Disney Theatrical only has two shows open on Broadway right now, “The Lion King” and “Mary Poppins”. So they have room for one or two more. Fans will be happy to hear that one of the other projects in production is “Newsies”, which gave Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) his start with Disney. If they’re looking for another, why not bring back “Beauty and the Beast.” I think it might be time for a ’special encore’ performance.
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Today, we catch a glimpse of another project Disney Theatrical is apparently working on: Newsies. The 1992 Christian Bale vehicle was a major flop for the Disney Studios but eventually became somewhat of a cult hit on video.
No doubt this is going to make an awful lot of folks very, very happy if Newsies does manage to finds its way to Broadway, or the musical theater anywhere and Disney Theatrical is working hard to eliminate any doubt that either new proposed show will conduct a national tour, at least through the domain registration process.
Registered yesterday, we have: NEWSIESBROADWAY.COM, NEWSIESMUSICAL.COM, NEWSIESONTOUR.COM, NEWSIESTHEMUSICAL.COM and NEWSIESTICKETS.COM.
Yay!!blackcauldron85 wrote:EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! DISNEY THEATRICAL WORKING ON ‘NEWSIES’ FOR BROADWAY
http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-new ... -broadway/
(via disneyreport.com)
Today, we catch a glimpse of another project Disney Theatrical is apparently working on: Newsies. The 1992 Christian Bale vehicle was a major flop for the Disney Studios but eventually became somewhat of a cult hit on video.
No doubt this is going to make an awful lot of folks very, very happy if Newsies does manage to finds its way to Broadway, or the musical theater anywhere and Disney Theatrical is working hard to eliminate any doubt that either new proposed show will conduct a national tour, at least through the domain registration process.
Registered yesterday, we have: NEWSIESBROADWAY.COM, NEWSIESMUSICAL.COM, NEWSIESONTOUR.COM, NEWSIESTHEMUSICAL.COM and NEWSIESTICKETS.COM.
Interesting...blackcauldron85 wrote:Who knew there were so many Newsies threads here?!
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The Newsies Broadway show is in pre-production!
http://thedisneyblog.com/2010/09/27/5-d ... y-musical/
Unfortunately, no link was given to a source, and I don't have time to search now, but yay for this news, which I'm assuming is legit since I trust the site!
According to that, there's a Newsie named "Albert" in the ensemble. Haha! Seems like my wish to be a Newsie has partially come true.blackcauldron85 wrote:The Cast of Disney's NEWSIES Reading!
http://broadwayworld.com/article/BWW_Ex ... g_20101208
(via thedisneyblog.com)
Yay, it is still happening!!!!!!!! <3<3<3<3<3
His earlier quote from "Entertainment Weekly" did say he had mixed feelings, not necessarily regretting the film. I think he still harbors some resentment for the film itself (not necessarily making the film, but the film as a film), and his new quote does imply he enjoyed the experience of making a musical, and thus, "wouldn't rule out doing another one again." Surely enough time has passed for him by now. And his Terminator: Salvation meltdown alone proves he could do a rock opera if there's a decent backbeat.Wire Hanger wrote:This was my reaction too.Ames wrote:^ But in the past, he's been so vocal about regretting Newsies, I thought...? Yay if he's finally come around!
Sarah's gone? Yay!! Seriously, though, I thought she made the movie like 10 times worse. Not that there was anything actually wrong with her character. It's just there wasn't anything to her character. There was no reason for Jack to like her except that she was pretty. I like the idea of a girl newsie better. And, blackcauldron85, I like your idea of David falling for the female newsie. It would be kinda cute.blackcauldron85 wrote:A new article about the stage show:
http://www.badassdigest.com/2011/02/14/ ... nken-music
My friend who posted in on Facebook wrote that Sarah will be taken out, which I guess makes sense with the addition of Swifty. I don't know how I feel about this...I mean, on the one hand, I'm kind of okay with some things being changed, because what's the point of just reenacting the whole movie on the stage?, but at the same time, I like Sarah, and just adding a female Newsie that of course Jack will fall for (why not let Kid Blink or Racetrack or someone get a girlfriend? Or even David could fall for a girl Newsie!) just seems like a cliche or something...idk.
It might give David a little more character himself. Um, those are the best parts.Linden wrote: I also found the occasional pelvic thrusts strangely out of place.
My oft-used phrase about the movie? "It's good, but not so good." For me, it's one of those movies that you think back on as being a really good movie. And then you re-watch it and find out it's not that great after all.Linden wrote:I watched it with my mom, and I can't say it was a hit with us. I was rather disappointed actually. It seemed to drag on and the plot was a little on the thin side.
But to each their own.