The Lion King has just celebrated 15 years amazing years on Broadway. As a tribute to that amazing feat of musical history, talent vocal artist Nick Pitera has released a video where he sings all the parts to a terrific medley of songs from the… Read More »Nick Pitera salutes Disney’s The Lion King Musical with One Man Video
Congratulations to the talented teams at Peter & The Starcatchers and Newsies who have put Disney Theatrical back in the spotlight at the Tony Awards. The show itself was wonderfully hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, whom I hope returns for many more years of hosting.… Read More »Disney is back at the Tony Awards, collects 7 statues
With 8 Tony Award Nominees the cast and crew hopes that they’ll soon truly be Kings of New York. In the following video the cast reacts in real time to the news as each category is announced. Okay, they are definitely the goofs of New… Read More »Newsies Cast Reacts to 8 Tony Award Nominees
Have a new Videopolis that will blow your socks off. Nick Pitera, whose one man Disney movie viral video we highlighted in 2011 and 2008 “A Whole New World” cover helped launch his career, is back with a tribute to Newsies the Musical. This really… Read More »Videopolis: One Man Newsies from Nick Pitera
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.
By all accounts Newsies The Musical is filled with toe tapping show stopping dancer numbers performed by high energy dancers which end in countless standing ovations night after night. Okay, maybe not quite all accounts, but it’s a pretty good show with a lot of… Read More »Disney’s Newsies The Musical – “King of New York”
Disney Theatrical’s production of “The Lion King” just surpassed “Phantom of the Opera” as the highest grossing show on Broadway. The hit musical based on the animated film, has generated a total of $853.8 million in ticket sales since opening on Broadway in 1997. They’re… Read More »Disney’s The Lion King Ruler of Broadway
Disney Theatrical has released another fun visit behind the scenes of NEWSIES with Andrew Keenan-Bolger. This time it’s the cast at the recording session for the Original Broadway Cast Album. I really like that this cast understand the history they’re making reviving Newsies for a… Read More »Newsies The Musical – The Original Broadway Cast Recording, Behind The Scenes