slow summer period on Broadway, I find myself seeing shows that are not high on my Theater Wish List. Last Wednesday, with the following New York Times theater review quote still in my head...

 But that doesn’t stop them from burning energy like toddlers on a sugar high at a birthday party.

...and a belly filled with Crisp hummus and ice tea, I headed to the outer perimeter of New York's theater district to see Disney's Newsies The Musical [Music:Alan Menken; Lyrics: Jack Feldman; Book: Harvey Fierstein]. 

Not long into the first act after watching the leaping, pirouetting newsboys, I began to feel like I did the first time I went on Mission Space at Disney's Epcot - a little dizzy, a little nauseous. However, using the cute and charming Jeremy Jordan as my anchor, I got pass this and was drawn this story of corporate struggle done Disney style.



Meet newsboy Jack Kelly (played by Jeremy Jordan). It is the summer of 1899 in Lower Manhattan. Joseph Pulitzer has just raised the distribution price of newspapers cutting into the newsies income. Determined not to be stomped on by the man, led by Jack Kelly, the newsies and other child laborers throughout the city unite and strike back.

If you like cute and adorable leading men, Disney, and an energetic story about struggle, grab your dramamine, leap over to the Nederlander Theatre and check out Newsies The Musical.  

Musical Numbers

Santa Fe

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

Watch What Happens (Reprise)

Brooklyn's Here

Something to Believe In

Seize the Day (Reprise)

Once and for All 

Seize the Day (Reprise)

Finale

Link to reviews of Newsies The Musical