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- The Broadway production cost about $5 million to stage.
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The Broadway production cost about $5 million to stage. Newsies recouped its initial investment of $5M in seven months, becoming the fastest of any Disney musical on Broadway to turn a profit. [7]
Nov 3, 2016 · Both the film and stage productions of Newsies are based on a real event – the newsboy’s strike of 1899. The core story from the Disney productions is true- the New York papers increased their price from 50 to 60 cents per 100, and the ones specifically sticking to this were The Evening World and New York Evening Journal – the papers ...
View all 12 comments. Theatrely presents an oral history of Newsies, from its scrappy beginnings, to a bonafide Broadway hit, and its legacy beyond. Read interviews with Jeremy Jordan, Harvey Fierstein, Kara Lindsay, Alan Menken, Tom Schumacher, and over 50 others involved in the musical.
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- Aside from newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer (played by Robert Duvall in the movie), most of the characters in "Newsies" are made up. But there really was a newsboy strike in New York in 1899.
- When he was cast in "Newsies," Bale was 16 and best known as the star of Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun," another movie that flopped in theaters but gained a cult following later.
- Bale had no musical or dance background, which wasn't an issue at the time, since "Newsies" was initially conceived as a straight drama.
- It was Disney's then-studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg who decided, in the wake of the smash success of the studio's "The Little Mermaid," to turn "Newsies" into a musical.
Jun 4, 2015 · In Newsies the movie, one of the ensemble boys with an eye patch is referred to as “Blink.”. This is Kid Blink, who led the actual Newsboys’ Revolution, and did most of the talking ridiculed by the Times. Kid Blink plays no part in the dance-heavy musical, probably because quadruple-pirouetting with an eyepatch on is a good way to find ...
Sep 23, 2018 · Newsies agreed to boycott selling papers, began to organize, and put the papers on notice: roll back the price, or papers don’t get sold. The strike was on. The Real Joseph Pulitzer & Theodore Roosevelt As early as 1883, at only age 36, doctors recommended Pulitzer slow down and ordered him to take time away from the stresses of running a ...
This week I did a full show of Seth Speaks on SiriusXM dedicated to Alan Menken, who’s being honored by the NY POPS tonight. He initially made his living as a jingle writer and, on the side, was ...
