A Sneak Peek at Alan Menken's "Newsies", the Musical

http://www.playbill.com/video The Disney movie-musical "Newsies" didn't exactly catch fire at the box office in 1992, but it earned a cult of fans who embraced Alan Menken and Jack Feldman's pop score (including the songs "Seize the Day" and "Santa Fe") and the passion of the youthful characters as it
told the fact-inspired tale of a newsboys' labor strike in 1890s New York. That cult is about to get larger with a new expanded stage version, "Newsies", with fresh songs by Menken and Feldman, and a new script by Harvey Fierstein, testing it wings at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. Playbill was on hand Sept. 1 at the New 42nd Street Studios for a sneak peek at the show starring Jeremy Jordan as streetwise Jack Kelly, Andrew Keenan-Bolger as sidekick Crutchie and Kara Lindsay as Katherine Plumber, a newly invented love interest.

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Entertainment

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• Alan Menken
• Newsies
• Disney
• Jeremy Jordan
• Kara Lindsay
• Andrew Keenan-Bolger
• Jack Feldman
• Harvey Fierstein
• Paper Mill Playhouse
• Broadway
• Musical

[lovesingread]

I've been waiting for this for years. <3

[CandyCoatedPanda3]

Love the cast, but...I don't know. I just feel like there's a piece missing without Denton :(

[bookwoman53]

People would always ask one another who floats their boats. After I saw the movie in 1993 my answer became "Christian Bale". At the time nobody knew who he was and I would have to explain. 

[MidwesternDiva]

I love how they're all wearing the newsie caps even though it's rehearsal.

[newtwiclipsedawn101]

I understand that they changed some lyrics. I don't approve of it all, but that's just me. The one thing I truly hate? Besides the loss of two awesome characters, that is. It's the fact that JACK DOESNT HAVE HIS COWBOY HAT! He's not called Cowboy for kicks, ya know. It's a small thing, but honestly....

[SamJackShipper93]

Super excited! However, I really wish they would have given Sarah another chance and expanded her character instead of ditching her completely. If anything, I loved the family aspect between David, Sarah, and Les. Plus, I really wish Denton was still in the play.

[LeighMet]

@CandyCoatedPanda3 go see the play i am

[xeroxephyr]

Why did they make Jack a tenor? ;_;

[oxoxkatiebugxoxo]

i. need. to. see. this.

NOW.

[BroadwayObsessed14]

So looking forward to this show!!!!

[blazingstar97]

@xgleekablex Sounds to me like, "Jack, help! Romeo, Finch!" Romeo and Finch are two of the new newsies, I actually had to look up the cast list to find it :P