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Newsies Review – Broadway’s Must See

Editor: Please welcome guest author Jim Dallas who is reviewing the April 20th showing of Newsies The Musical.

Newsies on Broadway is a must see!

I first became an avid fan of composer Alan Menken when I saw The Little Mermaid at the movies. But I knew he was really a Broadway composer when I first listened to the Beauty and the Beast sound track and could visualize how each scene could be animated. He brought the Broadway score to animation. So, back in 1992 I was excited to learn that Disney was producing a live action musical, Newsies, with a score by Alan Menken. It sounded like a sure fire hit. My family was in the theater that April weekend when Newsies had its’ theatrical debut. There was one problem: we were the only people in the theater! Newsies never found an audience, closed quickly and barely earned 2.8 million dollars. For all of the issues that plagued this film, the songs and score by Menken were still brilliant, allowing Newsies to grow in popularity and develop a cult following over the past two decades.

Last evening, 20 years later, I sat in the sold out Nederlander Theater in NYC amidst an exuberant audience to experience Newsies – the Broadway Musical. Newsies had come home, was on the stage where it always belonged and was in better form than ever. Newsies is an exhilarating evening of musical theater entertainment.

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Newsies Merchandise Now For Sale Online

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Newsies – Behind The Scenes on Opening Night

The great production of Newsies The Musical on Broadway continues to provide amazing access to the behind the scenes life of its cast and crew while putting on the very popular show. This latest video features Andrew Keenan-Bolger, whom you may remember from playing Chip… Read More »Newsies – Behind The Scenes on Opening Night

Newsies The Musical Reviews

A couple of big reviews are in for Newsies The Musical, the Broadway edition. While the crowds may be entertained by the dancing, often to the point of giving multiple standing ovations each night, the critics have less kind about the finer points of the… Read More »Newsies The Musical Reviews