Disney's Newsies

Music by
Alan Menken

Lyrics by
Jack Feldman

Book by
Harvey Fierstein

Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White.

Director
Robb A. Sisneros

Music Director
Jenni Hipólito

Choreographer
Jonathan Ragsdale

Stage Manager
Elizabeth Ponic

Disney’s Newsies, based on the 1992 motion picture, features a score by eight-time Academy Award^® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sister Act) and Jack Feldman and a book by four-time Tony Award^® winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy). While on Broadway, Newsies received 23 major theatrical nominations – including eight Tony Award^® nods – and won Tony^®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Score and Choreography.

Newsies is inspired by the real-life “Newsboy Strike of 1899,” when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers. Timely and fresh, the fictionalized adaptation of Newsies addresses age-old themes of social injustice, exploitative labor practices and David-versus-Goliath struggles as the young learn to harness their power against a corrupt establishment. High-energy with non-stop thrills, the stage version introduces eight brand-new songs by the original team of Menken and Feldman while keeping many of the beloved songs from the film, including “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” “King of New York” and “Santa Fe.”