Broadway loves an underdog. Elphaba in "Wicked." Mark and Roger in "Rent." Ponyboy in "The Outsiders." Theatre Under the Stars has a whole cast of them onstage in "Newsies." The Disney musical is ...

In the 19th century, getting a daily newspaper looked a little different than it does today. Newsies would buy the “papes” directly from the publisher for 50 cents per 100 copies, then turn around and ...

Patter songs are not as common for women as men in musical theater but Cailen Fu who plays Katherine Plumber in Disney’s Newsies, gets to do a great one in “Watch What Happens.” “She has a really hard ...

ADRIAN — Back in 1899, newsboys in New York City went on strike, angry at a hike in the price they had to pay to buy the newspapers they hawked on the city’s street corners, which had the effect of ...

Disney’s musical Newsies (Broadway premiere, 2012), hydroplaning through the Hobby Center via Theatre Under the Stars, is the perfect antidote to the current Fourth Estate. Whatever you think of our ...

Before any notes were sung or instruments were tuned, the creative team behind the Columbia Musical Theatre Society’s upcoming production crafted an intentional vision for its casting and production.

San Mateo, CA – February 3, 2025 – Prepare for a thrilling journey through song, dance, and unforgettable storytelling as Tri-School Productions (Mercy, Notre Dame & Junipero Serra High Schools) ...

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! If you don’t catch Disney’s “Newsies” at Ashtabula Arts Center this weekend, you have officially missed your chance. Steve Couch Disney’s “Newsies,” directed by ...

PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Area Arts Council (PAAC) recently closed its mid-season showing of “The Addams Family Musical” and has now cast its next production, Disney’s “Newsies, JR.” The productions ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. My first experience with “Newsies” was as a child watching it on VHS. In 1992, ...

At the turn of the 20th century, newspaper publishing tycoons Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst waged an epic battle between their rival New York papers. Though short-lived, the ...